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JaCKo__007 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Caps in ideological clauses
This might seem a bit silly, but working out of two languages sometimes gets my brains in a rattle, so I need to check to make sure.
Ideological phrases, clauses ... can they be spelt with caps or without? Its like truth and Truth. From an ideological standpoint, one can capitalize Truth in the middle of the sentence because it differentiates itself from regular truth. So, what about 'Everything is Possible'. It is supposed to be ideological (in the text I'm dealing with, anyway), as opposed to a regular 'everything is possible', but then I'm not sure whether to use the inverted commas or not.
(I'm right in thinking that "double quotation marks" are of a US preference and 'single ones' a UK preference, right? Does it matter, or is it up to the author?)
Ideological phrases, clauses ... can they be spelt with caps or without? Its like truth and Truth. From an ideological standpoint, one can capitalize Truth in the middle of the sentence because it differentiates itself from regular truth. So, what about 'Everything is Possible'. It is supposed to be ideological (in the text I'm dealing with, anyway), as opposed to a regular 'everything is possible', but then I'm not sure whether to use the inverted commas or not.
(I'm right in thinking that "double quotation marks" are of a US preference and 'single ones' a UK preference, right? Does it matter, or is it up to the author?)
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Hello Jacko, If you capitalise abstractions such as "truth" and "justice", your reader may well assume that they are intended as personifications; or perhaps that you yourself have a very strong belief in them as concepts. If on the other hand you enclose them in inverted commas, it will lend an air of detachment to your statement. Thus: 1.
- Hello Jacko, If you capitalise abstractions such as "truth" and "justice", your reader may well assume that they are intended as personifications; or perhaps that you yourself have a very strong belief in them as concepts.
- If on the other hand you enclose them in inverted commas, it will lend an air of detachment to your statement.
- Thus: 1.
- Truth, Justice, and Liberty are very important to the citizens of this country.
- — implies that the speaker himself has a strong belief in those abstractions as absolutes.
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Hello Jacko,
If you capitalise abstractions such as "truth" and "justice", your reader may well assume that they are intended as personifications; or perhaps that you yourself have a very strong belief in them as concepts.
If on the other hand you enclose them in inverted commas, it will lend an air of detachment to your statement. Thus:
1. Truth, Justice, and Liberty a
If you capitalise abstractions such as "truth" and "justice", your reader may well assume that they are intended as personifications; or perhaps that you yourself have a very strong belief in them as concepts.
If on the other hand you enclose them in inverted commas, it will lend an air of detachment to your statement. Thus:
1. Truth, Justice, and Liberty a
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