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   Message 129,827 of 130,039   
   JMB99 to Ian Goddard   
   Re: capitalisation of Nouns?   
   01 Dec 23 08:13:48   
   
   From: mb@nospam.net   
      
   On 30/11/2023 23:32, Ian Goddard wrote:   
   > Just to quote a contrary case, I'm working on a C18th copy of a map   
   > supposedly of the time of Henry V.  This includes a list of landmarks,   
   > some of which have two word names.  The first word is capitalised and   
   > the second not, e.g. "Within edge".  Many of them do have the faintest   
   > of hyphens but not Within edge.   
      
      
   Conventions change over the years, if you look in old newspapers they   
   usually have streets as "high-street" with no capitalisation.   
      
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