Hi all,
Here's a nice big can of worms ripe for the opening.
What do people think of the issue of capitalising common names as opposed to
not e.g. Red Kangaroo as opposed to red kangaroo?
It varies considerably between publications, even from the same publisher!
Some examples of magazines that capitalise: Wingspan, Nature Australia,
Australia Wildlife; some who don't: BBC Wildlife, Australian Geographic,
Geo. It differs between books too: Reader's Digest Encyclopedia of Wildlife
doesn't but Reader's Digest Complete Book of Aus Birds and Aus Museum's
Mammals of Australia does.
It seems to be more common in bird circles and perhaps in Australian
publications.
Certainly it is not standard to do so in scientific literature (Emu
notwithstanding).
Any thoughts on the pros and cons, likes and dislikes?
Sean
p.s. yes, it is an issue up for debate here at work (the capitalisers are
loosing), but I am interested personally too.
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