Are American's Getting Smarter Online?

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Re: Are American's Getting Smarter Online?

Unread post by Moonchild » 2018-09-20, 12:48

loxodont wrote:Oh, really ? ;)
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Re: Are American's Getting Smarter Online?

Unread post by gepus » 2018-09-20, 13:03

loxodont wrote:How can I trust Americans who capitalize's "You" and "Idiots" after a comma?
Your German is definitely better than your English. :D
Don't worry, it applies to me as well. :)

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Re: Are American's Getting Smarter Online?

Unread post by gracious1 » 2018-09-23, 09:21

loxodont wrote:How can I trust Americans who capitalize's "You" and "Idiots" after a comma?
Because that's how title case works (in English, anyhow).
Everything but prepositions and co-ordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, etc.) gets capitalized.
Anyway, I thought the comic was funny. :mrgreen:
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Re: Are American's Getting Smarter Online?

Unread post by loxodont » 2018-09-23, 20:05

gracious1 wrote: Anyway, I thought the comic was funny. :mrgreen:
It is. I already smirked about seeing the link here, because the other (bigger) version has become my perma-reference since about ... decades.

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