Improper Nouns

Someone at the Sunday Observer thinks “occupied territories” is a proper noun, capitalized and all: The increasingly violent power struggle…

By December 17, 2006

Someone at the Sunday Observer thinks “occupied territories” is a proper noun, capitalized and all:

The increasingly violent power struggle in the Occupied Territories edged closer to civil war yesterday….

An editorial in today’s Sunday Telegraph makes the same mistake. Does terminology matter?

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