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echo: english_tutor
to: Alexander Koryagin
from: Dallas Hinton
date: 2021-03-15 03:30:00
subject: Drug names

Hi, Alexander -- on Mar 15 2021 at 07:55, you wrote:


 AK> Aspirin, Analgin, Interferon - should we begin them with capital
 AK> letter? 

Most of the time, yes. They are brand names and must be spelled the way the owner wants. Aspirin, however, has become a generic word (so has "kleenex") meaning the owner has lost control of the name, so either with or without a capital is allowed.



Cheers... Dallas 

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