Re: AKICIF: Capitalization Question

In <vflqat$gk79$1@dont-email.me> "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> writes:

I know there are lots of (punctuation and grammar) style geeks here, so
maybe someone can tell me:

Has the use of Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, and others changed the rules
of capitalization for (e.g.) titles of shorter works?  It used to be
that one would capitalize all the words except non-leading articles and
longer prepositions.  (At least that's how I learned it.)  So it would
be "Devil in a Blue Dress", but "The Man Without a Country".

Now when you're using a word-processing app, and ask for capitalization,
it capitalizes every word, e.g., "Devil In A Blue Dress", and "The Man
Without A Country".

Has any style manual endorsed this, or do I need to keep tweaking all my
transformations?

I haven't seen any style manual that does this.  But different style
manuals have different capitalization rules for titlees (so Chicago and
Words Into Type, for example, are close, but not identical -- although
your "Devil" and "The" examples are correct in both of those.

If it's for your publication, pick a style manual.  If it's for someone
else's, follow theirs.

Ben
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