tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post6307113436328310204..comments2023-11-02T02:58:46.916-07:00Comments on "The Virus will be Televised." Climate change too!: In RADIO FREE VERMONT, set for paperback release in October, 2018, the editors of Bill McKibben's cli-fi lite novel lowercase the word EARTH all through the text, calling our home planet as "earth" rather than "Earth," with a capital E. Let's hope Bill can ask his editors to rectify this glaring gaffe in the paperback edition. Bill?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post-54172952478030525682018-07-17T17:18:18.738-07:002018-07-17T17:18:18.738-07:00Glenn Albrecht in Australia commments - "Eart...Glenn Albrecht in Australia commments - "Earth Emotions, not earth emotions!'' He was referring there to his new book coming out in 2019 titled ''Earth Emotions''<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post-55303287278656291172018-07-17T17:16:43.416-07:002018-07-17T17:16:43.416-07:00Some replies coming in. One cli-fi novelist in Col...Some replies coming in. One cli-fi novelist in Colorado says: ''Dan, I think it is a bit complicated. The Chicago Manual of Style says: "In nontechnical contexts the word earth, in the sense of our planet, is usually lowercased when preceded by the or in such idioms as "down to earth" . . . When used as the proper name of our planet, especially in context with other planets, it is capitalized and the is usually omitted."<br /><br />So, I guess it depends on how the word is used. There doesn't appear to be an across-the-board rule. I'd follow the Chicago Manual.''Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post-7478671283532973272018-07-17T17:16:05.672-07:002018-07-17T17:16:05.672-07:00David de la Hunty says--"If it's used as ...David de la Hunty says--"If it's used as a proper noun (naming a planet) it's capitalised. Otherwise, not. Why is this complicated?''Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post-38338615158040530552018-07-16T19:36:07.599-07:002018-07-16T19:36:07.599-07:00Hi Dan:
I'll reply to you but I won't sub...Hi Dan:<br /><br />I'll reply to you but I won't subscribe to the blog in order to leave a remark. I think it's ridiculous to spell Earth without the capital "E". Look how stupid jupiter, saturn and pluto look without caps - even my spellcheck wants to change them. The word earth is fine if you're digging the stuff in your garden, but Earth as a planet requires capitalization. The editor isn't qualified to be one...<br /><br />TomDANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323600560922370.post-65598907961163380562018-07-15T22:54:53.737-07:002018-07-15T22:54:53.737-07:00Or at least tell us why they made that decision. ...Or at least tell us why they made that decision. I suspect it is used often. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com