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"Meiji era" or "Meiji Era"?



 
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"Meiji era" or "Meiji Era"? #1 (permalink) Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:51 am   "Meiji era" or "Meiji Era"?
 

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Which capitalization is correct, "Meiji era" or "Meiji Era"?
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"Meiji era" or "Meiji Era"? #2 (permalink) Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:13 am   "Meiji era" or "Meiji Era"?
 

I think it should be "Meiji Era" or "Meiji Period". By the way, in my opinion, capitalization is supposed to apply to a single or independent word and "Meiji Era" is a two-word phrase, so each constituent word should be capitalized separately.
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