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Pilot
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CAPITAL is the the city/town/place, and the Upper Case letter.
CAPITOL is the building.
| Quote: | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
Cap·i·tol /ˈkæpɪtl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kap-i-tl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. the building in Washington, D.C., used by the Congress of the U.S. for its sessions.
2. (often lowercase) a building occupied by a state legislature.
3. the ancient temple of Jupiter at Rome, on the Capitoline.
4. the Capitoline.
[Origin: 1690–1700, Americanism; < L capitōlium temple of Jupiter on Capitoline hill, Rome, taken to be a derivative of caput head; r. ME capitolie < ONF]
—Usage note See capital1.
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cap·i·tol (kāp'ĭ-tl) Pronunciation Key
n.
1. A building or complex of buildings in which a state legislature meets.
2. Capitol The building in Washington, D.C., where the Congress of the United States meets. See Usage Note at capital1.
[Middle English Capitol, Jupiter's temple in Rome, from Old French capitole, from Latin Capitōlium, after Capitōlīnus, Capitoline, the hill on which Jupiter's temple stood; perhaps akin to caput, capit-, head; see capital1.] |
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–noun
1. the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.: Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
2. a city regarded as being of special eminence in some field of activity: New York is the dance capital of the world.
3. capital letter.
4. the wealth, whether in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, corporation, etc.
5. an accumulated stock of such wealth.
6. any form of wealth employed or capable of being employed in the production of more wealth.
7. Accounting.
a. assets remaining after deduction of liabilities; the net worth of a business.
b. the ownership interest in a business.
8. any source of profit, advantage, power, etc.; asset: His indefatigable drive is his greatest capital.
9. capitalists as a group or class (distinguished from labor): High taxation has reduced the spending power of capital.
–adjective
10. pertaining to financial capital: capital stock.
11. principal; highly important: This guide offers suggestions of capital interest to travelers.
12. chief, esp. as being the official seat of government of a country, state, etc.: the capital city of France.
13. excellent or first-rate: a capital hotel; a capital fellow.
14. capital letter.
15. involving the loss of life: capital punishment.
16. punishable by death: a capital crime; a capital offender.
17. fatal; extremely serious: a capital error. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Sadly I suspect that this, rather like semicolons and other punctuation, will never be fully understood by the masses. And let's not even get into 'explanation marks' :-( |
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YenTheFirst
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:03 am Post subject: |
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we have explanation marks?
wow.
I thought we only had exclamation marks!
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filecore
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| Trust me on this; I'm my spare time, I'm an English language teacher and I run my own proofreading/editing business. Things like this bug the hell out of me (my personal pet hate is apostrophe misuse), but 'explanation marks' is a common one. The inability to differentiate between irony and sarcasm is another (but I blame Alanis Morisette for that one). |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| filecore wrote: | | I'm my spare time |
This is somehow seriously profound. |
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filecore
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: |
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Hmm, that should have been 'in'. I don't apply my professional skills to dodgy forums ;-)
Anyway, I can't spend all day just trawling (and, occasionally, trolling) forums, can I? Having said that, it's a non-teaching day today, so even though I have to work, I can do it while slobbing around at home in my pyjamas. There are benefits to freelance work (not many, I'll grant you that, but some).
Incidentally it's a little past 9am, locally.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| Well I'm beginning to get a little bit lost... |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| filecore wrote: | Hmm, that should have been 'in'. I don't apply my professional skills to dodgy forums 
Anyway, I can't spend all day just trawling (and, occasionally, trolling) forums, can I? Having said that, it's a non-teaching day today, so even though I have to work, I can do it while slobbing around at home in my pyjamas. There are benefits to freelance work (not many, I'll grant you that, but some).
Incidentally it's a little past 9am, locally. |
Whoa now, sparky. Adding a winky face does not give you leave to call us dodgy. Even though Benny makes us pretty dodgy. And Snorri can whip up a damned good leer.
I'm confused as to why you gave us the local time. I'd certainly be interested in learning about these "time zones" I keep hearing so much about; must be exciting, do tell me, I'm all ears. |
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Arc Tempest
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:17 am Post subject: |
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Wait a second, you mean to tell me we aren't dodgy? I thought that was part of the charm...
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filecore
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| It is part of the charm. It'd be pretty dull here otherwise. |
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YenTheFirst
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| filecore wrote: | | but 'explanation marks' is a common one. The inability to differentiate between irony and sarcasm is another (but I blame Alanis Morisette for that one). |
Am i missing a joke here? what are "explanation marks"?
imagine my head.
now imagine the whooshing sound as a thousand jokes go over it.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| No, you were right. There is no such thing as 'explanation marks', but a lot of people suffer from an apparent inability to say/type 'exclamation marks' and appear to quite sincerely believe that it's 'explanation marks'. Be glad if you've never come across the phenomenon. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:21 am Post subject: |
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Personally I never have. Most common ones I see and make me cringe are things like "your dead" and "i could of done it" and "there over their, by the wall" etc etc etc
And I like dodgy. *dodges around a bit* |
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filecore
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:26 am Post subject: |
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Yep, I well understand that. Compound broken grammar with the fact that there are UK/US differences (some things that I would mark a student down for in a test are perfectly acceptable in English variants) - one particular source of argument among the teachers is "at the weekend"/"on the weekend" (UK/US). It's fun to add in Australians and South Africans, because you never know whose version of English they'll agree on at any given moment. It's all such a mess.
But seriously: apostrophes for contraction (it's, we're, I'm) and possession (John's, the dog's). Never for plurals (CD's, pizza's). That's basically all the rules there are - how hard can it be? |
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MellowFish
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:45 am Post subject: |
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| filecore wrote: | Yep, I well understand that. Compound broken grammar with the fact that there are UK/US differences (some things that I would mark a student down for in a test are perfectly acceptable in English variants) - one particular source of argument among the teachers is "at the weekend"/"on the weekend" (UK/US). It's fun to add in Australians and South Africans, because you never know whose version of English they'll agree on at any given moment. It's all such a mess.
But seriously: apostrophes for contraction (it's, we're, I'm) and possession (John's, the dog's). Never for plurals (CD's, pizza's). That's basically all the rules there are - how hard can it be? |
Ok, I may be stupid here but is it "the dog is in it's house" or "the dog is in its house" (no apostrophe) I have had people who know grammar better than me tell me it was no apostrophe, but I am not sure I believe them because it's possesion.
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