Re: Anaphorics with a Capital

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 61916
Date: 2008-12-06

--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

> From: Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...>
> Subject: [tied] Anaphorics with a Capital
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 11:27 AM
> I have read religious texts in Cyrillic alphabet written at
> the end of the
> XIXth century.
>
> I'm intrigued by the anaphorics He, His written with a
> capital letter when
> they refer to Jesus.
> I may be wrong but it seems this feature does not exist in
> western Europe
> with texts written in French, English, German, etc.
>
. . .
>
> Arnaud

It most definitely exists in English and Spanish. Everyday written Spanish doesn't always follow the rule, it's taught in schools. In English it's almost universally followed, except by strident atheists and those who want to make a point.