From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-10-15, Ross Clark  wrote:   
      
   > I meant to mention that something like this capitalization practice   
   > persisted in English at least until late in the 18th century. [...]   
   > This looks roughly like capitalization of lexical words for emphasis,   
   > rather than on any grammatical basis.   
      
   My go-to example is the original text of the United States Declaration   
   of Independence.   
      
   I think I've also seen it in some French texts from that time.   
   There's probably an archive of revolutionary pamphlets somewhere.   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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