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英语语法:214 Title Capitalization Rules

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Grammar Girl here.

Today's topic is capitalizing titles.

In an email, Michelle from Manila asked, "Should I capitalize all the first letters of the words in a title or just the first letter of the first word?"

This is one of those style questions. For the Grammar Girl website, I capitalize every letter of the title; but there are many different ways of capitalizing the words in a title, and which one you use is simply a matter of style. So both of the ways you asked about could be correct; it just depends on what your employer1 or teacher prefers. It's another reason to ask for the style guide!

In addition to capitalizing the first word, and capitalizing all the words, other methods include capitalizing only the nouns2 (e.g., Grammar Girl loves Tea) and capitalizing every single letter, which on a computer looks like screaming to most people but is still sometimes done for book titles (e.g., GRAMMAR GIRL WOULD KILL FOR SOME ICED TEA). There are even more options3, so I'll put some links in the transcript4 to a few good websites that cover all the possibilities. It's kind of a visual5 thing anyway, so it's good to look at the examples.


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1 employer ItNzrt     
n.雇用方,雇主
参考例句:
  • My employer deducted ten pounds from my wages this week.我的雇主从我本周的工钱中扣除了十英镑。
  • His monthly salary is paid into the bank by his employer.他的月薪由雇主替他存入银行。
2 nouns 8412c0b251e0c60f78bfaf0a44ac3206     
n.名词;名词( noun的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns. 法语不同于英语,所有的名词都有性。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Nouns join to form compounds. 名词和名词结合构成复合词。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 options 93da65a9fd0004d9477aeac024e08e15     
n.选择(option的名词复数 );选项;选择权,选择能力;[经济]买卖的特权
参考例句:
  • She considered her options. 她仔细考虑了自己的各种选择。
  • We are considering the options available to us in this no-win situation. 在这种取胜无望的情形下,我们在考虑有什么选择。
4 transcript JgpzUp     
n.抄本,誊本,副本,肄业证书
参考例句:
  • A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
  • They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。
5 visual yh9wa     
adj.视力的,视觉的,观看的,直观的,看得见的,光学的
参考例句:
  • The film is a visual art.电影是一种视觉艺术。
  • His designs have a strong visual appeal.他的设计在视觉上很有感染力。

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