Re: Boolean or boolean

["Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL>]

Your advice sounds good to me. I checked a variety of programming texts
around the office and they were about 50-50 (some capped it and some
didn't).

Bev Parks
parksb -at- emh1 -dot- hqisec -dot- army -dot- mil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wittel, Teresa [SMTP:Twittel -at- NCSLINK -dot- COM]
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 1997 2:32 PM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      FW: Boolean or boolean
>
> Gee, I wrote Eric with the following advice and now I feel like a
> traitor after reading everyone else's comments.  What do you all think
> about CMS's advice referenced below?
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Wittel, Teresa
> > Sent:         Thursday, November 20, 1997 1:10 PM
> > To:   'Eric Thomas'
> > Subject:      RE: Boolean or boolean
> >
> > You've already listed at least three authoritative opinions.
> >
> However, Boolean (as in Boolean algebra) is an adjective derived from
> a
> proper noun.  According to the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th Edition
> (7.49), words derived from proper nouns can be either lowercase or
> uppercase (depending on your personal preference) as long as it is
> consistent within the manual.  I have seen both versions and neither
> interferes with my reading. Tell your engineers to leave the writing
> to
> you, pick your favorite and stick with it.
>
>


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