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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Capital letters... How come?

0Hi people. How come it's: "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" and not "Mirror, mirror on the wall"? I simply don't get it. Sure mirror and wall are some sort of objects, but wouldn't that make every other sentence flood up with capital letters?02br
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0 This is from the story of Snow White. The mirror is a magical and possibly intelligent mirror, not just any mirror. In a way 'Mirror' is used as a proper name here, like having a dog called Dog.

— Nona the brit

  • 0 This is from the story of Snow White.
  • The mirror is a magical and possibly intelligent mirror, not just any mirror.
  • In a way 'Mirror' is used as a proper name here, like having a dog called Dog.
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0 This is from the story of Snow White. The mirror is a magical and possibly intelligent mirror, not just any mirror. In a way 'Mirror' is used as a proper name here, like having a dog called Dog. 0-
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0 Capitals were much more used for nouns once. See 01b00Mason and Dixon 02b00by01b00 Thomas Pynchon02b00, where the writing replicates 18th century-style. 02br
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00 Perhaps the writing in this story is what once was the current practice. 02br
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00 Nona's right too, but it seems we also have 01b
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01font00I remember being told once that before people were able to italicize words, words were capitalized to show emphasis. Maybe that is what is going on here.02font02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Hi people. How come it's: "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" and not "Mirror, mirror on the wall"? I simply don't get it. Sure mirror and wall are some sort of objects, but wouldn't that make every other sentence flood up with capital letters?12br
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