Timeline for Why do some users complete forms all in capital letters?
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| Aug 25, 2016 at 16:16 | history | edited | David42 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
clarified one sentence
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| Dec 16, 2014 at 16:18 | comment | added | Floris | I remember using a mainframe application for my first business email - it used ALL CAPS, no functional word wrap (better get it right first time, you can't add later...) and you could only see one "page" (36 lines) of email at a time. And every email "address" was just 8 characters long. Maybe some people who grew up in that era never grew out of it, eh? | |
| Dec 15, 2014 at 18:57 | comment | added | David42 | The term "business letter" refers to a particular format. It has a the address of sender and recipient at the top, a greeting and one or more paragraphs of prose with an introduction, one or more main points, a conclusion, and closing formalities. Such letters are always written in mixed case. Bills on the other hand are generally done on preprinted forms. The customer's name, address, account number, and a table describe goods or services received and their cost were added. It is acceptable to print this information in all upper case. | |
| Dec 15, 2014 at 15:12 | comment | added | Paŭlo Ebermann | Isn't a bill a special case of a business letter? | |
| Dec 15, 2014 at 9:22 | comment | added | Agi Hammerthief | "You could pop up a warning that they should type the name in a business letter. But you should not try to automatically fix the case or block the use of all upper case. Some people's names are properly capitalized in ways that are difficult to anticipate." For that point, this should be the accepted answer (and not the one about the popup forcing the user to choose the correct form of input). | |
| Dec 15, 2014 at 8:25 | comment | added | user51426 | A friend of mine who was in the Navy decades ago text messages in all caps. He explained that it was part habit and he thinks it easier to read. | |
| S Dec 13, 2014 at 1:31 | history | suggested | Aaron Hall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Capitalize Teletype, spelling, word correction, possesive of people is people's not peoples (which refers to peoples of the world)
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| Dec 12, 2014 at 18:17 | review | First posts | |||
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| Dec 12, 2014 at 18:15 | history | answered | David42 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |