[bksvol-discuss] Re: caps

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:03:02 -0700 (PDT)

Good idea, Rick. Thanks for the clarification. I'll try to remember to do that, 
though whole paragraphs in caps don't occur very often--but a few lines, like 
the your example, sometimes do, especially if it's part of a newspaper article 
as in one book I validated.

Cindy

--- On Wed, 8/27/08, Rick Roderick <rickrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Rick Roderick <rickrod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: caps
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 4:04 AM
> Cindy,
> 
> Let me clarify.  Titles that are in all caps in print
> should be in all caps 
> in braille.  I think that where the rule of switching case
> does apply is 
> when a whole paragraph is written that way.  In a manual,
> if a safety 
> concern is expressed, this is often done.  DO NOT USE THIS
> PRODUCT WHILE 
> TAKING A BATH OR WHILE DROWSY.  That looks awkward.  An
> alternative is to 
> put it in italics.  That puts two marks at the beginning
> and one before the 
> last word. 
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