Re: The Instrument? The instrument?

["Susan W Gallagher" <susanwg -at- gmail -dot- com>]

There was a time when using initial caps for emphasis was common, but I'm
not old enough to remember it -- and I'm **old**! <g>

Chicago, 15th ed. says in part in paragraph 7.50, "Initial capitals, once
used to lend importance to certain words, are now used only ironically."

HTH!
-Sue Gallagher

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> wrote:

>
> If you've worked on anything that refers to a hardware thingy by both
> its clunky formal name and by the phrase "the instrument," do you
> capitalize "instrument"?
>
> 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  Does it strike you as an outdated convention?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?
> I'm dying to knock down the caps but want a to hear others' opinions.
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