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Fine-Tuning 18, Common Words that Are Proper Nouns

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mutmut3
 
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Reply Thu 4 Sep, 2003 11:53 am
Let's not forget escalator, zipper, and velcro.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 4 Sep, 2003 12:50 pm
Hi mutmut and welcome to a2k. You're right about Velcro. Escalator and zipper used to be trademarks, but these two words are no longer categorized as such, so it's lowercase e and z.
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