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- From: jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman)
- Subject: Re: Capitalization (dubious MOTSS content)
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- References: <C03FEL.I7H@fig.citib.com> <1992Dec31.040815.8238@syacus.acus.oz.au>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:45:43 GMT
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- brent@syacus.acus.oz.au (Brent Davies) writes:
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- >Think about this. What's the difference between these two sentences:
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- >"I'm from the city."
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- >"I'm from the City."
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- >In the second example, don't you immediately think of one and *only* one
- >place that could possibly be being referred to?
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- >And at the risk of causing an international brawl, might I ask (out of
- >curiosity) what that place is?
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- The financial district of London. I would never refer to any American
- city in that manner.
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- N.B. Even though I am a Jewish atheist, "the Church" to me means the
- Catholic Church. And as for "the Party",....
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