Re: Can style trump grammar rules?

Subject: Re: Can style trump grammar rules?
From: Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Shawn C <shawn -at- cohodata -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:09:46 -0700

When style is considered more important than other things, that's show business.

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On Tue, 7/29/14, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:

Subject: Re: Can style trump grammar rules?
To: "Shawn C" <shawn -at- cohodata -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 2:01 PM

I can't think of any
context where it would be OK not to capitalize a
proper noun. It looks illiterate.

That's a typographical
convention, not grammar.

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