@McTag,
McTag wrote:
Quote:Why wouldn't an obvious idiot like you, McTag, consider using a dictionary before you open up and make a fool of yourself.
You clearly do do this for diversion. And it must be noted you do do diversion well.
Sometimes when a dependable person raises a point, as Contrex did back there, I do consult a dictionary. And I found I was right, as I usually do. According to my dictionary, I mean.
Mars and Venus, yes, but the sun and the moon.
The moons of Jupiter.
Look, and learn.
I can see the appropriateness of the moons of Jupiter, but I can also see a case for a trip to the Moon. For example:
Quote:moon vs. Moon: A Study in Arrant Pedantry
To capitalize, or not to capitalize? That is the question.
Here, the splendidly named Paul T Spudis, a senior staff scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, complains that although he capitalizes Sun and Moon in the articles he writes, many (not all) editors demote them to lower-case. He blames the Associated Press Style Book: "AP capitalizes the proper names of planets, including Earth, stars, constellations, etc., but lowercases sun and moon.". He comments:
Quote: Interestingly, the AP stylebook says to capitalize the Earth but not the Sun and Moon. My guess is that some classically educated nit-picker who was forced to sit through endless hours on the joys of the ablative absolute in Latin class decided that the Roman-named objects of the universe were worthy of linguistic worship, but the vulgar, barbarian Germanic names given to those other three bodies did not deserve to be capitalized.
Read his rant here:
http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/moon-vs-moon-a-study-in-arrant-pedantry-152666843/
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, Internet is capitalized, although it debates on its own website whether that standard will change in the near future. Sun and moon are capitalized when they are used in context with astronomical terms (the astronauts successfully landed on the Moon). Sun and moon are not capitalized, though, when preceded by the word "the" out of astronomical context ("to the moon, Alice!").
University of Minnesota (now here's the thing!) says:
Quote:Do not capitalize the words sun and moon.
Do not capitalize the word earth unless it is used without the definite article in connection with the names of other planets.
Webster says:
Quote:Do not capitalize earth, moon, sun, except when those names appear in a context in which other (capitalized) celestial bodies are mentioned.
The United States Government Printing Office Style Manual 2000 says:
Quote:Capitalize the names of the celestial bodies Sun and Moon, as well as the planets Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. (but the moons of Jupiter)
The European Space Agency:
Quote:13 December 2013
When China’s Chang’e-3 makes a soft landing on the Moon on 14 December, ESA tracking stations will record crucial radio signals. Later, signals from the surface will help Beijing mission control to pinpoint the lander’s location with extreme accuracy.
ESA’s Estrack network – a system of ten tracking stations in seven countries – has been providing critical support to China’s third Chang’e mission, starting just after its spectacular launch earlier this month and continuing during its cruise to the Moon.
NASA:
Quote:Remembering Neil Armstrong
Forty-five years ago this summer, Neil Armstrong made humanity's first mark on the moon.
All this will (I hope) hammer home the point that capitalization/capitalisation of Sun, Moon, Earth, etc, is a STYLE CHOICE. There is no right or wrong answer. You can find a source to support whichever choice you want. It is kind of interesting that such issues generate so much discussion.
