Re: The Instrument? The instrument?

Subject: Re: The Instrument? The instrument?
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "Technical Writing" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:12:04 -0800

This is a common and rather bad habit of engineers
who write documents. Engineers universally overuse
capitalization. I think it's the result of having to use
all-caps in the notes in engineering drawings and
titles.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Allison" <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
> If youâ?Tve worked on anything that refers to a hardware thingy by
> both
> its clunky formal name and by the phrase â?othe instrument,â?? do you
> capitalize â?oinstrumentâ???
>
> The manual I've inherited does. The phrase has a homey, old-timey,
> reverential feel. Seems as if maybe I should bow my head every time I
> read it.
>
> Does it strike you as an outdated convention? Would you capitalize
> it?
> Iâ?Tm dying to knock down the caps but want a to hear others'
> opinions.
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