I was expecting a slam bam, thank you, ma'am, proof. But the Cox Law, similar to Murphy's Law, came into play. The Cox Law: NOTHING is ever easy. I'm in complete agreement with Richard Nordquist. 'The only fool-proof rule is that all spelling rules in English have exceptions.' Let me just paraphrase here. 'The only fool-proof rule is that all English rules have exceptions. Did typos snag me? Nope. Words left out? Nope. Capitalization? That's it, that's the one that had me swearing. I got snagged on endearments, forms of address and nicknames. If, like me, you ever get confused about this, here's some good advice from Grammar Girl @ quickanddirtytips.com:
"A term of endearment isn't interchangeable with a name the same way a nickname is, and terms of endearment aren't capitalized."
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term of endearment isn’t interchangeable with a name the same way a
nickname is, and terms of endearment aren’t capitalized. - See more at:
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/are-nicknames-capitalized?page=all#sthash.zGFo2abr.dpuf
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term of endearment isn’t interchangeable with a name the same way a
nickname is, and terms of endearment aren’t capitalized. - See more at:
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/are-nicknames-capitalized?page=all#sthash.zGFo2abr.dpuf
