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  1. single word requests - Is ‘casing’ a valid alternative to ...

    Oct 11, 2017 · Because casing is commonly used here on the English Language 🙵 Usage SE to ask whether a word is capitalized or not, I'm still wondering whether casing is a valid alternative to …

  2. What is the outer metal/plastic box of a device called?

    Feb 19, 2020 · 1 Case and Chassis are used pretty often as some of the comments indicate. Other similar words are tower, system unit and cabinet. Also, holder is often used for additional external …

  3. Title-Casing "ad hoc" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 3, 2016 · Title casing isn't a linguistic issue, in the same way that "How to best perm my dog's hair" doesn't come under "Biology". So, as with all convention-based questions, we look to see what other …

  4. What's the etymology of English letter casing terminology?

    The popular consensus around the web (i.e., Wikipedia) seems to be that "upper case" and "lower case" originate from typesetting convention of upper and lower drawers for letters, possibly preceded...

  5. "Lowercase", "lower-case", or "lower case" - English Language & Usage ...

    Feb 27, 2012 · Of, printed, or formatted in lowercase letters. | tr.v. -cased, -casing, -cases To put (type or text) in lowercase letters. — lowercase n. (It might for a moment appear that AHDEL is endorsing …

  6. What is the verb that means to capitalize the first letter of a word ...

    Proper Casing Is Not "In Programming Community", It's Just a VB Thing. It differ from Title Case that latter doesn't capitalize articles, pronouns and some conjutives.

  7. A verb meaning "to look around making sure no one sees you"

    Jun 1, 2015 · So if you were to rob a post office you might 'case' it the day before to get an idea of who comes and goes, likely problems, escape routes and so on. Perhaps this is not quite what you are …

  8. capitalization - Capital letters in headlines - English Language ...

    There are no "rules": some journals follow conventional title-casing, others do not. What a headline is intended to communicate is only incidentally its linguistic content; the primary "content" is "You would …

  9. Should I use capitalization when mentioning a domain name?

    The company itself might request that you always write both names the same way, even if that means upper-casing a domain name. However, I don't think it's incorrect from a style perspective to always …

  10. Does the next word after a colon have to be capitalized?

    The O’Reilly Style Guide states “Lowercase the first letter after a colon: this is how we do it. (Exception: headings.)” The heading exceptions refer to “headline casing” rules which may apply at a sufficiently …