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SCREAMING ALL CAPS

From Wikimedia Commons

From Wikimedia Commons

This post can be summarized in three simple words: “DON’T USE THEM!”

NYC’s The Deli magazine goes so far as to put a warning at the top of its comments section: “Note: Comments written in all caps will not be posted.”

But why is the use of ALL CAPS (also known as CAPS LOCK) so undesirable?
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