When it is written out the year is often capitalized.
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- 09-Oct-2003, 06:26 #1Anonymous Guest
proper nouns Is a year a proper noun ? (1968)
- 09-Oct-2003, 07:08 #2
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- 12-Oct-2003, 00:07 #3
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For some more views on this subject, go here:
http://forums.about.com/n/mb/message...ry&msg=15259.1
My apologies for getting it wrong the first time.
I'll try to do better next time.
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- 12-Oct-2003, 22:01 #4
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Many capitalise decades- the Seventies, but others don't. It's an unclear area. I wouldn't capitalise generally.
- 13-Oct-2003, 03:16 #5
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The consensus is (and I agree) that we don't capitalize years.
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