[projectaon] Re: Erratum Query
- From: Jonathan Blake <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 13:57:02 -0700
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Jonathan Blake <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:12 AM, John TFS <johntfs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The way I understand it, the words, "God" and/or "Goddess" should only be
>> capitalized if they are true proper names for the deities in question.
>> Christians worship God. Wiccans worship the Goddess. In the case of the
>> Lone Wolf cosmology, those words would not be capitalized, so the correct
>> terms would be "Lone Wolf prayed to the god, Kai, for aid" or "Rune Blade
>> thanked the goddess, Ishir, for his success." Note that in the cases above,
>> you do need to use commas due to an English rule whose name I cannot recall.
>
> The name of the rule you're looking for is "apposition".
>
> The complicating factor in my mind is that we capitalize things like
> "the King" or "the Queen". We even mention God/Goddess in the Manual
> of Style:
>
> http://www.projectaon.org/en/Sanctum/ManualOfStyle#personal-titles
>
> This only pertains, however, when referring to a specific god or
> goddess. The question is whether this should apply to a specific
> pantheon (i.e. "the gods").
I've verified that we have been consistent in using "the gods" unless
it is in a combination like "the Gods Ishir and Kai".
--
Jon
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