[mb-style] RFC: english capitalizationofshortenedwordsbeginingwith a single quote

[Chris Bransden]

On 03/09/06, Dave Smey <autodave at davesmey.com> wrote:
> But more so I am disturbed that many just don't value good arguments
> and/or research in the discussion.  Many weigh in with "I like this" or "I
> don't like this" and "I have no idea why" or even "Obviously there is no
> rule."  Not that that is totally unacceptable (except for the last
> statement, which IS), but we should try to do a lot better.

off topic, but it depends on the discussion. here is IMO a good
example of a discussion where it IS just down to personal preference.
of course there are plenty of perfectly valid arguments you can use,
but in the absense of any authoritative english captilization rules
that *specifically* deal with this situation (ergo, that last statment
would be acceptable to me - didn't i say it anyway?), non of them are
deal breakers.

you talk as if personal preference ("i (don't) like this") have no
merit. i don't think i would go that far. of course research
(real-world usage) is valid, but the real question is WHY they used
the method they did? IMO it's...personal preference.

back on topic, i would go with michelle's reasoning. i think the
arguement that a lot of titles don't have these apostrophes is
compelling. i never looked at it like that.