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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / June 2004Capitalize the words Present Simple tense?
How do I capitalize the below sentence. I think I capitalize Present Simple but do I write First Person? "The speaker's use of the first person Present Simple tense pulls the reader into the scene." > How do I capitalize the below sentence. I think I capitalize Present Simple > but do I write First Person? > > "The speaker's use of the first person Present Simple tense pulls the reader > into the scene." "The speaker's use of the first person present tense pulls the reader into the scene." If you have to include 'simple', then: "The speaker's use of the first person simple present tense pulls the reader into the scene."  Signature"He named his second child Jim after the horse that had brought him to Washington. He caught his son one day writing 'James' on his lessons, and he told the boy without raising his voice that if he had wanted to name him 'James', that is what he would have done." -+Edward P. Jones, "The Known World" > How do I capitalize the below sentence. I think I capitalize Present Simple > but do I write First Person? Neither is capitalized. SignatureTranspose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. > > How do I capitalize the below sentence. I think I capitalize Present Simple > > but do I write First Person? > > Neither is capitalized. If one uses a German noun in English, should it be capitalized? Signature"He named his second child Jim after the horse that had brought him to Washington. He caught his son one day writing 'James' on his lessons, and he told the boy without raising his voice that if he had wanted to name him 'James', that is what he would have done." -+Edward P. Jones, "The Known World" >>>How do I capitalize the below sentence. I think I capitalize Present Simple >>>but do I write First Person? >> >>Neither is capitalized. > > If one uses a German noun in English, should it be capitalized? Nomally not, I would say, e.g. kindergarten, rucksack, abseiling. Sometimes German nouns used for abstractions in quasi-philosophical discourse, e.g. Weltanschauung, Zeitgeist etc., are capitalised, although I've seen them also being used uncapitalised. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Einde O'Callaghan wrote on 27 Jun 2004: [...] >> If one uses a German noun in English, should it be capitalized? >> > Nomally not, I would say, e.g. kindergarten, rucksack, abseiling. > Sometimes German nouns used for abstractions in > quasi-philosophical discourse, e.g. Weltanschauung, Zeitgeist These words appear in English dictionaries, so I guess they're English words and normally not German when they appear in English sentences --- unless, of course, those sentences are about German words. > etc., are capitalised, although I've seen them also being used > uncapitalised. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor. For email, replace numbers with English alphabet. > Einde O'Callaghan wrote on 27 Jun 2004: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > words and normally not German when they appear in English sentences --- > unless, of course, those sentences are about German words. As I said, I've sometimes seen them used in quasi-philosophical texts in capitalised form. In these texts normal English words for abstractions, e.g. reason, rationality, abstract etc., were also capitalised. I was doing no more than reporting what I've seen in such texts - and I did quite expressly say "sometimes". Regards, Einde O'Callaghan >>etc., are capitalised, although I've seen them also being used >>uncapitalised. Einde O'Callaghan wrote on 27 Jun 2004: >> Einde O'Callaghan wrote on 27 Jun 2004: >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > capitalised. I was doing no more than reporting what I've seen in > such texts - and I did quite expressly say "sometimes". I've seen the same thing. Well, as one of the aue denizens just put it about an English expression, "Some people use it, so it must be correct somewhere". SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor. For email, replace numbers with English alphabet. > Einde O'Callaghan wrote on 27 Jun 2004: > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > about an English expression, "Some people use it, so it must be correct > somewhere". LOL Regards, Einde O'Callaqghan Einde O'Callaghan wrote on 28 Jun 2004: >> Einde O'Callaghan wrote on 27 Jun 2004: >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> > LOL Doncha just luv Strong Descriptivism? SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor. For email, replace numbers with English alphabet. | >> I've seen the same thing. Well, as one of the aue denizens | >> just put it about an English expression, "Some people use | >> it, so it must be correct somewhere". | > LOL | Doncha just luv Strong Descriptivism? You wanna watch wot you was saying about Capital Letter's. I would of taken more care before posting if me was you. Owain |
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