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To: verga
Since a person's tag line is a major part of the identity they wish to present to others, I thought you might appreciate my pointing out a few things. Normally, I am **not** a grammar nazi.

Homeschooling is not a proper noun and should not be capitalized. If the words, public school or government school, are not capitalized, then homeschooling shouldn't be, either.

Also...It is usual to combine the words, home and school, when referring to homeschooling. One of the major reasons it is done this way is that it makes Internets searches easier. If one uses the words, “home and school”, one will get many hits that have absolutely nothing to do with those who educate their children in the home. The other is that the word, homeschooling, is now a commonly accepted English word ( verb, common noun, and adjective) that English speakers know to mean educating a child in the home rather than in an institution.

107 posted on 08/01/2012 4:05:13 AM PDT by wintertime (:-))
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To: wintertime
Since a person's tag line is a major part of the identity they wish to present to others, I thought you might appreciate my pointing out a few things. Normally, I am **not** a grammar nazi.

So you are saying that you are just the regular garden variety of Nazi?

Homeschooling is not a proper noun and should not be capitalized. If the words, public school or government school, are not capitalized, then homeschooling shouldn't be, either. It was done intentionally for emphasis, just as I intentionally separated the two words.

111 posted on 08/01/2012 4:24:47 AM PDT by verga (Every single cult leader has believed in Home schooling, think about it.)
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To: wintertime
Normally, I am **not** a grammar nazi(sic). Homeschooling is not a proper noun and should not be capitalized. If the words, public school or government school, are not capitalized, then homeschooling shouldn't be, either.

BTW, Nazi is a proper noun and should be capitalized.

112 posted on 08/01/2012 4:27:49 AM PDT by verga (Every single cult leader has believed in Home schooling, think about it.)
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To: wintertime

Do you really think any one gives a damn?

I hope you didn’t injure your arm patting yourself on the back.


113 posted on 08/01/2012 4:36:03 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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