Re: [authors] Sentences Style Capitalization

[Lou Iorio]

I'm not trying to be difficult, and I admit to being something of a dinosaur, but can you point me to a style guide that endorses this? You picked a book at random, and it used sentence style capitalization? Amazing. I've never seen one. Here are some books I grabbed at random, and all use traditional capitalization of titles: A History of Christianity by Paul Johnson The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Green Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow Spanish for Gringos by William C. Harvey Mendel in the Kitchen by Nina Fedoroff Puerto Rican Cookery by Carmen Aboy Valldejuli The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Ricker Canceled Flight (101 Tried and True Pigeon Killin' Methods) by A. V. Jones all O'reilly books all Microsoft books every technical book I have and, of course, The Chicago Manual of Style. In fact, I can't find a single book that uses sentence style capitalization. I am also a professional technical editor, which only means I get paid for what I do. There is a clear benefit to providing users with what they expect in a document. If readers believe the author didn't take the time to get the titles right, what does that say for the rest of the document? I simply don't agree with the "easier to get right" argument. Best regards, Lou ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Carrera wrote: Lou Iorio wrote: I'm new to the group, and I'm sure this has been beaten to death (although I can't find it in the archives), but what's with sentence style capitalization of titles? The style guide sites/ The Chicago Manual of Style/; why not use proper capitalization, like the section /Writing Style/? Sentence style capitalization is perfectly legitimate and it is not improper. We do have two professional technical editors here. Sentence style capitalization is easier to get right. I understand that sentence style capitalization is simple, but why dumb down the writing process? Why make it complicated unless there's a good benefit. I've certainly never seen any real book with titles treated this way. I have. I just got up and grabbed a book at random. The first book I picked had sentence style capitalization. Cheers, Daniel.