ALL-CAPS
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A STYLE OF WRITING THAT IS USUALLY USED TO SHOW SARCASM BUT CAN SOMETIMES BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES
IN GENERAL WRITING IN ALL-CAPS MEANS THAT THE READER IS NOT MEANT TO TAKE THE CONTENT SERIOUSLY
THUS HEATED ARGUMENTS WILL SOMETIMES DEVOLVE INTO ALL-CAPS SHOUTING MATCHES AS A WAY TO DEFUSE THE SITUATION BEFORE FEELINGS GET HURT
ALL-CAPS IS THE MANLIEST WRITING
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[edit] FEATURES OF ALL-CAPS WRITING
- EXCLUSIVE USE OF UPPER CASE LETTERS
CORRECT: I WAS JUST HANGING OUT IN MY BACKYARD AND THERE WAS TOTALLY AN OWL THERE
INCORRECT: I WAS JUST HANgINg OUT IN MY BACKYARD AND THERE WAS TOTALLY AN OWL THERE
IN ALL-CAPS ALL LETTERS MUST BE IN CAPS THIS EVEN APPLIES TO THE LETTER G
- OMISSION OF ALL PUNCTUATION EXCEPT OCCASIONAL LINE BREAKS
CORRECT: WHATS UP DUDES ARE WE GONNA DO SOME SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS TODAY OR WHAT
INCORRECT: WHATS UP DUDES ARE WE GONNA (DO SOME SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS TODAY OR WHAT)
REALLY YOURE KIND OF DUMB IF YOU THINK PARENTHESIS BELONG THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE
- RUNNING SENTENCES TOGETHER WITHOUT SEPARATING THEM BY A LINE BREAK
CORRECT: GUYS I BROUGHT PIZZA VOTE DEMOCRAT
INCORRECT: GUYS I
BROUGHT PIZZA VOTE DEMOCRAT
DO NOT MAKE THIS MISTAKE
[edit] VARIATIONS IN STYLE
THOSE WHO OMIT ALL PUNCTUATION OF ANY SORT WHEN WRITING IN ALL-CAPS COULD BE CALLED STRICT CONSTRUCTIONISTS OF THE STYLE
IN CONTRAST, OTHER "LOOSE CONSTRUCTIONISTS" MAY SOMETIMES SELECTIVELY USE APOSTROPHES, HYPHENS, EXCLAMATION POINTS, OR QUESTION MARKS.
GUYS WHAT ABOUT COMMAS ARE COMMAS OK IM NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THEM
[edit] FAMOUS USERS OF ALL-CAPS
[edit] IRC
IN THE TABB IRC ALL CAPS TALKING HAPPENS PRETTY FREQUENTLY IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN AS SHOUTING BUT SIMPLY A LOUD IRONIC TYPE OF TALKING THOUGH TO BE HONEST IT IS SOMETIMES USED SIMPLY OUT OF HABIT AND BEING IN CAPS DOESNT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WHAT WAS SAID IS A JOKE
[edit] SEE ALSO
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