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Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 20, 2011abaft \uh-BAFT\, adjective: 1. To the rear of; aft of. We cover our anterior nakedness with some philosophy-Christian, Marxian, Freudo-Physicalist-but abaft we remain uncovered, at the mercy of all the winds of circumstance. We cover our anterior nakedness with some philosophy-Christian, Marxian, Freudo-Physicalist-but abaft we remain uncovered, at the mercy of all the winds of circumstance. Abaft travels into present-day usage from the Old English bæftan, a contraction of be, an early version of "by," and æftan, "behind." | |||||||||
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  Why do we use capital and lower case letters, and how did both types come to be?Capitalization rules tend to vary by language and can be quite complicated.� It is widely understood that the first word of a sentence and all proper nouns are always capitalized. However, what is not so clear is the origin of the upper case distinction that has become common practice, especially in regards to Modern English.... | |||||||||
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