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Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title?
Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title?
"My Ex-Wife Hates Me"
or
"My Ex-wife Hates Me"
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Appropriate title case: 'em or 'Em or 'EM
It's a common practice to capitalize headings/titles of articles. But is there a correct or conventional way to capitalize words in titles that are apocopated apheresed at the beginning?
e.g. ...
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Co-Founder, Co-founder, or cofounder?
I've seen all three used and there doesn't seem to be a definitive one that I can find. I'm hedging towards Co-Founder as it's a title, but any clarity would be appreciated.
Edit
If it makes it any ...
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Is there a Name for this Style of Capitalisation?
It seems quite common on the web to capitalise certain words in a heading, or navigation bar, but not others.
Here are some examples:
Visit the Member's Page
How to Format (as seen on this ...
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Understanding U.S. President capitalization
I was taught at an early age in the USA that when we write about our President, we are supposed to capitalize this in order to mean it's on the federal level. Is this correct to always do that? And ...
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What does “Ms.” stand for?
In letter writing, there are four different titles to address:
Mr.
Mrs.
Miss.
Ms.
What does Ms. stand for? Apparently as Mrs. and Miss already stand for female titles, Ms. stood for ...
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How to capitalize first letters in titles? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which words in a title should be capitalized?
Often words in titles has its first letter capitalized, but some don't (such as "The Title of This Question"). What are the ...
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Usage of “a” and “the” in titles
Which one should I use for page title?
Apple — Tasty Fruit
Apple — A Tasty Fruit
Apple — The Tasty Fruit
The article is only about tasty apple.
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Why Should One Capitalize Titles When Publishing?
What is the motivation behind capitalizing the first letter of each word except prepositions in news, articles and blog post titles?
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What is the name for a person who raises turkeys?
Some agricultural professions have specific names assigned to them. For example, a person who raises sheep is a shepherd and a person who raises cattle is a rancher. What would a person who raises ...
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Use of “it” in titles
Is the following question title grammatical or not, despite some missing articles?
Way of obtaining Chomsky normalform, does it influence performance of CYK parser?
P.S.: is there an English ...
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Should “the” ever be dropped from the beginning of a name/title?
Imagine two places exist, both called The Haunted Forest. How would I specify which forest is being referred? Would one say the northernmost Haunted Forest, or the northernmost The Haunted Forest?
If ...
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What is the difference between Philanthropy and Philanthropism?
In a the context of a paper, there's a paragraph-title: "Philanthropism in American culture",
I'm in general only familiar with the word philanthropy, hence I'm not sure
what an appropriate title ...
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Titles of British Lords [closed]
In an old episode of The West Wing, a British Ambassador is referred to as "Lord John Marbury". Ignoring that once he became Ambassador he'd be Mr Ambassador, what are the possible correct addresses?
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How do I style book titles in a block of italicized text?
Book titles, among others, are commonly written in italics.
She had read this quote in Pride and Prejudice.
But what should I do if a title appears in a block of text that is already italicized, ...
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Why Start Each Word in a Title with an Uppercase Letter? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which words in a title should be capitalized?
I'm not a native speaker of English, and I've asked myself a lot why on many (most?) blogs, all words in an article’s ...
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What is the meaning of P.S. in a name?
I have a project to parse names and there's a thing called title (mr. dr.), suffix (esq. ph.d.) and generation (ii, iii, jr.), but I don't have the faintest idea what p.s. is.
It's in the following ...
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Title Capitalization of Keywords in Programming Languages [duplicate]
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Capitalising a sentence whose first word is explicitly lowercase
Should I change the structure of a sentence/add filler words to make sure that the sentence always starts ...
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When is it appropriate to refer to someone as Dr. [Surname]?
I know that the title Dr. is often used to refer to those who practice medicine. For example, today I am going to see Dr. [Surname].
But are we in general expected to use the title when we refer to ...
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Who says “mummy” and “daddy”?
Is the use of the terms mummy and daddy to (informally) refer to one's parents particular to a specific socio-economic class or culture? How does this contrast with the terms mum/ mom, and dad?
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Should the title of a short story have a comma after it if it is the subject of a sentence?
A friend of mine was asking me this question. She used the following sentence in her essay for her English class:
"Harrison Bergeron" is a laughable read.
However, her English professor marked this ...
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Citing publications with stylized titles
In a situation where the title of a work is stylized, e.g. "Choose the Red Pill and the Blue Pill", should this title be fully italicized as Choose the Red Pill and the Blue Pill when cited?
It ...
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“…who didn't have a…” vs “…without a…” [closed]
I titled a short story "The Girl without a Soul". But recently I've been thinking on naming it "The Girl who didn't have a Soul."
Do they mean exactly the same? Which sounds better as a name for a ...
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Doctor Jekyll (Ph.D.), I presume
I am writing an analysis paper (not related to title), an need to introduce someone with a doctorate in English. Do I write "Doctor [name]" or do I use suffix?
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Where can I find a list of capitalisation rules for pure British writing?
Is there any quality English orthography book that contains rules for capitalising in pure British English? I’ve noticed that an American newspaper capitalises every word in the title of an article ...
