Mav writes:
Thus common nouns (those that tell the
"kind" of something) are not
capitalized but proper nouns (those that name a singular, specific person,
place or thing) are capitalized. Anything other than that complicates
matters.
This sounds logical but is completely inconsistent. Consider
V-1 Flying Bomb: This is a *kind* of aircraft, but it is capitalised
Labrador Retriever: This is a *kind* of dog, but it is capitalised
Splendid Fairy-wren: This is a specific *kind* of fairy-wren, which is
why it too is capitalised. (A non-specific kind is written as
plain"fairy-wren".)
Aircraft have nothing to do with the present debate. Applying this kind
of analogy is another kind of logical fallacy.
Ec