- single word requests - Is ‘casing’ a valid alternative to . . .
Because casing is commonly used here on the English Language 🙵 Usage SE to ask whether a word is capitalized or not, I'm still wondering whether casing is a valid alternative to capitalization Can I say something like: Please fix the casing in your text? as alternative to Please fix the capitalization in your text Which one is more
- Title-Casing ad hoc - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Title casing isn't a linguistic issue, in the same way that "How to best perm my dog's hair" doesn't come under "Biology" So, as with all convention-based questions, we look to see what other people tend to do For example, search Amazon Books for "ad hoc" This reveals a number of titles:
- orthography - Lowercase, lower-case, or lower case - English . . .
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, fifth edition (2010) recommends spelling the adjective, verb, and noun forms identically, as lowercase: lowercase adj Of, printed, or formatted in lowercase letters | tr v -cased, -casing, -cases To put (type or text) in lowercase letters — lowercase n
- Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title?
Capitalization of hyphenated words in general is really more a question of style than anything else In other word, choose a rule and be consistent with it: From Garbl's writing center: When capitalizing hyphenated words in a title, choose a style and follow it consistently Simplest is to capitalize only the first word unless later words are proper nouns or adjectives: Unique benefits for
- What is the outer metal plastic box of a device called?
1 Case and Chassis are used pretty often as some of the comments indicate Other similar words are tower, system unit and cabinet Also, holder is often used for additional external casing especially on smaller devices like smartphones and tablets
- synonyms - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
By annotating, rewording and or other modifications such as: expanding first uses of acronyms title casing names, book article titles adding footnotes with references for published mentions Example
- Difference between voting and casting a vote
It seems to me that the question is a valid one I was going to suggest that there was no difference in meaning when describing the action of an individual, but "voting" may also denote a collective activity ("Voting continued all day"), which can only clumsily be described by "the casting of votes"
- Why do some people write text all in lower case?
In many online venues and communities, typing in all lower case is not only not regarded as incorrect; it is the ordinary way to communicate, and a norm of sorts Typing with completely standard conventions (such as capitalising the first letter of each word, always including apostrophes in words like "won't", etc ) would in these contexts potentially mark the user as an outsider, or as
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