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benpaco
Who's gonna watch you die?
Age: 28
Location: Missouri 
- #1
- Posted: 04/30/2015 07:31
- Post subject: Capitalization of Quotes
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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)!
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albummaster
Janitor
Gender: Male
Location: Spain
Site Admin
- #2
- Posted: 04/30/2015 08:00
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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).
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- #3
- Posted: 04/30/2015 16:19
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| 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?
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- #4
- Posted: 04/30/2015 18:32
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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?
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- #5
- Posted: 04/30/2015 20:29
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| 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)
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SuedeSwede
Ognoo
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Location: On a cloud 
- #6
- Posted: 04/30/2015 21:44
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| 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
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Romanelli
Bone Swah
Gender: Male
Location: Broomfield, Colorado
Moderator
- #7
- Posted: 04/30/2015 21:58
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| 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.
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SuedeSwede
Ognoo
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Location: On a cloud
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- Posted: 04/30/2015 22:01
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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.
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Romanelli
Bone Swah
Gender: Male
Location: Broomfield, Colorado
Moderator
- #9
- Posted: 04/30/2015 22:04
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| 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.
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SuedeSwede
Ognoo
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Location: On a cloud
- #10
- Posted: 04/30/2015 22:05
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| 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.
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