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Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 08/07/06 02:19
On 2006-08-07, dorayme wrote:
> In article <8kbiq3-m6r.ln1@xword.teksavvy.com>,
> "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This business of using
>> > capitals for abbreviations and acronyms and such enables you to
>> > shout but hide behind an excuse. Like when you deliberately ram a
>> > car that is coming the wrong way down a one way street... and
>> > enjoy it.
>>
>> It's standard English usage to capitalize abbreviations.
>
> As e.g. "E.G."?
As with most things in the English language, there are exceptions,
and in the case of abbreviations, lowercase is used for a _few_
well-known ones -- but not generally.
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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