The other spell checkers I have on my laptop (MS Outlook for one) flag christian as needing to be capitalized too....makes me wonder
2007-12-05 07:31:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
check it out if you don't believe me...
2007-12-05 07:31:36 · update #1
what?
ok, i just tried it and that is strange, but Yahoo! was not created or ran by muslims. the founder is either christian or jewish, so i don't think it is something personal against christians
2007-12-05 07:34:19 · answer #1 · answered by Nadine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer to your predicament is clear; Christian, Christmas, and Christianity are proper nouns and are therefore capitalized always--regardless what any spell checker indicates.
2007-12-05 15:37:40 · answer #2 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
christian
Christianity
Muslim
it made me capitalize the two that are capitalized. as someone before me said, and which was just proved to me, "christian" is an adjective, not a proper noun, whereas Christianity and Muslim are both proper nouns.
someone needs to become less uptight. what happened to that good christian humbleness that you just have to have yourself capitalized?
oh wait.. Christianity has become part of capitalism enough already, hasn't it..
2007-12-05 16:13:00 · answer #3 · answered by no body 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because christian is an adjective, Muslim is a proper noun as well as an adjective. You can have a christian rock, but the religion is Christianity.
2007-12-05 15:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by ananvilhurtz 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Are we feeling paranoid and insecure today? I doubt that Yahoo! Answers is bashing anything relating to Christianity.
2007-12-05 15:34:18 · answer #5 · answered by Honky Kong 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It prompts me to capitalize the word christian most of the time. Didn't do it this time though.
2007-12-05 15:34:21 · answer #6 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you just ignore the spell checker and capitalize it yourself?
2007-12-05 15:34:20 · answer #7 · answered by eikalynn27 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because you are saying christian rather than Christians.
2007-12-05 15:36:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
muslim Muslim
christian Christian
Spell checked all 4. It corrects lower case muslim but not christian. It's probably a political correctness thing run amok.
2007-12-05 15:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Interesting christian Muslim.
you are correct sir
2007-12-05 16:03:16 · answer #10 · answered by Keith 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