Who Capitalizes 's' In Subject ?

[Smokey Bear]

I capitalie Subject when referring to the subject, a habit from my attorney training where things like Subject, Contract, and other specific items in a contract are capitalized to designate important parties and items of the contract.

 

[CANative]

Originally posted by Cynthia Hamilton@Jun 11 2005, 09:52 AM
I capitalie Subject when referring to the subject,

Shouldn't that have been: I capitalie Subject when referring to the Subject?

 

[Mike Boyd]

I agree with CLedit that a grammar teacher dies when subject is called a proper noun. It is only "proper" when it is the first or last name of an appraiser.

I started using all caps when computer programs for apparaisals first came out. That was in MS-DOS. You could not change font size and all caps took no more space than lower case. When I reluctantly changed to a Windows format, all caps became awkward so I began changing. Now it feels natural.

 

[Big ole Boy]

I prefer lower case.

Capitalizing "subject" is a thought which has never occurred to me.

I prefer to communicate the word subject in a sentence such as: "the subject

property".

 

[Smokey Bear]

You're right Greg. Actually, I think of it as capitalized but I actually use all caps because for some reason I have a really hard time with the shift key and I get tired of having to go back and correct my lack of capitalization where it belongs. i know, it looks like shouting but it beats having the first words in my sentences not capitalized when they should be.

 

[Bill Baughn]

Originally posted by JH Harriman@Feb 16 2005, 08:50 AM
Gotta disagree with this... It is not a proper name, it is a description. I never capitalize "subject" in my reports.

Typically when I talk about the subject property in my reports I won't capitalize SUBJECT but when I a talking about my Subject and Comps then I will capitalize it.

However someone said that Subject is a proper noun and therefore it is capitalized, how ever if it is the subject of your story then it is a verb (I believe) and therefore doesn't need to be capitalized.

AS FAR AS ALL CAPITALIZATION GOES, I USED TO DO IT ALL THE TIME CAUSE I WAS LAZY. Then someone told me that by doing that I was yelling (from an old BBS). However, one other thing I learned when it came to the difference between typing with all upper case (CAPITALIZED) and useing upper and lower cases (uncapitalized) was that by not capitalizing everything I was able to type more in my cells before I ran out of room. And now with the new forms coming out and FNMA wanting to reduce our writing to that one half a page, we are going to have to go to the smallest font available in our software and abbreviate the heck out of everything.

AND PEOPLE THOUGHT SHORTHAND ON HERE WAS BAD...JUST WAIT AND SEE (capitalized on purpose)



Bill Baughn