[haiku-development] Re: Checking consistency of used strings
- From: Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:42:58 -0500
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Jorge G. Mare <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ryan Leavengood wrote:
>>
>> Also there is definitely a standard title case in American English,
>> and it is pretty much what was mentioned (capitalize first and last
>> word, and all major words.) Thousands of books and articles are
>> published each year using this case.
>
> I have to say, I have worked for more than 20 years as an English-Spanish
> translator and for more than 10 years in marketing communications (mostly in
> the US), and I don't think I have ever come across this "capitalize first
> and last word plus all major words" title case style. Out of curiosity,
> specifically, what is a "major word" in this context?
To avoid reproducing a long paragraph in my "The Bedford Handbook for
Writers", I was summarizing in that email. If you want to know the
exact specification, here is the quote from this book:
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45c Capitalize the first, last, and all major words in titles and
subtitles of works such as books, articles and songs.
In both titles and subtitles, major words such as nouns, pronouns,
verbs, adjectives, and adverbs should be capitalized. Minor words such
as articles, prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions are not
capitalized unless they are the first or last word of a title or
subtitle. Capitalize the second part of a hyphenated term in a title
if it is a major word but not if it is a minor word.
The Country of the Pointed Firs
The Impossible Theater: A Manifesto
The F-Plan Diet
Capitalize chapter titles and the titles of other major divisions of a
work following the same guidelines used for titles of complete works.
"Work and Play" in Santayana's The Nature of Beauty.
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I hope that helps.
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Regards,
Ryan
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