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Dropping articles in the title (of an article or a section) or in the caption (of a figure or a table)? What's the general rule?
It is said that "To give added punch, articles are often dropped in the titles"
Source: http://www.davidappleyard.com/english/articles.htm
Is there any general rule or reference about dropping ...
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In film reviews/essays about a book or film, does the title of the movie/book always have to be highlighted/put in italics?
In film reviews/essays about a book or film, does the title of the movie/book always have to be highlighted/put in italics?
I know that at the start you have to put the title in italics, e.g.:
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Plurals in titles of lists regardless of number of items
Not sure how to describe it, so here is an example.
This looks right, even though “tests which failed” has only one item in the list:
Tests which failed
Test #1
Tests which passed
...
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How should I capitalize “Clean Up the Tags and Branches” as a title to a section?
Specifically, I am wondering how "Clean Up" should be capitalized. I have three plausible options:
"Clean Up"
"Clean-up"
"Clean up"
It all really depends on what part of speech "up" is and ...
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Is “Actor Peter Fonda found dead body inside car” correct?
"Actor Peter Fonda found dead body inside car" - that's the title that Yahoo first chose for its news article confusing so many people Is this kind of title correct? (They just changed to "Police: ...
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Special name for royal titles?
Is there a name for the title/nickname that some members of royalty get? Example: King Larry the Kind
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“Access to…” or “access of…”?
Translating a title of a paper from another language, I’m debating between
Remote Access to a Computer System
Remote Access of a Computer System
This is a title, so it should stand on its own, ...
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Singular or Plural Before List? [duplicate]
I'm trying to write a list of features available in my product, and I'm confused what the title should be:
Should I say "Features List" (features are plural) or "Feature List" (feature is singular).
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Should “head teacher” be capitalized, when it's not really anyone's occupation
Basically I want to say 'from my head teacher', but his occupation is not really that, should it still be capitalized?
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A short title for a collection that contains items related to software features and requirements [closed]
I have a list of items that contain terms related to software subsystems and requirements. Here is my list:
Archiving
Automation
Collaboration
Customization
Performance
Publication
Regulatory ...
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Is the title “Total Superleague” too much? [closed]
I'm not a native English speaker. So, I was wondering about what you might think of a title like this. It sounds a bit too much to me. Calling something that's already "super" as total.
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What is the Rule for Capitalizing Titles [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which words in a title should be capitalized?
First of all, after knowing the answer, I may need to edit the title of this post as the very first thing :)
Moving to my ...
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Section titles capitalisation: in text and in table of contents [duplicate]
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Which words in a title should be capitalized?
Could you please tell me: What is the recommended capitalisation style for the section titles of a business document and a ...
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What words are not capitalized in titles? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which words in a title should be capitalized?
For instance:
The Story of a Boy who Likes Pancakes and is Hungry <- (completely random made-up title)
In this example ...
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What does the title of the movie “The Man from Earth” mean?
Someone told me: "Here 'earth' means 'cave'. 'Man from earth' means 'caveman'."
I doubt that. I can't find any dictionary supporting that explanation.
However, the word "earth" does have multiple ...
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Plural form of movie titles
When referring to the plural of a movie title (in the case where the movie has sequels), do you have to obey the pluralization rules of the last word in the title, or do you just add -s or -es to the ...
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Indicate title without italics or underline
How do you indicate the title of a major work if neither italics nor underline are available? Would you fall back on quotes or should you use something else?
Text messages are an example of where ...
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Structure of title
If the title of a book is in two parts and the parts are separated by a colon, which is the main part and which is the optional or dependent part.
An example of such a title is "The Quest for ...
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Capital letters in headlines [closed]
I’m not a native English speaker. I’ve noticed that in titles or headlines, many words often start with a capital letter while others are still lowercase. As an example, the title of my question ...
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Can I use a plural last name as my company name? [closed]
So let’s assume my last name is Norton and I’m starting a publishing company. I want it to be “Nortons, Limited”. It is quite common to use plurals in company names — for example, Waterstones, ...
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Which sounds better: “What’s in ――” or “What’s on――”?
I’m making the title of a web page with classifieds, and I’d like to name it either “What’s in (town name)” or “What’s on (town name)”.
Which one sounds better for a town classified web page?
Right ...
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“An erratum to” vs “Erratum to” vs “Erratum”
I have had to write an erratum (single) to one of my papers recently. I searched the internet and I found out that there are at least three versions as follows:
An erratum to "the title of the ...
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What words are commonly lowercase when using Chicago Style Title Case? [duplicate]
My father has a website with over a thousand posts with the titles in UPPERCASE.
We'd like to change the post titles to follow the Chicago Manual of Style Title Case rules.
To speed things up I am ...
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Catchy title to the keyword 'sell car' [closed]
I need a catcy title with the keyword "Sell car" for a promotional article. Any ideas?
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Correct way to capitalize title? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which words in a title should be capitalized?
When capitalize title, what don't we need to capitalize? For example, and, or, if, of, the, etc..
