Questions tagged [titles]
Questions about the names given to creative works such as books and articles, poems, musical pieces, or paintings, and for sections thereof.
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Would you use single quote marks around an awarded title like 'Hottest Designer of the Year'?
The sentence is: Randi proved herself to be worthy of the title of Hottest Designer of the Year with her gorgeous designs.
Does it make more sense as: Randi proved herself to be worthy of the title of ...
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Would you capitalize an awarded title like “hottest designer of the year”?
The sentence is,
Randi proved herself to be worthy of the title of hottest designer of the year with her gorgeous designs.
Edit: If so, I can't help but feel that single quotation marks are ...
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Help with an article “A Realist's Diary: the book about money, relationships and the meaning of life”
I've asked a different question previously and got very helpful replies for the first part of the title, i.e. "A Realist's Diary". Now I'd like to know your opinion about the second part:
A Realist's ...
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Multi-parametric based scheme OR multi-parameter based scheme OR multiple-parametric scheme?
I am a researcher and have developed a scheme which is based on multiple parameters to work. What should be the grammatically correct title for the scheme among the given.
A multi-parametric based ...
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Should this name for an organization contain an apostrophe?
We're looking to start a small brewery and have decided to call it "Loons Landing". I'm wondering if perhaps it would be more correct to call it "Loon's Landing". I know that, as a business, we're ...
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Is the comma correct in the following news title or should I leave it out?
This Is Why Statistics Matter, and It's Why You Should Care
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Capitalization of for latin phrase in title case (in vitro, in vivo, etc)
I would like to use the following phrase as a title that needs to be in "title case". I'm wondering what the procedure is for capitalizing Latin phrases.
Media for in vitro tissue production
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Is the sentence “How was the forest born” grammatically and logically correct in English?
Is the sentence "How was the forest born" grammatically and logically correct in English? I want it to be a title for a video, showing how trees are being planted and growing.
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Comma positioning between title and name and conjunction
Which is the proper way to write this sentence:
Rmt, LLC will be managed by Sally Red, CEO and Sean Brown, COO.
OR
Rmt, LLC will be managed by Sally Red CEO, and Sean Brown COO.
(Comma between ...
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Why are US Air Force officers given Army rankings? [closed]
In most other English-speaking countries, air-forces have their own ranking structure with titles like "Flight Lieutenant", "Squadron Leader", "Wing Commander", "Group Captain" etc. The exception is ...
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How to use the title of an article in the same sentence as saying an article exists
Sorry the title is not ver well worded - but that is my problem.
Lets say I have a friend Jane who has written an article called 'How to Shop for Apples'. What is the best way to write something like:...
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How do I title a section pertaining to “things I can do” on my CV?
I am putting together my CV and I have a section that shows a breakdown of all the things I can do as a Graphic Designer. For example,
Logos & Branding
Technical Drawings
Pitch Decks etc.
I ...
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When considering titles of scientific papers, why are definite and indefinite articles omitted sometimes? [duplicate]
Is it a rule or is it a sign of bad English among foreign researchers and scientists?
Example: Observation of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Entanglement on Supraquantum Structures by Induction Through ...
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Capitalisation of “co-chair” and “co-host”?
We have the title "Chair" in our organization for functions. Our Education Chair wants a person of equal help in the form of a co-chair.
1) When listing these two people in a sentence:
Your new ...
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His boss, Michael, or his boss Michael--which is correct?
When referring to a title followed by the individual who holds that title, should I use a comma? For example, should I say:
At the end of a sentence "his boss, Michael." or "his boss Michael.
At the ...
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A name for all AA, NA, SA, … Organizations/Communities?
There is this organization/fellowship/support community for alcoholics called
Alcoholics Anonymous. For sex or porn addiction, the organization/fellowship/support community is called Sexaholics ...
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What does “How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb” mean?
The sub-title of Dr. Strangelove is "or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb" and it's used as a very common snowclone in other contexts.
But what does the sub-title actually mean? What ...
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Please help me with my research title [closed]
I'm going to do a research with the title "The green effect in response to urban thermal environment". The content is about how vegetation can affect the temperature in the city.
Is this title ...
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About cases you don't use the article “the” and “a” | Would anybody be able to tell me why there is no article in this case? [duplicate]
I read an article of the link below:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-protester-shot-1.5303783
My question is why the subject "Hong Kong protester" in the title has no article "a" and ...
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When using title case, how should hyphenated words be capitalized? [closed]
Here's one title that includes a hyphenated words. Also this includes a word that is sometimes capitalized in title case.
Aliens are coming in the not-too-distant future!
Or an article called:
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Can a CBE order holders use the title “sir” [closed]
I'm not sure it fits in this StackExchange site but here's the question:
Can a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) use the title "sir" or "dame" before their name?
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Capitalisation in texts where the title is also a concept that is referred to within the text?
I'm going to use Karpman's drama triangle as an example for my question because I can't seem to find any consistency around its capitalisation (although I'll admit I don't own the book).
Say you have ...
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Term or Title That Embraces the Juxtaposition of Work and Fun
I'm looking for a clever way to describe someone who likes to be positive and have fun but who is also serious about getting work done. The phrase "work hard, play hard" comes to mind, but I'm not ...
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some movie, book and game title have a title. And sequels often have the title a number and some more words what are the extra words called? [duplicate]
The best example would probably be most of the star wars movie titles
phantom menace, attack of the clones, revenge of the sith, return of the jedi, rogue one, empire strikes back, and the last jedi ...
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Most suitable phrase that has equivalent meaning with “ Terms that make the warranty invalid ”
I am preparing a document for our company's new product (industrial machinery). In the documentation there must be a special part which should list some terms and conditions that make our warranty ...
