Uninstall office XP

[Gary Smith]

They do. Congratulations, but it still isn't the word I had in mind. I must
admit, you are the first to come up with these and now I will have to add
them to list. I have asked the question on many fora and you're the first to
come up with anything.

I know what word you had in mind -- it begins with "p", right? I thought
it was common knowledge, but I haven't seen anyone post it yet. I did
want to point out that there isn't just one such pair.

 

[Alias]

I know what word you had in mind -- it begins with "p", right?
Yep.

I thought
it was common knowledge, but I haven't seen anyone post it yet. I did
want to point out that there isn't just one such pair.

And so you did and I thank you.

 

[Bob I]

Actually none of those qualify based on the question. IF the "lower
case" word is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it is capitalized
BUT the pronunciation does NOT change. Those "capitalized words" are
pronounced differently because they are names and thus DIFFERENT words,
and being names they are proper nouns, and proper nouns are capitalized.
Is the word in question another example of a Proper noun?
A different twist is words that are spelled the same but change
pronunciation based on context or tense, the word read" for example.

 

[Gordon]

Actually none of those qualify based on the question. IF the "lower
case" word is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it is capitalized
BUT the pronunciation does NOT change. Those "capitalized words" are
pronounced differently because they are names and thus DIFFERENT words,
and being names they are proper nouns, and proper nouns are capitalized.
Is the word in question another example of a Proper noun?
A different twist is words that are spelled the same but change
pronunciation based on context or tense, the word read" for example.

And all in a thread about uninstalling Office XP! I love it! This is
what Usenet is all about, serendipity moments!

 

[Clark Griswold]

And all in a thread about uninstalling Office XP! I love it! This is what
Usenet is all about, serendipity moments!

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Gordon Burgess-Parker
Director
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

You can thank Sarah Anne (Miss PT) for this thread going askew.

 

[Alias]

You can thank Sarah Anne (Miss PT) for this thread going askew.

She hasn't come up with the answer either.

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

;-)

D ~

You can thank Sarah Anne (Miss PT) for this thread going askew.

 

[Jay Somerset]

Actually none of those qualify based on the question. IF the "lower
case" word is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it is capitalized
BUT the pronunciation does NOT change. Those "capitalized words" are
pronounced differently because they are names and thus DIFFERENT words,
and being names they are proper nouns, and proper nouns are capitalized.
Is the word in question another example of a Proper noun?
A different twist is words that are spelled the same but change
pronunciation based on context or tense, the word read" for example.

I don't recall any rule that proper nouns were disqualified. Capitalization
is usually (in English) reserved for proper nouns, or the start of a
sentence. On the web, rules may be diferent (e.g. "SHOUTING").

 

[Alias]

Who said anything about it being restricted to nouns, proper or otherwise?
In fact, one word is a proper noun and the other can be a verb and a noun
depending on how it's used.

Miss Tick, can you rise to the occasion?