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Why is "defence" not capitalized then? A typo?
by Al-Khwarizmi 11y ago
Why is "defence" not capitalized then? A typo?
- FoeNyx 11y agoThat was bothering me too. At least, it is not a typo from ubernostrum, it's spelled "defence" in the original [1]. Moreover that's the British spelling of defense (is there a link with the lack of capital?). Also note that, instead of "Blessings", it is "Bleſsings" in the original. But they are roughly equivalent if you apply a compatibility decomposition in your unicode normalization (NFKD/NFKC). So where is the edit button for that constitution? Or do they only accept pull requests? [1] http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_downloads.html http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_downloads...
- Al-Khwarizmi 11y agoSomeone asked the same question here https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-word-defence-the-only-uncapitalized-noun-in-the-Preamble-to-the-U-S-Constitution https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-word-defence-the-only-uncap... but at least in my browser, I can't see the actual answer (it says "2 Answers" but I can only see one, which just confirms that the word is not capitalized).
- lmm 11y agoMaybe defense is considered active in a way that Welfare and Tranquility are not?
- Double_Cast 11y ago"common defense" is being used as an elision of "common defense of the People". The entire phrase is a noun phrase. But " defense" is a verb within the noun phrase.