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Seems like identical reasoning can be applied to many other nouns which are definitely not capitalized: > Atmosphere should be capitalized when referring to th
by gaur 11y ago
Seems like identical reasoning can be applied to many other nouns which are definitely not capitalized:
> Atmosphere should be capitalized when referring to the single, proper Atmosphere that most of us breathe.
> However, there are other atmospheres (e.g., on other planets), and those are not capitalized.
- moefh 11y agoOn the other hand: > Sun should be capitalized when referring to the star at the center of our solar system, as opposed to other suns -- the stars at the center of other planetary systems.
- jen729w 11y agoBad example, I'm afraid. The Sun is, specifically, our star. Other stars aren't suns, they're stars with other names.
- userbinator 11y agoHere, The Sun is also one of our tabloids.
- moefh 11y agoIt's common usage to call other stars at the center of planetary system "suns". For example: > As we came to understand that the stars in the sky are other suns [...] - http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/exoplanet-exploration/ http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/exoplanet-e... See also the 2nd definition at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sun http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sun : > : any star that has planets which move around it
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- cgriswald 11y agoI think you've mistaken GP's clarification for which internet should be capitalized for the reason it should be capitalized.
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- gaur 11y ago> which internet should be capitalized None of them, according to the AP.