What's the reason behind this common error?
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Pretty frequently, I see someone Capitalize Every Word In Their Sentences Like This; (example) after seeing it so many times I'm intensely curious just what makes it so common.
It seems to be from people for whom English isn't their first language, so is it a case of a feature of their native language being erroneously carried over into English (and if so, which language has this feature?)? Or is it perhaps something from a popular but erroneous ESL textbook? Or something else entirely; maybe people whose native language doesn't have different cases in their writing system could be confused by something?
I'm not sure whether this question should be posted here or on ELL.SE or somewhere else entirely, so please let me know if this should be moved.
capitalization
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Pretty frequently, I see someone Capitalize Every Word In Their Sentences Like This; (example) after seeing it so many times I'm intensely curious just what makes it so common.
It seems to be from people for whom English isn't their first language, so is it a case of a feature of their native language being erroneously carried over into English (and if so, which language has this feature?)? Or is it perhaps something from a popular but erroneous ESL textbook? Or something else entirely; maybe people whose native language doesn't have different cases in their writing system could be confused by something?
I'm not sure whether this question should be posted here or on ELL.SE or somewhere else entirely, so please let me know if this should be moved.
capitalization
asked yesterday
HearthHearth
1957
This is common in German.
– Rusty Core
yesterday
1
@RustyCore No; German only capitalizes nouns. It's definitely a distinct phenomenon from that.
– Hearth
yesterday
This is not common in German at all. It's called title case or headline style, which is exceptionally common in English but virtually unheard of in absolutely any other language ever. So I suggest we leave non-native speakers out of this for a change.
– RegDwigнt♦
yesterday
@RegDwigнt That's also not quite what I'm talking about; it's common in English to use it specifically for titles, but not for the entire body of a text. And even then, there are rules about which words get capitalized; it's not all of them.
– Hearth
yesterday
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Pretty frequently, I see someone Capitalize Every Word In Their Sentences Like This; (example) after seeing it so many times I'm intensely curious just what makes it so common.
It seems to be from people for whom English isn't their first language, so is it a case of a feature of their native language being erroneously carried over into English (and if so, which language has this feature?)? Or is it perhaps something from a popular but erroneous ESL textbook? Or something else entirely; maybe people whose native language doesn't have different cases in their writing system could be confused by something?
I'm not sure whether this question should be posted here or on ELL.SE or somewhere else entirely, so please let me know if this should be moved.
capitalization
asked yesterday
HearthHearth
1957
Pretty frequently, I see someone Capitalize Every Word In Their Sentences Like This; (example) after seeing it so many times I'm intensely curious just what makes it so common.
It seems to be from people for whom English isn't their first language, so is it a case of a feature of their native language being erroneously carried over into English (and if so, which language has this feature?)? Or is it perhaps something from a popular but erroneous ESL textbook? Or something else entirely; maybe people whose native language doesn't have different cases in their writing system could be confused by something?
I'm not sure whether this question should be posted here or on ELL.SE or somewhere else entirely, so please let me know if this should be moved.
capitalization
capitalization
asked yesterday
HearthHearth
1957
asked yesterday
HearthHearth
1957
asked yesterday
HearthHearth
1957
asked yesterday
HearthHearth
1957
asked yesterday
HearthHearth
1957
1957
This is common in German.
– Rusty Core
yesterday
1
@RustyCore No; German only capitalizes nouns. It's definitely a distinct phenomenon from that.
– Hearth
yesterday
This is not common in German at all. It's called title case or headline style, which is exceptionally common in English but virtually unheard of in absolutely any other language ever. So I suggest we leave non-native speakers out of this for a change.
– RegDwigнt♦
yesterday
@RegDwigнt That's also not quite what I'm talking about; it's common in English to use it specifically for titles, but not for the entire body of a text. And even then, there are rules about which words get capitalized; it's not all of them.
– Hearth
yesterday
2
You may only get an answer if you ask somebody who's actually done this why they did.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
This is common in German.
– Rusty Core
yesterday
1
@RustyCore No; German only capitalizes nouns. It's definitely a distinct phenomenon from that.
– Hearth
yesterday
This is not common in German at all. It's called title case or headline style, which is exceptionally common in English but virtually unheard of in absolutely any other language ever. So I suggest we leave non-native speakers out of this for a change.
– RegDwigнt♦
yesterday
@RegDwigнt That's also not quite what I'm talking about; it's common in English to use it specifically for titles, but not for the entire body of a text. And even then, there are rules about which words get capitalized; it's not all of them.
– Hearth
yesterday
2
You may only get an answer if you ask somebody who's actually done this why they did.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
This is common in German.
– Rusty Core
yesterday
This is common in German.
– Rusty Core
yesterday
1
1
@RustyCore No; German only capitalizes nouns. It's definitely a distinct phenomenon from that.
– Hearth
yesterday
@RustyCore No; German only capitalizes nouns. It's definitely a distinct phenomenon from that.
– Hearth
yesterday
This is not common in German at all. It's called title case or headline style, which is exceptionally common in English but virtually unheard of in absolutely any other language ever. So I suggest we leave non-native speakers out of this for a change.
– RegDwigнt♦
yesterday
This is not common in German at all. It's called title case or headline style, which is exceptionally common in English but virtually unheard of in absolutely any other language ever. So I suggest we leave non-native speakers out of this for a change.
– RegDwigнt♦
yesterday
@RegDwigнt That's also not quite what I'm talking about; it's common in English to use it specifically for titles, but not for the entire body of a text. And even then, there are rules about which words get capitalized; it's not all of them.
– Hearth
yesterday
@RegDwigнt That's also not quite what I'm talking about; it's common in English to use it specifically for titles, but not for the entire body of a text. And even then, there are rules about which words get capitalized; it's not all of them.
– Hearth
yesterday
2
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You may only get an answer if you ask somebody who's actually done this why they did.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
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This is common in German.
– Rusty Core
yesterday
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@RustyCore No; German only capitalizes nouns. It's definitely a distinct phenomenon from that.
– Hearth
yesterday
This is not common in German at all. It's called title case or headline style, which is exceptionally common in English but virtually unheard of in absolutely any other language ever. So I suggest we leave non-native speakers out of this for a change.
– RegDwigнt♦
yesterday
@RegDwigнt That's also not quite what I'm talking about; it's common in English to use it specifically for titles, but not for the entire body of a text. And even then, there are rules about which words get capitalized; it's not all of them.
– Hearth
yesterday
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You may only get an answer if you ask somebody who's actually done this why they did.
– Jason Bassford
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