Continuing a mini (cathartic?) series on internet etiquette:
Just so we’re clear, the convention on capitalisation is that capitalising a phrase / sentence / paragraph is intended to convey shouting. One of the downsides of e-mail, and forum posting, is that it is hard to convey emotion, a twinkle in the eye, a gentle tone of voice and so on. It is easy for people to misunderstand the nature of something you say.
PUTTING A SENTENCE IN CAPITAL LETTERS IS A WAY OF DEALING WITH THAT PROBLEM. So it’s polite to use sentence case (or all lower case if you’re lazy) unless you intend to sound loud!
Did everyone hear that alright?
Blog Category:
Add new comment