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| reduce to lowercase when possible. Is the following okay, or do the spelled-out names get lowercased in...than go ahead with lowercasing. Sometimes such terms are the titles of internal memos or reports...terms are lowercased it’s not easy to put them back in caps, so it’s better to negotiate with the author first.... |
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| FAQ Item Capitalization Q. Your rule that titles such as captain must be in lowercase is giving me...Superintendent as lowercase, only to have multiple reviewers complain that they tripped over it in phrases...is generally known as the “WS,” and it seems inconsistent to have the full title in lowercase and the... |
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| lowercase (except for E. coli)? The bacterium Listeria is not listed. Is it inconsistent to style this...as initial capped and italic if the other names are roman and lowercase? A. Genus names like...Salmonella should be capped and italic; their species are lowercased and italic: Salmonella enterica... |
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| probably overanalyzing it, but . . . Chicago says to lowercase hell and heaven except in a purely...second-guessing myself on when to cap it. In an expression like “no way in hell,” I’d lowercase it. But...such publications may be offended by lowercasing. I’m guessing that this novel is not a religious publication. Lowercasing throughout should be fine.... |
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| FAQ Item Capitalization Q. CMOS mentions that titles are commonly lowercase (president of the...they do not precede a name, do they remain lowercase? A. Yes, lowercase the titles. After all, how...fair would it be to lowercase the president and uppercase the librarian? The Speaker gets special... |
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| varietals? In my dictionary Chablis is capitalized, cabernet sauvignon and merlot are lowercase but...“often capitalized,” prosecco is lowercase, barbera is lowercase. I edit a lot of books containing wine... |
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| now lowercase “i.” We do follow CMOS style, but the Internet Society and some others are insisting...beyond the scope of CMOS, but here’s a summary: In ordinary usage, internet with a lowercase i has...been common since at least the introduction of the iPod (in 2001; note that lowercase i). And... |
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| often lowercased when used with a nonliteral meaning. What does “nonliteral” mean when it comes to...sparkling wine? A. The word “champagne” with a lowercase c refers to sparkling wine of any kind, a...industry advocacy, to sparkling wine from that region. Lowercase “champagne” might be appropriate in a... |
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| it’s a name commonly seen as lowercase (e. e. cummings, for example)? I’m also unclear about names...with particles. CMOS 8.7 says de (or d’) is always lowercased and is often dropped when the surname...because he’s no longer around to object, but because it wasn’t his personal preference to lowercase ... |
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| -century movement in English literature? Many sources favor the lowercase, but I’ve always done the...opposite. A. Either way is acceptable. Chicago style prefers the lowercase, but an editor should defer if possible to a writer who has reason to depart from style.... |
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