[Forum] RE: Headline style: Capitalize abbreviations usually uncapitalized?

Based on what I see in section 10.41, I would say keep a.m. lowercase. "The following abbreviations are used in text and elsewhere to indicate time of day. Though these sometimes appear in small capitals (with or without periods), Chicago prefers the lowercase form, with periods, as being the mos

[Forum] Capitals when talking about topics

Hello, I couldn't find an answer, so I thought I'd ask a question. When saying something like "Hís speech touched on numerous points such as Microsoft Administration, Enterprise Security, and Dell Management." should the first letter of administration, enterprise, security, and management b

[Forum] RE: Using capitals in Parliament

According to CMOS, when "the" precedes "parliament," it should be capped, as in "the Ugandan Parliament." When used more generically, it would be lowercase. If you're referring to a specific parliament, as in your last sentence, I'd cap it (and lowercase "government"), as you have it. See CMOS 8.61

[Forum] RE: Split Infinitives?

From CMOS: [color=#1E90FF]5.106 Split infinitive Although from about 1850 to 1925 many grammarians stated otherwise, it is now widely acknowledged that adverbs sometimes justifiably separate the to from the principal verb {they expect to more than double their income next year}. [url=http://ww

[Forum] RE: Parenthetical quotation of complete sentence

No, it just answered another question I had after seeing your problem text. So I just reread the sections that I linked to above, and I think that like you, I'd be inclined to capitalize in every case - assuming that they are all like these, complete sentences embedded inside parentheses inside s

[Forum] Using capitals in Parliament

When using Parliament to refer to a specific parliament, do we always uppercase it? For example, in a paper entirely on Uganda, are references to parliament--which always refer to the Ugandan parliament--spelled with an initial capital or lowercase? I did look up CMoS, but it wasn't very clear. If i

[Forum] RE: Style for an app name in running text

I don't see any need to capitalize it (or "an operator's guide"). If you're following Chicago, their preference for a "[url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch08/ch08_sec001.html]down style[/url]" may be helpful to keep in mind ("sparing use of capitals"). Of course, this doesn't speak to t

[Forum] American Dream or American dream

So, [i]Merriam-Webster[/i] says "Noun, often capitalized D", next to their entry for "American dream". I know that [i]CMOS[/i] tends to choose the "down style" and uses capitals sparingly. I haven't found a specific reference in [i]Chicago[/i] to this term. My employer says always go by [i]CMO

[Forum] Wrong Capitalization

I am copyediting a non-fiction book manuscript. I have explained to the author that a term like "academic domain" would not be written "Academic Domain" in the text. His argument for capitals is that the term is a specific concept in the context of his writing. Should I just let it go? (N.B. I h

[Forum] Key names

For this sort of question I look first at the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications (MSTP). Not that Microsoft is necessarily better than other authorities, but 99.9% of the people who use computers have been exposed to Microsoft's writing style. For your question, the MSTP says ".