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Subject: Re: RFC: StyleGuide for Labels? (fwd)
From: Peter Putzer <pputzer () edu ! uni-klu ! ac ! at>
Date: 2000-07-05 16:18:37
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Arcana wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> > It May be Relevent, or Perhaps Not, That Following Style A Will be
> > Grammatically Incorrect in German, Where All Nouns are Capitalised and
> > Verbs Are Not Unless They are the First Word in the Sentence.
> > Actually, Style A Breaks Even the Grammatical Rules of English.
>
> English has grammatical rules for SENTENCES. It also has different
> conventions for HEADINGS.
>
> This isn't a debate on whether a label should be done in "Style A" or
> "Style B". I think it is a debate on whether labels should be
> treated as conversational sentences, or as headings.
>
> I personally feel that most labels are NOT headings. However, some
> labels are placed at the top of a panel, and essentially serve as the
> Heading, and should therefore be capitalized in Style A.
Exactly. And that's what Tom and I are proposing.
bye,
Peter
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