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Really off-topic and nit-picking: if you are going to editorialize the title to capital letters for every words (tourists -> Tourists) then do it at least for `
by johnchristopher 7y ago
Really off-topic and nit-picking: if you are going to editorialize the title to capital letters for every words (tourists -> Tourists) then do it at least for `NASA`.
While I Am At It, I Do Dislike random Capitalization :) and those rules https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/capitalization/rules-for-capitalization-in-titles.html https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/capitalization/rules-for-...
- Kye 7y agoAcronyms that become words sometimes lose their capitalization. Nasa is headed there. See also: laser, scuba, radar, modem.
- johnchristopher 7y agoI don't think so. Which apparatus is a nasa supposed to be ? edit: a laser, a scuba, a modem I can picture but what's a nasa ?
- Kye 7y agoI don't understand the question. I'm only describing the phenomenon. No judgement of merits. It just...happens. Can't really stop it.
- johnchristopher 7y agoAllow me to clarify: I don't think NASA is becoming a word. I think it's written that way to follow an editorial rule or because it's a mistake. > Acronyms that become words sometimes lose their capitalization. Nasa is headed there. A laser, a scuba, a radar or modem have become words and describes objects (and have a plural form) so what would the word `nasa` describe if it's heading to being a word (which I don't believe is what's happening but I might be wrong) ?
- inflatableDodo 7y agoThe organisation. Proper nouns are still nouns.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoIt's about pronunciation, not whether it's some tangible apparatus. That's you backsplaining the phenomenon. You don't pronounce it "En Ay Es Ay". You say "Nasa". Someone in another comment thread links to a wiki article for more info.
- johnchristopher 7y agoOh, I see now ! Thanks. That makes much more sense if it's about pronunciation and not some tangible apparatus (I wrongly deduced that).
- jessriedel 7y agoIn British English, it is common that only the initial letter of an acronym is capitalized if the acronym is read as a word, e.g., "Unesco", "Nasa", "Nato". The BBC in particular has this as an explicit editorial policy.