cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25296753

There are also the first two Bioshock. Is it possible to try Prime in Free Trial and grab all the titles during the two day period.#

  • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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    What’s Bioshock Infinite Free? I hate sentences which Capitalises random Words I stand corrected.

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      I believe “free” is capitalized because the subject of this post is written in title case, as the title of a book or certain newspaper headlines would be. In title case nouns are capitalized; the word “on” is a preposition and thus left lowercase.

      Whether a post’s subject should be written in title case is a stylistic choice I have no strong opinion on.

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          Generally it comes down to:

          • First word

          • Last word

          • Important words (ie not an, the, to, etc.)

          They teach this stuff in elementary school :o

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              I’m a native speaker, “title case” is kind of stupid and always looks weird. Just because newspapers do it doesn’t mean we have to like it!

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              Ah yeah that explains it! Stuff like title capitalization generally doesn’t have a lot of functional use unless you consume most of your media in English. Definitely not one of the things I’d focus on when learning English as a secondary language :>