Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive?

From	Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive?
Date	2015-08-23 14:43 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<230820151443370374%michelle@michelle.org> (permalink)
References	(14 earlier) <2015081711215882067-tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> <180820150907476714%YourName@YourISP.com> <2015081723571539405-tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> <180820150232036524%michelle@michelle.org> <2015082313223878486-tomevans9890@yahoo.ca>

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In article <2015082313223878486-tomevans9890@yahoo.ca>, Tom Evans
<tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> > When it comes to brand names, the rules of capitalization do not apply.
> 
> That's not what the grammar and spelling guides state.  So to 
> reiterate:  The state, "Capitalize all proper nouns".  You missed the 
> word "all".  You don't make the rules of English, nor does Apple.

As explained to you, brand names are not nouns, proper or otherwise;
they are adjectives.

> >> "iMac" is a fashion statement and gimmick.
> > 
> > No, it is a brand name.
> > 
> >> You should should stick to your area of expertise (computers) and not
> >> be a dictator, zealot, bully, jackass, nitpicker, politically correct
> >> language policeman and hypocrite about a topic you don't even know
> one
> >> of the fundamentals of.
> > 
> > Oh, you want to be the dictator, zealot, bully, jackass, nitpicker,
> > politically correct language policeman and hypocrite; well, you've
> > fulfilled those rules perfectly.
> 
> That's clearly false.  I'm none of those things because I didn't 
> initiate the attack.  I'm the victim of the attack and I didn't start 
> the attack.

Imagining an attack does not mean that it is an attack.

> > He's not nitpicking about English; he's correcting your error about the
> > name of a Macintosh computer, and this is a Macintosh forum.
> 
> He's not nickpicking about English?  So we're writing in Urdu, then?

Once again, this is about the use of the language, not which language
we are conversing in.

> Your reasoning is simplistic, as usual.

Your reasoning is based on a false premise, which has resulted in a
false conclusion.

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Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-13 13:29 -0700
  Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-14 13:56 +0000
    Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-08-14 15:04 -0400
      Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-17 11:21 -0700
        Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-17 14:27 -0400
        Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-08-18 09:07 +1200
          Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-17 23:57 -0700
            Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-18 00:35 -0700
              Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-08-18 07:34 -0400
            Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-08-18 20:49 +1200
              Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-23 13:10 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-23 14:36 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-23 22:54 +0000
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-23 14:39 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-24 11:54 -0400
            Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-18 02:32 -0700
              Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-18 02:36 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-23 13:37 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-23 16:55 -0400
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-23 22:10 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-23 22:30 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-24 13:17 +0000
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-24 06:58 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-24 01:35 -0400
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-24 15:47 +0000
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-23 14:50 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-24 11:55 -0400
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-23 14:49 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-23 17:55 -0400
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-23 22:06 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-08-23 22:25 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-23 22:29 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-24 01:35 -0400
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-24 07:02 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-24 15:46 +0000
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                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-23 15:12 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-24 01:37 +0000
              Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-23 13:22 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-23 16:55 -0400
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-23 14:43 -0700
            Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-08-18 07:33 -0400
              Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-23 13:38 -0700
            Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-18 10:56 -0400
              Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2015-08-23 14:02 -0700
                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-23 17:26 -0400
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                Re: A.T.A. drive or Fusion drive? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-23 15:01 -0700
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