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  1. single word requests - Is ‘casing’ a valid alternative to ...

    Oct 11, 2017 · Because casing is commonly used here on the English Language 🙵 Usage SE to ask whether a word is capitalized or not, I'm still wondering whether casing is a valid …

  2. What's the etymology of English letter casing terminology?

    The popular consensus around the web (i.e., Wikipedia) seems to be that "upper case" and "lower case" originate from typesetting convention of upper and lower drawers for letters, possibly …

  3. WhAt iS tHiS kINd oF caPiTaLiSAtIOn cAlLeD? - random …

    May 4, 2020 · After digging for a long time, I finally discovered the name of this kind of capitalisation. It's called studly caps or sometimes sticky caps. Studly caps: Studly caps is a …

  4. What is the outer metal/plastic box of a device called?

    Feb 19, 2020 · 1 Case and Chassis are used pretty often as some of the comments indicate. Other similar words are tower, system unit and cabinet. Also, holder is often used for …

  5. grammar - "And " vs "Or" when using respectively - English …

    Jun 17, 2024 · I want to reduce my sentence to a shorter sentence. My actual intention is: In real-type representations, k is 1, in complex-type representations, k is 2, and in quaternion-type …

  6. capitalization - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 19, 2025 · Presumably, if in a government office, they issue a document specifically named "Temporary Operator's Permit," they're trying to uniquely identify their temporary operator's …

  7. Title-Casing "ad hoc" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 3, 2016 · Title casing isn't a linguistic issue, in the same way that "How to best perm my dog's hair" doesn't come under "Biology". So, as with all convention-based questions, we look to see …

  8. Why do some people write text all in lower case?

    Nov 23, 2024 · In many online venues and communities, typing in all lower case is not only not regarded as incorrect; it is the ordinary way to communicate, and a norm of sorts. Typing with …

  9. "Lowercase", "lower-case", or "lower case" - English Language

    Feb 27, 2012 · Of, printed, or formatted in lowercase letters. | tr.v. -cased, -casing, -cases To put (type or text) in lowercase letters. — lowercase n. (It might for a moment appear that AHDEL …

  10. Should "This" be capitalized in title case? [duplicate]

    Aug 7, 2019 · I have read that short words – that is, those with less than five letters – should not be capitalized. However, online sentence-to-title case converters capitalize the …