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Subject:Zip a proper noun?--Clarification From:Miark <miark -at- MIJENIX -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:56:41 -0600
My company writes compression utility programs that revolve around the Zip
format, so I don't write about Zip drives. As for the question of nouns and
verbs, I use the word both as a capitalized noun, as in
ZipMagic lets you use Zip files without unzipping them.
and as a verb, as in
ZipMagic will then zip the selected file.
I cap the noun because, although compression is generic, the Zip archive is
a very specific beast. Like the difference between "car" and "Taurus". As
for not capitalizing the verb, I have no excuse other than I hate
capitalizing verbs.
What do y'all--notice the correct spelling of y'all!--think?
