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Grammar Fight (Review Thread Title Capitalization Standards)
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:38 pm
by EightLeggedOedipus
Oh my god now it's driving me crazy... Thread titles shoudl all be capitalized the same way. Oh no I'm jet-lagged and tired and cranky. I am the peepee.
Like this:
Clever and Witty Comment With a Pun (15-16 Puzzle Reviews)
Follow rules: Capitalize all words except non-leading articles and prepositions of three letter or less.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:40 pm
by chucky
Man, if this were anywhere else on the internet, you'd have a lot more to complain about. Be thankful that Songfighters tend to at least have some kind of grasp on the English language.
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:48 pm
by Adam!
ill make sure iLL Be carefuler
Re: Grammar Fight (Review Thread Title Capitalization Standa
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:18 pm
by erik
EightLeggedOedipus wrote:Thread titles shoudl all be capitalized the same way.
Why?
Re: Grammar Fight (Review Thread Title Capitalization Standa
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:51 pm
by Caravan Ray
EightLeggedOedipus wrote:Oh my god now it's driving me crazy... Thread titles shoudl all be capitalized the same way. Oh no I'm jet-lagged and tired and cranky. I am the peepee.
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Clever and Witty Comment With a Pun (15-16 Puzzle Reviews)
Follow rules: Capitalize all words except non-leading articles and prepositions of three letter or less.
It should be spelt "capitalise" - you Americans and your wacky 'zed' usage.
Re: Grammar Fight (Review Thread Title Capitalization Standa
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:57 pm
by Kamakura
Caravan Ray wrote:It should be spelt "capitalise"
True. Though one has to make allowances...
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:26 pm
by j$
Actually, I think you'll find (in the UK at least) 'z' is the dictionary-approved alternative. That may just be further grovelling to the big daddy in our special relationship, but who are we to argue with the OED?
j$
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:05 pm
by Caravan Ray
j$ wrote:Actually, I think you'll find (in the UK at least) 'z' is the dictionary-approved alternative. That may just be further grovelling to the big daddy in our special relationship, but who are we to argue with the OED?
j$
Hmmm - the Macquarie accepts both too. This could be the end of civilis(z)ation as we know it.
Have a nice day!
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:25 am
by john m
EightLeggedOedipus wrote:shoudl
Re: Grammar Fight (Review Thread Title Capitalization Standa
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 5:43 pm
by Eric Y.
Caravan Ray wrote:EightLeggedOedipus wrote:Capitalize all words except non-leading articles and prepositions of three letter or less.
It should be spelt "capitalise" - you Americans and your wacky 'zed' usage.
also it should be "three letters or fewer."
Re: Grammar Fight (Review Thread Title Capitalization Standa
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:47 am
by Gemini6Ice
EightLeggedOedipus wrote:Oh my god now it's driving me crazy... Thread titles shoudl all be capitalized the same way. Oh no I'm jet-lagged and tired and cranky. I am the peepee.
Like this:
Clever and Witty Comment With a Pun (15-16 Puzzle Reviews)
Follow rules: Capitalize all words except non-leading articles and prepositions of three letter or less.
According to the MLA Style guide, no prepositions should get capitalization, regardless of length. Also, the "to" in an infinitive form should not be capitalized. Finally, the last word in a title needs to be capitalized.
Like this:
Whom Are We Going to Do it To?
I would consider the parenthesized text to be a subtitle; thus, each part has its own final word.
Re: Grammar Fight (Review Thread Title Capitalization Standa
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:49 am
by Gemini6Ice
tviyh wrote:Caravan Ray wrote:EightLeggedOedipus wrote:Capitalize all words except non-leading articles and prepositions of three letter or less.
It should be spelt "capitalise" - you Americans and your wacky 'zed' usage.
also it should be "three letters or fewer."
One could argue that using diacritical marks can produce irrationally non-whole-number quantities of letters. And as any mathematician will tell you, the real numbers are not countable. ^_^