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by MichaelCrawford
Posted to Diaries, Diary on Mon Jul 19, 2004 at 11:25:35 AM PST
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I have posted a new piece of my writing:

I am not happy

It started out as a Kuro5hin comment, but I thought it was well written and could stand alone so I posted a copy on my own site.

I've been very unhappy for a while, but have been struggling to change that. Writing is one of the things I do to find happiness.

How should the title "I am not happy" be capitalized? I had it as "I am Not Happy" at first, but that didn't look right, nor did "I am not Happy".

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I think (3.00/0) (#1)
by pkej on Wed Jul 21, 2004 at 05:28:43 PM PST

There aren't any good universal rule for this. This is after looking up the subject via google.

I - always capitalized
am - verbs are usually capitalized, even short ones
not - I'm not sure of the word class, but if it isn't a preposition, coordinating conjunctions or an article, then according to the Chicago Manual of Style it should be capitalized
happy - should be capitalized, since it is an adjective.

I'll kick in my own teeth if I confuse the word classes here :P Anyone who knows how hard it is to kick in your own teeth will know how embarrassed I would have to to do just that.

So, in conclusion, I think the whole shebang should be capitalized; except that I think it looks best when all words longer than 3 letters are capitalized and all shorter ones are not.

BTW, first and last words should always be capitalized.

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turn around,
cry and shout

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I'm happier now (3.00/0) (#2)
by MichaelCrawford on Thu Aug 05, 2004 at 03:35:12 PM PST

Riding my bicycle has helped a great deal.

Besides writing, I want to compose and play music. The playing at least, is coming well. I play the piano, and am taking lessons to get better.

-- All my online writing is here.

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