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Is English not your first language? Titles are supposed to be capitalized

• ClassyJacket 8y ago
  This is a headline, not a proper noun. Regardless of 'supposed to', it shouldn't be capitalized. There is no advantage to capitalizing, it, but it does lead to confusion.
  • sdinsn 8y ago
    > Regardless of 'supposed to', it shouldn't be capitalized That's not really how language rules work. I agree that it's confusing, but we have more confusing things in the English language that we aren't going to change either.
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• neogodless 8y ago
  Canadian English is not my first language! "Meat", "Giant", "Maple" and "Leaf" can all be nouns, and some of them can be adjectives. With everything in that sentence being flexible words, and "maple leaf" not standing out, you can't parse that sentence in order. Canadian - I'm with you Meat - Ok, Canadian meat! Giant - I'm not sure here, is Giant a kind of Canadian meat? Maple - huh... ? Leaf - I'm really getting lost here It isn't until I get to the "Burger" that I'm starting to realize we're talking about a "meat giant" company and that company is named "Maple Leaf." I get that if you know all companies in all countries, you probably recognize Maple Leaf, but I had not heard of them before, so it took some logic to interpret a sentence that, in my opinion, should be understandable the first time you read it, without making assumptions (or having explicit knowledge about a specific company.) If only "Maple Leaf" was capitalized, it would've been instantly recognized as a company name, and the "meat giant" descriptor would've been logical.
  • sdinsn 8y ago
    I understand your confusion, but titles are capitalized in the English language so I don't know what to say. It's not the most confusing rule we have at least