Why isn't "baseball" capitalized? - English Spanish Translator Org: Translation Forum � Translators Forums

perezandric · 10-21-2009, 02:52 AM

This is not about translation. It's simply a rule that is driving me crazy.

Shouldn't sports such as baseball, football, etc. be written with a capital letter? Aren't they proper names after all? Toyota is the name of a specific car, therefore should be written, and is always written, with capital letter.

But newspapers always write baseball and football in lower-case. Why?

penningdcp · 10-21-2009, 09:34 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp

10-21-2009, 02:52 AM	#1
perezandric Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bronx, NY Posts: 18 Rep Power: 8	Why isn't "baseball" capitalized? This is not about translation. It's simply a rule that is driving me crazy. Shouldn't sports such as baseball, football, etc. be written with a capital letter? Aren't they proper names after all? Toyota is the name of a specific car, therefore should be written, and is always written, with capital letter. But newspapers always write baseball and football in lower-case. Why?

10-21-2009, 09:34 AM	#2
penningdcp Forum User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 82 Rep Power: 38	Re: Why isn't "baseball" capitalized? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp

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