C.V. Danes @cvdanes.bsky.social

A tiny nit, but why is 'care' capitalized in that sentence?

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Time Spinner @spinny.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:50 UTC

German used to be MUCH more influential on American English. In German, you capitalize nouns. Thus, a lot of American writings from the era have oddly capitalized nouns.

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C.V. Danes @cvdanes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 16:32 UTC

Yep. I didn't see the quotes.

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Q. H. Stone @qhstone.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:58 UTC

The US constitution is full of random capitalizations that are considered improper by today's rules of grammar.

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