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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: kdebase/kxkb
From:       Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-07-24 11:24:38
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#if Martijn Klingens
> On Wednesday 24 July 2002 12:36, Ryan Cumming wrote:
> > From the styleguide:
> > "[I]n English the first letter of the first and last words should
> > always be capitalized and the first letter of all intervening words
> > should all be capitalized except for (i) prepositions having less
> > than five letters, except "From", which should be capitalized (e.g.
> > "for", "in", "with" or "to", but "From" or "Under"), (ii)
> > conjunctions ("and", "or" and "but") and (ii) articles ("the", "a"
> > and "an")."
>
> Why the exception for "From"? I guess that's not KDE-related, and
> more a general spelling issue, but maybe you know...

Because the styleguide speaks nonsense, but who am I as a native
(British) English speaker to disagree ? ;)

Rik

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