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Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke
I’m guessing the spelling you sometimes see, like “the RAM cruiser tank”, is due to mistaking the name for an abbreviation — much like how a lot of people today write MAC rather than Mac when they mean the computer.
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THAT is the error I tried to point out. Somehow, quite a few authors refer to the "RAM Cruiser Tank" rather than "Ram Cruiser Tank". The examples shown by Colin demonstrate what
Gary Donaldson pointed out "
it’s a grammar thing and has nothing to do with the official title it is merely how a document is presented. What most style guides prescribe is that nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are capitalized in titles of books, articles, and songs. You’d also capitalize the first word and (according to most guides) the last word of a title, regardless of what part of speech they are."
More examples via Peter Samsonov...
... Anthony Sewards...
... and as shown all caps on a Ram tank data plate:
