Capitalization in the constitution?
Language Log 2024-07-23
Summary:
A few years ago (in "…'such matters as Opinion, not real worth, gives a value to'", 11/20/2016), based on reading Mary Astell's 1694 work A serious proposal to the ladies, for the advancement of their true and greatest interest, I asked: Why did authors from Astell's time distribute initial capital letters in the apparently erratic […]