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Mary_ammerman Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Capitalization/Grammar
I have guidelines that I need to follow that specify conjunctions in titles need to be lowercased. In the following title, do the words "whether" or "but" function as conjunctions? How should this title be capitalized if conjunctions, articles, and prepositions should all be lowercased?
- Not whether, but How to Civilize
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Hello Mary-- and welcome to English Forums. The only conjunction in your title is 'but'; nevertheless, I agree that the title is a little problematic to capitalize. Looks should be taken into consideration, and I think it would be better to remove the comma, which I don't think is appropriate anyway: Not Whether but How to Civilize
- Hello Mary-- and welcome to English Forums.
- The only conjunction in your title is 'but'; nevertheless, I agree that the title is a little problematic to capitalize.
- Looks should be taken into consideration, and I think it would be better to remove the comma, which I don't think is appropriate anyway: Not Whether but How to Civilize
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Hello Mary-- and welcome to English Forums.
The only conjunction in your title is 'but'; nevertheless, I agree that the title is a little problematic to capitalize. Looks should be taken into consideration, and I think it would be better to remove the comma, which I don't think is appropriate anyway:
Not Whether but How to Civilize
The only conjunction in your title is 'but'; nevertheless, I agree that the title is a little problematic to capitalize. Looks should be taken into consideration, and I think it would be better to remove the comma, which I don't think is appropriate anyway:
Not Whether but How to Civilize
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Thanks so much for the warm welcome! I think this Forum is going to come in very handy for my job! We have a lot of questions like this that come up all the time and frequently don't have the resources to know how to best handle them. Thank you for your answer, I feel much better now! What you said makes a lot of sense!
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Hi again,
Could you tell me if the word "regarding" is considered a preposition in the following title:
Mothers' Narratives Regarding Their Child with Autism Predict Maternal Synchronous Behavior during Play
Thanks in advance for your time!
Could you tell me if the word "regarding" is considered a preposition in the following title:
Mothers' Narratives Regarding Their Child with Autism Predict Maternal Synchronous Behavior during Play
Thanks in advance for your time!
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