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Originally Posted by 33girl
I was always taught that the end of the series comma (rainbows, ponies, sunshine, and unicorns are everywhere) was strictly personal preference. I honestly am 50-50 as to how I use this one.
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I was always taught not to use that last comma unless it's needed for the series to make sense. ("The specials today are shepherd's pie, roast beef and potatoes, bangers and mash, and plowman's lunch.")
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Originally Posted by DSTRen13
They just randomly capitalize nouns for no apparent reason.
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Well, no. It's not random --
all nouns are capitalized in German -- and it's for a reason. The reason is that the rule in German is that all nouns are capitalized, just like the rule in English is that all proper nouns are capitalized.
If you look at older English writings -- I think the Declaration of Independence is an example -- you'll see we used to capitalize all nouns, too.