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Re: Document spelling of "lowercase" and "uppercase"

From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
To: Matt Kraai <kraai at alumni dot cmu dot edu>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:25:37 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Document spelling of "lowercase" and "uppercase"
References: <20030628181432.GA17518@ftbfs.org><Pine.LNX.4.56.0306282131040.25505@kern.srcf.societies.cam.ac.uk><20030630202232.GC964@ftbfs.org>

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Matt Kraai wrote:

> I checked out _The Chicago Manual of Style_ from the library, and
> they use "lowercase" and "uppercase."  I don't think that's what
> you meant, though.

If they use it (in the text, as opposed to actually discussing the issue
and having a recommendation for it), I think that's still sufficient
evidence that "lowercase" and "uppercase" are appropriate good English
practice to use for GCC.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk

References:
- Document spelling of "lowercase" and "uppercase"
  - From: Matt Kraai
- Re: Document spelling of "lowercase" and "uppercase"
  - From: Joseph S. Myers
- Re: Document spelling of "lowercase" and "uppercase"
  - From: Matt Kraai

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