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Subject:RE: To capitalize or not? From:Ron Hearn <rhearn -at- central1 -dot- com> To:'techwr-l' <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 8 Jun 2016 20:10:09 +0000
LOL! That pretty much has been my experience.
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Subject: RE: To capitalize or not?
Hard to find an engineer who does not Initial Cap Everything. I'm Just Sayin'.
Jack DeLand
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Subject: To capitalize or not?
I'm having this ongoing debate with my engineer coworkers: when to capitalize the names of the parts that make up our hardware platform. I'm describing a server we manufacture for telecom networks. On the back of the server are various ports and plugs. I am providing instructions for connecting a specific cable to a specific port, which we call the "external port."
Question: should reference to this specific port be capitalized (External
Port) or not (external port). My engineer coworkers say yes because we are referring to a specific port so this is a type of proper noun. All the other ports on the server have specific names so these should also be capitalized.
I'm not sure this does qualify as a proper noun. Thoughts?
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