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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Staid S Barr: Quote:
Thanks. This is the first time that this rule is actually spelled out.
But I gather that in "Bring It On", "On" is not a preposition? Or as other example "Turn It On", just like "Turn It Off"? Or does the two-letter rule override? Correct. In this case "on" and "off" are not used as prepositions. Isn't the English language fun!  | | | | Hal |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,745 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
It's like déjà vu all over again.  Where's the cat?  | | | Karsten
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 |  Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting hal9g: Quote:
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Thanks. This is the first time that this rule is actually spelled out.
But I gather that in "Bring It On", "On" is not a preposition? Or as other example "Turn It On", just like "Turn It Off"? Or does the two-letter rule override?
Correct. In this case "on" and "off" are not used as prepositions.
Isn't the English language fun! "On" is not a preposition, but still only has two letters. But it would be silly to treat it diferently than "Off". Anyway, this thread (for me at least) has solved the problem for the large majority of cases. | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Posts: 38 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote:
I would amend Hal's post to include capitalizing the first and last word of a title regardless. and also, a single word title is capitalized no matter what that single word is. | | | | Last edited: by garmonbozia |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting garmonbozia: Quote:
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I would amend Hal's post to include capitalizing the first and last word of a title regardless.
and also, a single word title is capitalized no matter what that single word is. I believe a single word would also be the first word of the title, which is always capitalized. | | | | Hal |
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| Registered: May 9, 2007 | | Posts: 1,536 |
| | Posted: | | | | A single word is even the last word of the title. | | | | Hans |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | How would you enter The HEART is DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS (actual front cover title) The current profile has The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things I'd like it to be The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things The reason is that Is is not a joining word, neither are Are and Am. But since the cover writes it in lower case, I don't know...  | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 681 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things I would enter it "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things" | | | Mika
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,480 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Draxen: Quote:
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The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things
I would enter it "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things" "Is" is a verb. I would enter it as "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things". | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | What I remember from school about prepositions is that they are bad things to end sentences with.  | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting m.cellophane: Quote:
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The Heart is Deceitful Above all Things
I would enter it "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things"
"Is" is a verb. I would enter it as "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things". Agreed | | | | Hal |
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