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Mythological creatures, or creatures you've invented, don't need to be capitalised, just like real-life animals. There's no grammatical difference between "a dog", "an orc", "a dragon" and "a manan...
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2019-12-08T10:15:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Mythological creatures, or creatures you've invented, don't need to be capitalised, just like real-life animals. There's no grammatical difference between "a dog", "an orc", "a dragon" and "a manananggal". To cite a famous example, > In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. (J.R.R Tolkien, _The Hobbit_, chapter 1 - An Unexpected Party)
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2018-11-28T22:48:32Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 8