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Old 01-29-2013, 02:36 PM   #483
WilderPegasus
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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy View Post
Nothing. IE, Firefox and Chrome are proper nouns. That's not what we're talking about. I explained the difference. I don't want to debate grammar (I know, too late for that), but websites, browsers, app names, etc. are different usages and are proper nouns. When you're talking about the art form, it's a common noun. The usage determines if its a proper or common noun, not the word. Do you capitalize hockey?
I do not know of a web browser named hockey but if there was I would capitalize it unless they had a stylized named that didn't capitalize the first letter.
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