I did see in my research into e. e. cummings that others started that tradition but saying that an editor of e. e. cummings wouldn't agree wasn't quite as pithy.
Rick Rick Froman [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Feb 24, 2010, at 5:04 PM, "Beth Benoit" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Actually, E. E. Cummings was not the one who started that spelling. Since many of his poems were written in lower case, one of the editors of an edition of his poems spelled it like that. It appears it was catchy enough to catch on. He did sometimes sign his name like that afterward, but as I recall, it was not his first preference. (I put my B.A. in English hat on for that one.) Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Rick Froman <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: E. e. cummings or cummings (1960) would probably disagree with the APA manual (although my spell-checker would agree). Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3055 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (479)524-7295 <http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman>http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman From: Beth Benoit [mailto:<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:35 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Capitalization question... The new APA manual says it should be capitalized if it starts a sentence. They give the example of de Waal: Correct: De Waal (1994) concluded the following Incorrect: de Waal (1994) concluded the following (4.14 on p. 101) Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=855> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=855 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to <mailto:leave-855-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> leave-855-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-855-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=856> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=856 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to <mailto:leave-856-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> leave-856-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-856-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=861 or send a blank email to leave-861-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
