Yes and no... depends on your point of view I guess... In the first example, "Plugin Manager" certainly is liable to be perceived as a proper noun -- but then, it wouldn't _need_ to be interpreted that way. It could just be a decription of a thing without being the thing's name -- the thing may not have a name it may just be "that thing you can get to by clicking here". :P Hence my reason for providing the 2nd example, wherein "available inventory" is much less likely to be perceived as a proper noun. If I say to someone "it will be in the available inventory" in the conversation, I don't expect them to interpret "available inventory" as a proper name. It certainly _could_ be a proper name for a thing, but not only does it not need to be the name for that thing, again that thing doesn't need to have a name necessarily. But I'm still liable to capitalize the phrase to emphasize that when I say "available inventory" I'm talking about a specific page (which will later be named "Fred" to avoid a patent lawsuit over having named it "Available Inventory"). But "available inventory" is really more of a description.
> Don't these rules boil down to proper names vs regular > nouns? > Proper Names get init caps > regular nouns don't (unless beginning a sentence) unless you're e. e. cummings :) > On 5/5/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've avoided making this sort of distinction in my own >> documentation, >> largely because of the extra work involved... I do tend >> to capitalize >> certain vocabulary words -- particularly if they refer to >> a specific >> "tool" in an application, i.e. "Plugin Manager" rather >> than "plugin >> manager" or more to the point "Available Inventory". I.e. >> "these units >> will be displayed in Available Inventory" instead of >> "these units will >> be displayed in available inventory.". I'm probably not >> very good >> about this because I probably vassilate back and forth on >> this issue a >> lot due to being generally partial to an all-lowercase >> style... >> sort-of e. e. cummings-esque. :) s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now there’s a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156520 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
