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Grammar as a whole drives me mad, but at the moment I've got a particular problem with capitalization.
If I'm using a generic term for a species of animal, i.e. something that's the equivalent of a tiger, but it's in a sci-fi setting and so the word is one I've created, 'zlarb' or something like that, should it be capitalized? I've got the same problem with types of trees. When referring to an oak, it's not capitalized (at least that's how I understand it), but does the same rule apply to a made-up tree name? The same thing is happening with a type of aircraft – should wind drifter be capitalized if there are lots of them?
Thanks in advance.
If I'm using a generic term for a species of animal, i.e. something that's the equivalent of a tiger, but it's in a sci-fi setting and so the word is one I've created, 'zlarb' or something like that, should it be capitalized? I've got the same problem with types of trees. When referring to an oak, it's not capitalized (at least that's how I understand it), but does the same rule apply to a made-up tree name? The same thing is happening with a type of aircraft – should wind drifter be capitalized if there are lots of them?
Thanks in advance.
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