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Why does the NWT capitalize "YOU" in many verses?

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Throughout many passages in the NWT (Jehovah's Witness specific _New World Translation_), all instances of the pronoun "you" are written in all capitals. Here is an example from Acts 2:38 : > Peter [said] to them: “Repent, and let each one of ​YOU​ be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of ​YOUR​ sins, and ​YOU​ will receive the free gift of the holy spirit. What is the reasoning behind this capitalization? I am familiar with the practice of capitalizing He/Him and similar pronouns when referring to God or Christ, but this appears to be quite different and I have no idea what the rational is.
Asked by Caleb (37535 rep)
Dec 6, 2012, 02:46 PM
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