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Brandy Balls Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Heading and Subheading First Letter Capitalization

I'm proofing two workbooks with chapters authored by three different people. Each has their own way of doing things and to a certain extent that's okay. But I would like to be consistent on a few points, and one of those is heading capitalization. What are the options and rules I have available to me? I don't like headings in all first letters: Calculating The Number Of Moles (I prefer "Calculating the Number of Moles"). But sometimes it's not as easy as de-capitalizing 'of' or 'and'.

Some guidelines, please... ?
  

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Normally, I do not capitalize prepositions and articles in a title. This is in line with the major style guides (Strunk and White Elements of Style,4th edition, The Economist Style Guide, The New York Times Style Guide). These guides are available for sale at all the usual online outlets and if you do a lot of proofreading/editing they are almost indispensable.

— JohnParis

  • Normally, I do not capitalize prepositions and articles in a title.
  • This is in line with the major style guides (Strunk and White Elements of Style,4th edition, The Economist Style Guide, The New York Times Style Guide).
  • These guides are available for sale at all the usual online outlets and if you do a lot of proofreading/editing they are almost indispensable.
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Normally, I do not capitalize prepositions and articles in a title. This is in line with the major style guides (Strunk and White Elements of Style,4th edition, The Economist Style Guide, The New York Times Style Guide).

These guides are available for sale at all the usual online outlets and if you do a lot of proofreading/editing they are almost indispensable.
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