In dealing with publishers John have you ever asked how they distinguish
between "little lorikeet" and "Little Lorikeet" if caps are not allowed?
Perhaps in the first case you could use "small" but there are many cases
when there is no easy way to tell what is meant without capitals!
On 10 April 2012 15:58, John Leonard <> wrote:
> My experience with publishers is that they seem to know almost nothing. To
> accept and understand the capitalisation covention for species names you
> have to have a concept of a species, and most people simply don't have
> that, especially not publishers.
>
> John Leonard
>
> On 10 April 2012 15:50, Richard Nowotny <>
> wrote:
>
> > Interestingly Phillip I wasn't actually trying to make a point. I'm
> > genuinely interested in the origins of what is indeed an
> accepted/required
> > "convention" in much of the publishing world, decided by people who
> > presumably are neither lazy nor stupid, and presumably for a reason (or
> > reasons) which they consider to be sound - and which presumably they
> > consider outweigh the fairly obvious downsides of using this
> > non-capitilising convention. But what are these reasons? R.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I agree entirely on your point. However I think it overly generous of you
> > to
> > refer to this trend of ignoring the intelligence behind capitalisation
> as a
> > "convention". It is hardly deserving of that title. Unless you care to
> call
> > laziness and stupidity a "convention". Is it anything other than laziness
> > and stupidity?
> >
> >
> >
> > Philip Veerman
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