# Testing all caps with regular quote **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 11, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687 "2011-07-11T23:41:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/1 "2011-07-11T23:41:27Z")
> [@](#): > > title case is the best. no, all-caps is much better! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/2 "2011-07-11T23:46:01Z")
What I actually posted: [noparse] > [@](#): > > Title Case Is The Best. NO, ALL CAPS IS BETTER![/noparse] ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/3 "2011-07-12T00:16:14Z")
YES, ALL CAPS lS BETTER! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/4 "2011-07-12T00:29:33Z")
ADD A SINGLE LOWER CASE LETTER IN WHITE, LIKE SO: x ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/5 "2011-07-12T03:30:51Z")
ALL CAPS ALWAYS ENHANCES DEBATE ARGUMENTS AND IS A PROVEN EFFECTIVE MARKETING TOOL OF NIGERIAN BUSINESSMEN.bbbbb ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/6 "2011-07-12T12:59:57Z")
> [@der trihs](#): > > add a single lower case letter in white, like so: x yeah, i know. What i was testing was something odd i saw in another thread, where someone’s quote lost all capitalization. It seems weird that it ignore the quote when checking to see if you type in all caps, but still affects the quote. See, your white x doesn’t stop it this time. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/7 "2011-07-12T14:02:18Z")
Wait, I just realized… sometimes we get posts from folks without any caps. Typically they are poorly written and run on without good paragraphing. Suddenly it dawns on me those were probably typed in All CAPS, and the board software “fixed” that. Now if it could just put the rest of the post in proper grammar, paragraphing, and make it make sense. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/8 "2011-07-12T16:08:55Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > yeah, i know. What i was testing was something odd i saw in another thread, where someone’s quote lost all capitalization. It seems weird that it ignore the quote when checking to see if you type in all caps, but still affects the quote. That’s because the board is very stupid. Honestly, I’m not even sure why this “feature” exists. There are times when all-caps make sense, for humor or emphasis, and if someone did it often enough to be obnoxious, then (a) people could take it as a cue to simply put that person on ignore, or (b) a mod could warn the person to stop doing it. This is probably one of the most obnoxiously nanny-board-ish things about this site. I mean, even the “taboo to call another poster” words like cunt and motherfucker aren’t filtered out; we’re trusted to \*understand ourselves \*when it is and isn’t appropriate to apply them. Since, y’know, we’re all big boys and girls here. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/9 "2011-07-13T11:38:11Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Wait, I just realized… sometimes we get posts from folks without any caps. Typically they are poorly written and run on without good paragraphing. Suddenly it dawns on me those were probably typed in All CAPS, and the board software “fixed” that. Nope. As you see in my previous post, the software automatically capitalizes letters after a period and space. I’m also not sure there’s a way to shut it off that isn’t a hack.- ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/10 "2011-07-13T15:01:22Z")
This is the only board of this type (vBulletin) I’ve known of to have this “feature.” Turning it on in the first place is probably what took the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/11 "2011-07-13T20:44:18Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > This is the only board of this type (vBulletin) I’ve known of to have this “feature.” I’ve seen at least three. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-all-caps-with-regular-quote/588687/12 "2011-07-13T21:05:46Z")
I may just be conflating with other types of boards, then. Or you have the bad luck to post at a bunch of places who don’t trust their posters to be grown-ups and make their own decisions about language. 😃