Yes, I'm what you would call "an earlier writer" :-)
Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
Lou Iorio wrote:
This is getting silly.
My opinion is simply that: an opinion.
Yes, they have an opinion, as you do. Personally, I do not care one
way or the other.
It is not false because you say it is.
Your opinion is not false. Not certain that they said it was and if
they did, that is wrong.
You have yet to mention a single title of a book that uses sentence
style capitalization.
I did in my other post, including the Prentice Hall Manual of Style :-)
You have yet to mention a single style guide that endorses sentence
style capitalization.
I grabbed the Prentice Hall Manual of Style 12th edition to see what I
could find (this is ten years old now).
Page 445 states in summary:
Modern writers capitalize less frequently than did earlier writers.
They then provide an example from 300 years ago where most of the
important words in the sentence are capitalized (something by Jonathan
Swift). They then point out that nobody would do this today.
That said, the explicitly state that a book title should be
capitalized as you suggest (page 448). Of course, they also state that
titles should be in italics. They also say that you should not
capitalize unless there is an explicit convention for it. They do not
explicitly state anything concerning sections or sub-sections, but
their usage demonstrates chapter headings use your suggestion and
anything else does not.
You guys keep saying there are plenty out there, but you fail to
mention any.
So, no, I have not been given any justification.
Best regards,
Lou
