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  1. Nightranger

    Capital Letters??

    I think this is an area that is a matter of personal comfort even though there are recognised conventions. Unfortunately, the English language has so many contradictions as in the plural for goose being geese yet it is never mongeese as the plural for mongoose. It feels really uncomfortable to...
  2. Nightranger

    Capital Letters??

    LOL. I was once taken to task for calling myself a Wildlife Advisor when it is equally accurate to use advisor or asdviser in this context. The correspondent never did acknowledge the correction. :C
  3. Nightranger

    Capital Letters??

    Yep, I was thinking about all situations though and I think we are tying ourselves up a little. The RSPB and most other official sources for information tend to follwo scientific convention. However in ordinary conversation, it would be acceptable to use whatever convention one chooses providing...
  4. Nightranger

    Capital Letters??

    Indeed, and I nearly used the convention but thought it would add to the confusion. ;) ;) ;)
  5. Nightranger

    Capital Letters??

    The correct scientific method is definitely to capitalise the genus name and have the species (and subspecies ) in lower case - Buteo buteo. The common name convention has become a little more confused because it is accurate to have Bewick's swan in that we are dealing with a name whereas it...
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