“Communism” and “communism”
May 16th, 2007Kleinschreibung macht den Unterschied ums Ganze:
>>According to the 1996 third edition of Fowler’s Modern English Usage, communism and derived words are written with the lower case c except when they refer to a political party of that name, a member of that party, or a government led by such a party, in which case the word is written “Communist” (with an upper case C). Thus, one may be a communist (an advocate of communism) without being a Communist (a member of a Communist Party or another similar organization).<< (Wikipedia)
May 16th, 2007 at 16:00
Yep
May 25th, 2007 at 14:31
[…] ein paar beiträge weiter findet sich bei classless übrigends ein lösungsansatz um differenzierter über “kommunismus” schreiben zu können: According to the 1996 third edition of Fowler’s Modern English Usage, communism and derived words are written with the lower case c except when they refer to a political party of that name, a member of that party, or a government led by such a party, in which case the word is written “Communist” (with an upper case C). Thus, one may be a communist (an advocate of communism) without being a Communist (a member of a Communist Party or another similar organization). en.wikipedia […]