Re: English/english

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From: Karen Kay
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 19:50

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Dick Morris said:
> I haven't noticed this as a trend.  All forms of the word "English" are still
> capitalized in Wesbster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition, which
> we use.  Sounds like a personal thing with the author to me.

I asked two friends who are professors of English, and neither of them
had heard of this so-called trend.

Karen
  karenk@netcom.com

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