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A brief history v. the brief history - what explains the difference in function?
I'm puzzling over a difference in sense between two expressions as I've seen them in titles of texts. Here they are with examples:
A Brief History. Brief modifies history, which here seems to refer to ...
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Correct capitalization when starting a sentence or headline with a parenthesized word
What is the correct way of capitalizing the following sentence?
(Most) people are good.
Should people also be capitalized? Or is it incorrect that most is capitalized?
Finally, does the same ...
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Capitalization of titles in an essay where the original work does not capitalize its title according to style (MLA)
In my essay (MLA), I talk about Kendrick Lamar's album titled good kid, m.A.A.d city (stylized like that). Which of the following ways would be the correct way to title my essay:
Kendrick Lamar's ...
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Ideal synonym of “making survey” of thesis title [closed]
I am thinking about correct thesis title and I can not find right word for phrase: "making a survey". Now my thesis title begins as: "Mapping people's awareness of...". I was thinking about word ...
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“Memoirs” in book title - singular or plural verb?
I'm editing an article about the Battle of Agincourt. The author quotes his source as follows:
The Memoires de Pierre de Fenin place the battle "between Maisoncelles and Agincourt".
"Memoires" [...
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What would you call someone who constantly is thinking of all scenarios/possibilities/outcomes?
If someone is the type of person who goes into a situation or conversation and before stepping in thinks of all the different things that could happen and how they would respond.
Example: If they ...
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Appropriate Synonym for 'accelerated' in thesis title [closed]
I have the following thesis title:
On the acceleration of X Methods: superfast Y Solver for Z
My thesis goal and reached objective is "Improving X and using it into Y, which becomes very fast".
I ...
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quotation mark to indicate possession after quotation marks indicating the title of a short story
Would it be wrong to write, for example:
"Slight Rebellion Off Madison" 's characters, plot, and themes develop in the same way as chapter 17 of Catcher in the Rye, only its point of view is ...
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Proper way to refer to someone that previously held an official title, but is no longer in said title
I’m trying to figure out the best way to refer to someone in a resume. I once received an award from former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld when he was still the Secretary of Defense. I use this ...
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Comma before and in thesis title
While discussing my thesis title with my thesis advisor the following came up
Cement technology: Characterization**,** and applications in bridges and dams
I am concerned about a comma and I am ...
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Question marks in titles, in particular those beginning 'How to …'
I found the following blog title without a question mark from The Hindu site:
How to ease Afghanistan’s progress in cricket
Is it grammatical, if we don't put question mark in questions of titles? ...
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Should contractions like “'til” be capitalized in a title?
Should contractions like "'til" be capitalized in a title, when in the middle of a title? What if the "'til" is the first or last word? An example of this is the album "Dog Party - 'Til You're Mine" (...
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Should I use “the” in domain name ant slogan? [closed]
I have a slogan "Learn from the best" for my project and have bought domain name learnfrombest.com. While I'm not a native english speaker, I'm not sure it sounds good enough. I chosen domain name ...
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Capitalizing Words Within a title [duplicate]
Could someone please tell me if "That" should be capitalized in the following title:
Learn the Winning Formula That Ironman Triathletes Use to Create Unstoppable Sales Success
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Punctuation after titles in quotation marks?
I’m working on a book that cites the titles of many short poems, customarily set inside quotation marks. The quotation marks serve to identify the poem as a single entity rather than to indicate any ...
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can a figure in a paper be titled “questions respective [topic] ?”
I am currently writing a scientific paper in cooperation with multiple co-authors, some of them being more experienced than me. In a figure, questionnaire results are shown.
One of my more ...
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Is “Even so, we’ll keep walking” a valid sentence as a book title?
I was struggling to find a good title for a fiction I write, and a found this sentence in the english subtitles of a song. I'd like to know if it's a valid sentence as a standalone, or if it needs to ...
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The simplest way to say “Split Videos Into Segments”
I've finished developing app for iOS that's splits video into multiple continuous segments. Meaning that if i'll take a video of 35 seconds and choose to split it with 10 sec durations. I'll get 4 ...
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'in" word in title - Should it be written with a capital letter? [closed]
I'm developing an iOS app. At one of my screen the titles should be:
"4 videos in total" (intentionally lowercased).
What would be the right way to write it:
4 Videos In Total
4 Videos in Total
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Does “ex-urban” exist or have I made it up?
I'm looking for a word that implies that people are moving out of cities: is ex-urban a word? I found it in the Urban Dictionary but that definition is not at all what I mean. I can't find it anywhere ...
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What do you call the process of formally addressing someone by using honorifics?
My native language is Macedonian, and in my language, we have a special term that describes the process of formally addressing someone. The idea is that you treat that person in plural instead of in ...
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Titles of movie [closed]
Why normally in movie title prepositions are removed? for exemplo: "I know what you did last summer" shouldn't be "I know what you did in the last summer."
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“Its” or “it’s” in “Getting Over It's IMPOSSIBLE PHYSICS!” [closed]
While browsing through YouTube, I came across a video titled
“Getting Over It's IMPOSSIBLE PHYSICS!” which references to a new game titled
“Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy”.
My question is, ...
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Is “Reverend” a title, honorific, style or merely an adjective
Is it proper to introduce a clergyman as Reverend Johnson or is it more proper to refer to him as the Reverend Mr. Johnson ... or the Reverend Dr. Johnson, as the case may be? "This is Reverend John ...
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How should I shorten a very wordy title? [closed]
I want to mention a very long title which doesn't have a good shortening using one continuous chunk:
An account of a method of dividing astronomical and other instruments, by ocular inspection; in ...
