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**rubah** · 05-06-2008, 04:03 PM

Should I have capitalized the e in "regarding" in the title of the last announcement? I didn't think about it at the time, but now I'm thinking I should have. . .

Thoughts?

Aerith's Knight · 05-06-2008, 04:27 PM

Momiji · 05-06-2008, 04:45 PM

Originally Bespoken by Aerith's Knight

-_-'

Wow, such a smurfing great contribution that was...

Anyway rubah, clearly the most proper thing to do is edit the title and type the full word. Besides, doesn't 'Re:' mean 'Reply'?

Tavrobel · 05-06-2008, 05:11 PM

I believe that it can go either way. Don't worry. Engineers don't need English.

**rubah** · 05-06-2008, 05:40 PM

Originally Bespoken by Momiji

Anyway rubah, clearly the most proper thing to do is edit the title and type the full word. Besides, doesn't 'Re:' mean 'Reply'?

it might, except an announcement isn't really a reply.

Wow, apparently it's latin.

List of Latin phrases (P-Z) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
so lowercase e was correct!

Momiji · 05-06-2008, 05:49 PM

Wow, interesting. I never realized it was Latin. I always just assumed it was an abbreviation of 'reply'.

***Roogle*** · 05-06-2008, 08:06 PM

Originally Bespoken by Aerith's Knight

-_-'

Please do not make useless posts.

Citizen Bleys · 05-07-2008, 06:44 AM

Yes, the lower-case "e" is correct.

Generally in English, however, "Re:" is considered to mean "regarding," regardless (ha ha, get it?) of the original intent.