On 2/28/01 9:41 AM, "Michael W. Wellman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> Both of these are easily addressed: delete the clip art; use "General
>>>> Setting -> Spelling -> Ignore Internet and file addresses" (by the way the
>>>> capitalization there is uneven, if "Internet" is capitalized, shouldn't
>>>> "File Addresses"?)
>>
>> But in this instance (in the preferences) it is adjectival, modifying
>> "addresses." This it should not be capitalized, just as "biblical" is not
>> capitalized, but Bible is.
>
> It's not quite that simple. ;-)
>
> For example, if you discuss Internet standards, it's still capitalized. You
> could make some argument about Internet addresses versus internet addresses
> since an internet address is an Internet address.
>
> Don't go messing with the capitalization, it took months (and many
> iterations) to make Microsoft come around to my way of thinking... ;-)
>
> Personally, I've never liked this particular string since "Internet
> addresses" doesn't have any real meaning and "file addresses" is just
> twisted.
Hmm. You know, the more I think about it the more I do not think that your
distinction (and that on the site you cited) holds up. I understand the
distinction between "*the* Internet" and "an internet," but I do not see why
that would alter the standard English convention regarding adjectives and
adjectival use of nouns. This isn't German after all! ;-)
>
>> just as "biblical" is not capitalized, but Bible is.
>
> Don't get me started on that entire lunacy. Nor the God/god thing.
Heh now! Them's fighten' words. That lunacy is my bread and butter (and you
know far too much about it for an engineer, even a Rice educated one! ;-).
In general, btw, I agree with the God/god; He/he (or even She/she) thing
when one is outside of a faith context.
Cb
cbrady @ tulane.edu
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