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I am not great with grammar, however I think its always supposed to be capitalized. that being said, i dont read too much into it in a hn post. Its sort of ra
by autokad 9y ago
I am not great with grammar, however I think its always supposed to be capitalized. that being said, i dont read too much into it in a hn post. Its sort of random for me, depends how tired my fingers are to leave the home keys
- jcranmer 9y agoEnglish grammar generally follows the rule that proper nouns and derivations thereof are capitalized. So the proper way to write it would be white, black, Asian, Hispanic (also Latino/Latina), Native American (or Indian or Amerindian), Pacific Islander, etc. Note the difference between native American and Native American.
- DrScump 9y agoproper nouns and derivations thereof are capitalized Not when used as adjectives, as in the given example. Had it been hyphenated, creating a lone noun, "Asian-American" would work.
- dragonwriter 9y agoProper adjectives (adjectives derived from proper nouns) are generally capitalized in English.