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Should the term 'golden age' be capitalized ?
Or does it depend entirely on context ?
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[nq:1]Subject: Should the term 'golden age' be capitalized ? [/nq] This one is like "king" or "president". If you're talking about a particular one, either implicitly or explicitly, you capitalize.
- [nq:1]Subject: Should the term 'golden age' be capitalized ?
- [/nq] This one is like "king" or "president".
- If you're talking about a particular one, either implicitly or explicitly, you capitalize.
- If you're speaking generically, you don't.
- For example: Many particular fields have had a golden age, but the Golden Age of Science Fiction is usually# reckoned as running from about 1938 into the 1950s.
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[nq:1]Subject: Should the term 'golden age' be capitalized ? Or does it depend entirely on context ?[/nq]
This one is like "king" or "president". If you're talking about a particular one, either implicitly or explicitly, you capitalize. If you're speaking generically, you don't. For example:
Many particular fields have had a golden age, but the Golden Age of Science Fiction is usually
This one is like "king" or "president". If you're talking about a particular one, either implicitly or explicitly, you capitalize. If you're speaking generically, you don't. For example:
Many particular fields have had a golden age, but the Golden Age of Science Fiction is usually
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[nq:2]Subject: Should the term 'golden age' be capitalized ? Or does it depend entirely on context ?[/nq]
[nq:1]This one is like "king" or "president". If you're talking about a particular one, either implicitly or explicitly, you capitalize. ... the body can stand alone. # - An alternative view is that the Golden Age of Science Fiction is 13.[/nq]
But the best British author of the Golden
[nq:1]This one is like "king" or "president". If you're talking about a particular one, either implicitly or explicitly, you capitalize. ... the body can stand alone. # - An alternative view is that the Golden Age of Science Fiction is 13.[/nq]
But the best British author of the Golden
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[nq:2]Subject: Should the term 'golden age' be capitalized ? Or does it depend entirely on context ?[/nq]
[nq:1]This one is like "king" or "president". If you're talking about a particular one, either implicitly or explicitly, you capitalize. ... the body can stand alone. # - An alternative view is that the Golden Age of Science Fiction is 13.[/nq]
But the best British author of the Golden
[nq:1]This one is like "king" or "president". If you're talking about a particular one, either implicitly or explicitly, you capitalize. ... the body can stand alone. # - An alternative view is that the Golden Age of Science Fiction is 13.[/nq]
But the best British author of the Golden
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[nq:2]This one is like "king" or "president". If you're talking ... is that the Golden Age of Science Fiction is 13.[/nq]
[nq:1]But the best British author of the Golden Age was Eric Frank Russell.[/nq]
How about John Wyndham?
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Robin Bignall
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[nq:1]But the best British author of the Golden Age was Eric Frank Russell.[/nq]
How about John Wyndham?
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Robin Bignall
Hertfordshire
England
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[nq:2]But the best British author of the Golden Age was Eric Frank Russell.[/nq]
[nq:1]How about John Wyndham?[/nq]
John Wyndham for sure. Because it wasn't just Science Fiction, I suppose, but I'm open to argument.
Mike.
[nq:1]How about John Wyndham?[/nq]
John Wyndham for sure. Because it wasn't just Science Fiction, I suppose, but I'm open to argument.
Mike.
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