[asterisk-biz] Capitalisation in English writing from Indian subcontinent

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Hehe, 2 nations divided by a common language. Winston Churchill.
My wife is English and I have gotten used to put on my braces and put
away the Hoover.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:41 AM, David Knell <dave at 3c.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 03:55 -0400, Alex Balashov wrote:
>> [an interesting note about capitalisation]
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> I'm English, but I spend a fair amount of time in the US.  A recent note
> from a US government department granted me "Permission to Initiate
> Training", The Onion tells me that "New Anti-Smoking Ads Warn Teens
> 'It's Gay To Smoke'", and I quite often come across Sentences Or Entire
> Paragraphs Written Like This, usually (I think) with the intention of
> adding emphasis or an air of officialdom.  None of these, according to
> our rules, should be capitalised.  Or capitalized.
>
> Does that make them wrong?  No - it's just one of the differences
> between the grammar of American English and that of mine.
>
> --Dave
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