as an atheist, why should i lose marks?
2007-12-06 08:18:26 · 18 answers · asked by sarkozy snr 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Because grading is based on standard English usage - our personal opinions are not taken into consideration.
2007-12-06 08:22:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
"god" without a capital G is fine, when referring to any god in general. Diana, Zeus, Mars etc are all gods and godesses. It only needs a capital G in this case at the beginning of a sentence. But God with a capital G is a proper noun, just like your name, and therefore merits a capital letter, atheist or not, purely because of the conventions of our language. It also indicates which god you are talking about.
2007-12-06 08:22:45 · answer #2 · answered by Phil McCracken 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You wouldn't write America or Mark with a little letter, God is a proper noun. I'm an aethiest, but a name is a name, and you'd get penalised in an exam for incorrect English. Sorry :)
2007-12-06 08:40:04 · answer #3 · answered by irashymisfit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but that's probably a carryover from German (English being a mostly Germanic Language), where in German ALL nouns are capitalized (except pronouns). Eventually, English probably got lazy (being a tongue of the vernacular and all) and so all the capitalization rules became more lax than German. Hope this helps!
2016-04-07 22:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... you should also have lost marks for not using a CAPITAL LETTER for "I".. as in FIRST PERSON SINGULAR.
I am an Athiest and I STILL am smart enough to know that I CAPITALIZE the First letter of a PROPER NAME.
Proper punctuation does NOT rely on your personal beliefs.
2007-12-06 08:26:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When referring to the name of a person, place, day of the week, month etc you always have to use a capital letter.It's just the way it should be no mater what your beliefs.
2007-12-06 08:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by CMH 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is a name. Even though God is fictional it is still a name. I'm sure whatever you lost marks in wasn't important anyway!
2007-12-06 08:23:30 · answer #7 · answered by Louise 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because, even if you don't believe (and neither do I, but I consider myself agnostic), 'He' should still have a capital letter.........even if you don't think I exist, I still expect you to write my name with a capital. So, yes, it would be poor punctuation, to not, but I know where you're coming from. =)
2007-12-06 08:22:26 · answer #8 · answered by Aye. Right! 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I see your point, but it's still a proper noun, even if you think He's fictional. After all, I don't believe in Huckleberry Finn, but I capitalize his name!
2007-12-06 08:22:41 · answer #9 · answered by Kris 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who said you lost marks.....??
Which god was it?
If you say gods then it's small letters and Goddess in capital letters - girl power!
2007-12-06 08:21:49 · answer #10 · answered by Pagan Pip 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