Title case is not an issue of grammar, it's an issue of style. You'll
find a section on it in whichever style guide you prefer; you'll also
find that the other style guides disagree slightly. Here are the
relevant links:
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/capitalization/title-case
https://style.mla.org/capitalization-of-titles/
https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/CapitalizationTitles/faq0093.html
You might disagree with the convention of using title case in so many
places, but style is a much less clear cut issue than grammar.
On 6/21/24 3:48 PM, David Chmelik wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:34:33 -0400, Pat Suwalski wrote:
On 2024-06-21 04:50, David Chmelik wrote:
No literate person would write "I'm going to My Garage to get My
Toolbox and My Hammer and My Saw and My Nails to work on My Project"
because one doesn't capitalise nouns except proper nouns, which aren't
used in that example (only exception is academic context, such as
Science/Mathematics Department or Class/Course, but not when talking
about science/mathematics or classes/courses in non-academic context).
However, this ungrammatical style is sadly what most user interfaces
do, including XDG-specified! I don't know that's because most copied
early versions of Windows and/or similar software on UNIX that had
program groups with capitalised names despite being similar to garages
& toolboxes and not being academic subjects. It's also wrong in
standard/classic menus such as 'File Edit View Help' though as those
capital letters get underlined, may improve their readability.
The title-style capitalization is appropriate. It's uniquely English,
and many translations address casing locale-specifically.
False; for example Apple and Windows do the same in French, Spanish, etc.:
bad grammar isn't unique to the English-speaking world.
