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List:       kde-look
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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