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Capitalizing a pronoun gives it proper noun status or deity status. So writing It means either that the thing's name is literally It, like Stephen King's monster, or you're referring to a god the w...
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2019-12-13T12:00:40Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T05:46:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
Capitalizing a pronoun gives it proper noun status or deity status. So writing _It_ means either that the thing's name is literally It, like [Stephen King's monster](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1501156683), or you're referring to a god the way the Abrahamic religions refer to Yahweh as _Him_ even in the middle of a sentence. Therefore, if the creature has an actual name, like Gormenghast or Voldemort or Donnie, use either the name or the third-person-neutral pronoun _it,_ lowercase. If the creature had a gender, you'd have no problem referring to _he_ or _she,_ right? So _it_ is no different.
#1: Imported from external source
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2016-11-28T13:06:07Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 7