[Forum] RE: Capitalization of "counties" in "Austin and Travis Counties"

Excellent, thanks! That was my reasoning too. I appreciate the extra information in case I need to defend the change.

[Forum] RE: Capitalization and Punctuation of Academic Degrees

Hi Maggie and welcome, Short answer: I'd say "a bacehlor's degree in nursing" and "a bachelor of arts" (no caps unless it would be customary in the context). I would omit "degree" because it seems redundant to me. Longer explanation: Merriam-Webster uses "a bachelor of laws," and CMOS [

[Forum] RE: Capitalization

Yes, yes! And let's not leave out "those," another term that often gets bandied about with no clarification. A book I'm currently overseeing the editing of contains "one," "some," and "those" repeatedly. It's driving me bonkers (or, more accurately, more bonkers).

[Forum] RE: . . . we will OR . . . will we

It should be the second version ("will we"), and I'd cap "cup" per [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch08/ch08_sec082.html]CMOS 8.82: Capitalization for names of awards and prizes[/url]. Welcome to the CMOS forum!

[Forum] RE: Title Capitalization with Phrasal Verbs

[quote='Kiwi' pid='547' dateline='1267235440']I think if the modifier ends in "ly" you don't use a hyphen.[/quote] You are correct.

[Forum] RE: Capitalization

So, I did a search on Google Books for "subaltern studies", and saw that when it's not being used as a title of a book, it is often left lowercase.  There's precedent for you.  I'd make it lowercase.

[Forum] RE: Copyediting: capitalization of hyphenated place-names

Per CMOS 8.159, your inclination is supported. I definitely wouldn't lowercase "use" in this compound. Welcome to the CMOS forum! :)

[Forum] RE: Capitalization

If other departments are being capped without the university's name in front of them, I'd cap "Police Department" as well. However, I'd lowercase "the department" when referencing them more generically this way. Yep, your client will love you for this. :D

[Forum] RE: Capitalization

Hi, and welcome to the CMOS forum. I'd lowercase all of those. Please see [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch08/ch08_sec026.html]CMOS 8.26: Corporate and organizational titles[/url].

[Forum] RE: Capitalization of two military forts

Yes, and I see 8.52 has "Mounts Washington and Rainier," so I'll stick with "Forts." I hadn't noticed that "rivers" had changed since [i]CMS[/i] 15. Thank you for pointing that out.