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.
[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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