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  1. What do all capital letters typically refer to in writing?

    All caps are typically used for either of two reasons: Visual Style Capital letters are often used on covers of magazines, in logos and artsy-typography, usually to emphasise the visual style of …

  2. Is it CoViD? Or COVID? Covid? How should the word be spelled?

    Mar 24, 2020 · Others that favor COVID-19 may be following the standard US book publishing style of using all caps for acronyms of any length, or Associated Press Stylebook style, which …

  3. meaning in context - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    USING ALL CAPS IN TEXT IS—sorry, is the microphone working now? Using all caps in text is a common convention indicating that the writer should be envisioned as shouting, or speaking in …

  4. How should "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" be …

    I think that in most communications, including both informal and formal registers, "I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" (all caps) would also be accepted by most people …

  5. What words should be capitalized in "to whom it may concern"?

    Jun 24, 2012 · An exception to all of this is when something is a title. Unless you're writing a book titled "To Whom It May Concern", in a letter, this should be capitalized like a sentence. Again, …

  6. When does an acronym lose its capitalization, e.g. RaDAR 'radar'?

    An experienced English speaker would instantly recognize an a-phonetic, all-caps character grouping as an initialism, pronounce it as such and be able to locate a definition more easily …

  7. Proper capitalization of commonly used acronyms and initialisms

    I was always under impression, that acronyms ought to be written all caps. However reading BBC News site very often I see some of the common acronyms written as proper names (first cap). …

  8. Can PhD be written as PH.D in a name card? [duplicate]

    Jun 29, 2015 · It doesn't seem that your exact example is listed here, as it's missing the second period and the "h" is capitalized but if all the text on the card is in uppercase, that could explain …

  9. typography - Moving the lower case ‘c’ up flush with the ‘M’ in the ...

    Jun 30, 2016 · Regarding names like McNeil or McDonald and such, twice recently I have been asked to move the lowercase c up so that the top of the lowercase letter aligns up with tops of …

  10. Is it proper to use all caps for an organization name that is not an ...

    Mar 3, 2018 · The question concerned all caps. Not using all caps when proper and practical would not be responsible. The example you use is not of a name, but a logo. In any Common …