Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.al to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 months agoOh dearlazysoci.alimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
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minus-squaredrathvedro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWhat’s up with those random capitalizations?
minus-squareNikko882@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s for emphasis, most likely. Italics would have been the more common option, but it still gets the point across this way.
minus-squareOldChicoAle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s just jarring which is why it has emphasis. I feel like people don’t give a shit about grammar anymore. Commas are in random places, and no one knows what a proper noun is.
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIt’s not bad grammar, it’s more like an internet dialect. Reminds me of fantasy books that capitalise special nouns
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoOr comics, who use the mechanism ubiquitously
What’s up with those random capitalizations?
It’s for emphasis, most likely. Italics would have been the more common option, but it still gets the point across this way.
It’s just jarring which is why it has emphasis. I feel like people don’t give a shit about grammar anymore. Commas are in random places, and no one knows what a proper noun is.
It’s not bad grammar, it’s more like an internet dialect. Reminds me of fantasy books that capitalise special nouns
Or comics, who use the mechanism ubiquitously