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Re: Capitalization of Quotes

albummaster — Fri, 1 May 2015 03:06:27 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 05/01/2015 07:06

SuedeSwede wrote:

I know, but it's not in stanza form, it's in sentence form, and you wouldn't type like: Hello, My name is SuedeSwede, This isn't how you type, etc.

agree with what you are saying. The lyrics are written using a comma to break each line, mainly for aesthetics & because they'd been transcribed that way from people's suggestions and from other websites. I'd be happy to replace these all with slashes and change to a stanza format, but you're the first person to raise this in ten years and to change it isn't a small job given there are about a thousand of these quotes already in the database.

Re: Capitalization of Quotes

SuedeSwede — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:05:54 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 04/30/2015 22:05

Romanelli wrote:

It would actually be like this:

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill/He sounds too blue to fly/The midnight train is whining low/I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Yeah, if that's how it was written at the top, I'd totally agree with that. But seeing as they're all written as sentences it should follow really.

Re: Capitalization of Quotes

Romanelli — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:04:17 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 04/30/2015 22:04

SuedeSwede wrote:

I know, but it's not in stanza form, it's in sentence form, and you wouldn't type like: Hello, My name is SuedeSwede, This isn't how you type, etc.

It would actually be like this:

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill/He sounds too blue to fly/The midnight train is whining low/I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Re: Capitalization of Quotes

SuedeSwede — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:01:39 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 04/30/2015 22:01

I know, but it's not in stanza form, it's in sentence form, and you wouldn't type like: Hello, My name is SuedeSwede, This isn't how you type, etc.

Re: Capitalization of Quotes

Romanelli — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:58:45 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 04/30/2015 21:58

SuedeSwede wrote:

It shouldn't be though

Actually, when you read lyrics either on album notes or even on a lyrics site, they are most always shown like this, with the first letter in each line in caps:

(Copied and pasted directly from a Google search)

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill,
He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whining low,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by.
The moon just went behind the clouds
To hide its face and cry.

Did you ever see a robin weep,
When leaves begin to die
That means he's lost the will to live,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky.
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Re: Capitalization of Quotes

SuedeSwede — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:44:18 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 04/30/2015 21:44

Goodsir wrote:

When it comes to lyrics, I think every line is capitalized at the beginning. (in this case represented by the commas I believe)

It shouldn't be though

Re: Capitalization of Quotes

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:29:11 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/30/2015 20:29

goeie-oko wrote:

EDIT: Actually, I've noticed when looking at some quotes, that all words after a comma have been capitalised, is this on purpose? Is this a thing in the English language?

When it comes to lyrics, I think every line is capitalized at the beginning. (in this case represented by the commas I believe)

Re: Capitalization of Quotes

goeie-oko — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 14:32:37 GMT

Author: goeie-oko

Posted: 04/30/2015 18:32

While on this topic, "it's" and "'cause" should surely not be capitalized in this quote?

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EDIT: Actually, I've noticed when looking at some quotes, that all words after a comma have been capitalised, is this on purpose? Is this a thing in the English language?

Re: Capitalization of Quotes

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:19:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/30/2015 16:19

albummaster wrote:

Thanks for reporting. Yes, they should all be capitalised at the beginning. This one is now fixed (I'll go back through the song quotes thread and correct any others as well).

There's a lot of quotes. Would you need help with that from the moderators?

Re: Capitalization of Quotes

albummaster — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 04:00:21 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 04/30/2015 08:00

Thanks for reporting. Yes, they should all be capitalised at the beginning. This one is now fixed (I'll go back through the song quotes thread and correct any others as well).

Capitalization of Quotes

benpaco — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 03:31:40 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 04/30/2015 07:31

This seems stupid but my eyes catch typos and "Brand New" both really easily so this really stood out when I logged on:

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Tiny thing, but not sure if it's on any other quotes where it's not capitalized at the start or there are any other typos (IIRC WindowAbove or someone pointed out a typo a while back in the quote thread).

Thanks for doing all you do (and adding that wonderful quote)!