Subject: Re: CCL:Spelling question

From: [email-masked] (Pieter Stouten)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 14:22:56 -0500

Peter Shenkin <[email-masked]> wrote:

>His name was "van der Waals".
>
True, BUT when used standalone (e.g. without a first name) the "v" in "van"
gets capitalized. So  "Van der Waals" is correct.

Cheers, Pieter.

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