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why bother with capitalization at the beginning of sentences?
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why bother with capitalization at the beginning of sentences? we have periods. it's great for highlighting names, otherwise it's pointless.

inb4 follow it becuz it's the rule even though it adds nothing mechanical to grammar since we have punctuation and we just convinced ourselves it looks nice.
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i don't do it on the internet. it's a remnant from an obsolete medium.

reforms have been tried but they never stick because >muh prescriptivism
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>>7499069
>periods

murika
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>>7499069
Punctuation and capitalisation are used to rest the eye between sentences. I find it helps me concentrate more on what the author is trying to say, and let's me easily go back through the text and pick up something I would like to read again. Without it, I suspect the eye would be tired far more quickly having less structure to form a natural pause, and reading for long periods of time would be more difficult and distracting.

punctuation and capitalisation are used to rest the eye between sentences. i find it helps me concentrate more on what the author is trying to say, and let's me easily go back through the text and pick up something i would like to read again. without it, i suspect the eye would be tired far more quickly having less structure to form a natural pause, and reading for long periods of time would be more difficult and distracting.

punctuation and capitalisation are used to rest the eye between sentences i find it helps me concentrate more on what the author is trying to say and lets me easily go back through the text and pick up something i would like to read again without it i suspect the eye would be tired far more quickly having less structure to form a natural pause and reading for long periods of time would be more difficult and distracting
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>>7499097
1 and 2 are same. it gets silly at 3.

>let's eat granpa
>let's eat, granpa
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>>7499117
>trying to critique
>can't spell grandpa
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capitalization is a product of the patriarchy, white cis men used it to opress order into the flow of information. poetry has been oppressed by white cis males with their stanzas and pentameters and structure thankfully we are being liberated with free verse poetry by strong independent econommmicalllly gender fluid binaray twice oppressed once removed test tube born rastafarin proto queers
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>>7499097
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>>7499097
>'
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>>7499274
why use any punctuation
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It's because it's civilized. It looks better. Are you so lazy that you have trouble reaching for the shift key?

>inb4 spooks

Go live in Africa if you feel like being a dick to everyone and ignoring conventions.
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>>7499278
I was pointing out the incorrect use of the apostrophe in that post.
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