Timeline for Is "coach" a proper noun in this case?
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| Sep 23, 2018 at 20:06 | comment | added | TimR | @David Richerby: A contemporary author could decide to use speech when referring to instances of speaking ("The speech of grammarians is peppered with jargon") and Speech when referring to the noun as an abstract area of inquiry ("We consider Speech from several angles in this study"). The point I am trying to make is that if house rules don't prevent the author from taking such liberties, the liberty is there to be taken. Departing from writing conventions and departing from the grammatical are very different things. | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 19:36 | history | edited | TimR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 23, 2018 at 19:35 | comment | added | David Richerby | There is no reason in modern English orthography to capitalize the word "speech" as you have done. | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 18:28 | comment | added | TimR | @David Richerby: Not all nouns that are capitalized are proper nouns. Coach in OP's example is. | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 16:33 | comment | added | Lambie | President Lincoln. Queen Elizabeth, Councilman Smith.....Your answer does not seem to address the root issue: titles preceding last names. coach is not a proper noun. | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 14:59 | comment | added | David Richerby | Sure. All I'm saying is that, without any citations, your answer is basically "Trust me" and that trust is undermined by your unusual use of capitalization. Maybe you also have unusual ideas about what is or is not a proper noun. | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 14:36 | comment | added | TimR | @David Richerby: That capitalization was deliberate. Typographic and orthographic conventions morph over time, including the conventions that govern such things as capitalization of the initial letter of nouns deployed as rubrics. An author who is not bound to the conventions of a particular publishing organ and house style sheet has considerable latitude. Consider: books.google.com/… | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 4:48 | comment | added | Eddie Kal | @BoltClock Yes, you are right. I was just suggesting an easy way to get to a fairly detailed definition page. :) | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 4:02 | comment | added | BoltClock | @Deancue: To be fair, the context doesn't suggest that the link might be to the definition of that idiom, and you'd have to be compulsively clicking (or at least mousing over) every link you see to stumble upon that definition page. | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 2:31 | comment | added | Eddie Kal | @dan Actually if you click on the source link in my question, it takes you to the definition of the idiom you are asking about. | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 0:52 | comment | added | David Richerby | Given that your answer is "yes" and the other answer is "no", a citation or two would be really helpful, here. Also, your random capitalization of "Speech" doesn't help your answer look authoritative. | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 0:51 | comment | added | chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic- | @dan Benches are often made from pinewood, and the expression means sitting on the bench during games instead of being allowed to play. | |
| Sep 23, 2018 at 0:35 | comment | added | dan | a side question: what does "ride the pine" mean? | |
| Sep 22, 2018 at 20:01 | history | answered | TimR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |