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Conjunction<4 letters=lowercase.Īs is an adverb when it modifies an adjective ( It’s As Smooth) or verb ( Rules As Stated by Management).

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No need to add serial commas to titles (unless it’s clear that the original work used serial commas and you feel it’s important).Īs is a conjunction meaning “in the way that” ( Cool as Ice).

Do not change hyphens, em dashes, or en dashes.ģ. Do not change numbers in titles, whether they are spelled out or numerals.Ģ. Words like magazine or journal should only be capitalized and italicized when part of the official name. Old titles that use a semicolon between title and subtitle-change to a colon.Ĩ. 3 dots in middle of title or 4 at the end.ħ. Old titles that are very long (18th–19th century)-may shorten with ellipsis. e.g., Title: Subtitle, 1900–1910 might appear on the cover as three different lines in three different type sizes with punctuation removed.Ħ. Add colon or comma back in if either has been removed for design.

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Capitalization: Change to headline style if title page uses full caps or sentence style.ĥ.

However, for company names in regular text, use & if it’s part of the official company name.

14.141 Note, there is no serial comma before an ampersand.

For publisher names in bibliography/notes: you may use and or &, regardless how it appears on title page.

For titles, you may spell out and if you prefer.

But in text, if initial a, an, or the doesn’t fit the sentence context, you may remove it if needed.

For books, blogs, movies, and most other things, keep initial The.*.

Jan Smith, “Finding Home,” New York Times, May 1, 2000.

CMS: For periodicals, newspapers, and websites that aren’t blogs, omit initial The from the title (even if it’s part of the official title).ĪP: Always keep initial The if it’s part of the official name.

In text, notes, or bibliography, preserve original spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation as shown on the title page of the work.

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Quotes for books, movies, TV series, plays, albums, computer and video games The New York Times, Overland Journal, Newsweek, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, The Mom Blog No quotes for newspapers, journals, magazines, dictionaries, encyclopedias, blogs Websites that aren’t blogs, manuscript collections Source: CMS 8.157–59, 14.204, 14.95 AP Composition Titles, Ask the Editor.īooks, journals and magazines, newspapers, blogs, websites analogous to printed work, movies, TV series, plays, albums, computer and video games, dictionaries and encyclopedias, etc.

lc flat/sharp after musical note Concerto in C-sharp Minor.

Cap 2nd element in spelled-out number or fraction.

(AP does not distinguish these situations, so it would be Anti-Itch.)

BUT, if first element is a prefix or combining form that could not stand on its own as a word (anti, pre, etc.) do not cap the 2nd element (unless proper noun/adj.).

Follow the capitalization rules above for other elements.Lowercase 2nd part of species name: Homo sapiens.Lowercase particle in proper name like de or von.Wanting to Drive to School ( but Come To, To and Fro). Usually lowercase to, unless it’s an adverb.AP does not specify, but perhaps they should, since as can be a conjunction, adverb, or preposition, causing multiple capitalization situations.*.Therefore, it is Income per Capita but Per Capita Income (AP does not specify this.).Except when they are used adverbially or adjectivally (Follow Up, Turn Down, The On Button).

Including long prepositions such as according, concerning.AP: Lowercase prepositions of ≤3 letters. Lowercase prepositions, regardless of length.AP: Lowercase conjunctions of ≤3 letters. CMS: Lowercase these conjunctions: and, but, for, or, nor.Pronouns, including possessive: Its, His, Her, etc.Short verbs ( Is Am Are Was Were, Be, Do, Has, Can, etc.).Remember to cap (easy words to forget):.AP only: Capitalize prepositions and conjunctions of 4+ letters.All other major words (noun, pronoun, verb, adj., adv., and some conjunctions.Ask the Editor AP and Chicago: Headline-Style Capitalization for Titles of WorksĬhicago and AP both use headline-style capitalization for titles of works. Source: AP Stylebook 2016: headlines, composition titles. I read the article “Streetcar Celebrates One Year in Kansas City.” If you are referring to a news headline, use headline-style capitalization, since it’s the title of a work. Streetcar celebrates one year in Kansas Cityīut some publications prefer headline-style capitalization for their headlines, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Capitalize first word, first word after colon, and proper nouns. If you are writing a news headline, use sentence-style capitalization. AP: Sentence-style capitalization for headlines