Questions tagged [capitalization]
This tag should be used for questions about when to capitalize words, such as trademarks or as a stylistic device, for example in character speech.
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Capitalizing within a sentence
I am writing dialogue. I have googled this to no avail.
Jane said, "What is your vision statement?"
Mike replied, "It's 'To make men of men.'"
Should "To" be ...
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Capitalization of descriptive words referring to a proper noun
Which of the following is the correct choice for capitalizing (or not capitalizing) "bay mouth", and why?
Mission Bay is a popular tourist location, with small waves near the bay mouth.
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How do I prevent forced capitalization after a period in Scrivener?
Scrivener forces a capitalization after a period when used in initials when possessive such as J.D.’S coat. It should be J.D.’s coat. How do I change it?
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Proper capitalization of the term "software as a service"
I need to use the term "software as a service", which is abbreviated as SaaS. (There are other ancillary terms as well like Platform as a Service, Functions as a Service, Infrastructure as a ...
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Should the Table of Contents be title case?
I did read Which words in a title should be capitalized?
Now I'm asking myself when creating the "Table of Contents" for a book should I apply there the same rules for capitalization in the ...
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Capital letter after colon, in list? [duplicate]
So I'm going through a list of reasons to choose something, followed by a semicolon and then an explanation.
Aerodynamic resistance: The reason that this is important is bla bla bla...
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Should a common noun which has a specific word in a different language be capitalised?
The setting is that there is a celebration underway where people of different species (lets say, humans and elves) are attending. In the elves' language they call any celebration "Jashnak". ...
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When should we use capitalization when writing research papers?
I am wondering how many cases we should notice when using capitalization (except the word standing at the beginning of the sentences, place name) in an academic paper.
For example:
"Days of ...
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Capitalization of Section Titles
How to capitalize the words of a section title? In particular, when Should I capitalize the word "to?" Sometimes I see it capitalized and sometimes not.
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Capitalization for a thought mid-sentence [duplicate]
This is an example of something I've run into:
I felt my excitement grow at the view, with “now THIS is a true alien world!” running through my mind.
Should the "n" in "now" be ...
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Scientific report and capitalization
I'm writing a master's thesis in English, which is my second language. I have understood that I should capitalize Section, Chapter, Figure, etc., but should I also capitalize other elements that refer ...
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Is it acceptable to punctuate and capitalize a dialogue tag like a separate sentence?
When a piece of writing has a quoted sentence followed by a dialogue tag, the sentence is usually ended with a comma (inside the quotation marks) and the dialogue tag is in sentence case, like this:
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What are the rules for beginning a block quotation halfway into a quoted sentence?
I'm interested in the rules set by the Chicago Manual of Style.
If I take a block quotation that starts with the following sentence:
"To simplify: math and geometry are such and such"
And if I ...
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Autocapitalize/correct two connected words?
Let's say I have a character in my story simply called "Slime Monster". With every instance of these two words, I want both words to be capitalized and to be corrected as a pair, so if I mistype it to ...
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Capitlization of A Named Experiment
I have an experiment which we call 'the krypton experiment'. In referring to the krypton experiment, should it be capitalized?
e.g.
The Krypton Experiment was used as a source of benchmark data.
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Other than trademarked names, should recipe ingredients in a cookbook be capitalized?
Re: editing a cookbook
Other than trademarked names, should ingredients in the recipe lists be capitalized?
Thank you in advance.
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Capitalization after use of colon?
This is a sentence from a current writing project detailing how people in jail feel about reading.
It provides an escape from the reality of what lies before them: time.
Should "time" be capitalized?...
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Would I use a capitalization for vampire?
I have been writing a fantasy story, but I am not sure if I should use capitalization on "vampire" or not. In the first example it's talking about a single vampire, but not specific one. Example:
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Are human sounds capitalized like other sounds in the action line?
Such as:
Bathsheba SNEEZES.
Margaret SNORES loudly.
Katrina SIGHS
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Capitalization: Taylor guitar
If you refer to a Steinway piano or a Taylor guitar, do you capitalize piano and guitar?
I couldn't think how to word a search for this information.
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Should capitalization be used for emphasis for a character's tone?
Capitalization in a text has been something heavily debated in the writing community due to its nature as being preference based, and finding a hard set answer is fairly difficult. However, should ...
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Capitalization after interrupted dialogue
I'm confused about proper punctuation, spacing, and capitalization when a character is speaking and is interrupted by actions without continuing dialogue.
"Maybe we could—" My phone rang.
"Maybe we ...
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Capitalize 'it' when referring to a strange being?
I have a being with a name. I capitalize its name when I mention it. But mostly, I refer to it as "it". I use "it" a lot in dialogue, as characters talk about this being. Should I capitalize "it", ...
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Dialogue interruptions — using em dashes
This is my first time in writers, so I apologise if I make a mistake. I've searched for this, but I can't find a concrete and complete answer. Please forgive me if I've somehow missed it and it had ...
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Capitalisation after punctuation in dialogue
I've seemed to have a problem with getting this right and doubting myself. In regards to writing dialogue, do you follow up with capitalisation after punctuation marks? Can someone tell me which is ...
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in English, is it necessary to capitalize after a colon?
I've seen that each language has its own rules when using the colon. In Spanish, it's not needed to capitalize:
Los elementos incluyen: secado, lavado, etc.
In French is the same, and even they put ...
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Capitalize and/or hyphenate "the Start Your Own Business project"?
I have come across a situation which drives me mad, and I cannot find any satisfying answer in the Oxford Guide to Style, which I tend to follow. The problem concerns the phrase "Start Your Own ...
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Referencing figure in text - capitalize the word "Figure" or not? Why?
I see it quite a lot. It looks a bit like this:
It can be seen in Figure 3 that...
My gut feeling is that there is no reason to scream in the middle of a perfectly calm sentence. I would like to ...
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It is unprofessional to use double exclamation marks and CAPS in a product or service?
I'm developing a website:
http://alexchen.info/brianfunshine/
My customer wrote the following in the front page:
Hi, I’m Brian “Funshine” Alexander.
I offer professional Music, Voices, and ...
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