Capitalisation conventions

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Which do you prefer?

Capitalise every word ("Neil Hagerty Meets Jon Spencer In A Non-Alcoholic Bar")
3
16%
Capitalise every word except the less important ones ("Neil Hagerty Meets Jon Spencer in a Non-Alcoholic Bar")
13
68%
Sentence case ("Neil Hagerty meets Jon Spencer in a non-alcoholic bar")
3
16%
 
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Postby 乳头的早餐谷物 » 2010.02.09 (06:17)

This is a question about how to capitalise words in titles. I'm okay with either capitalising every word or just using normal sentence case—for headings, I much prefer the latter, but for titles, that can look kind of wanky since I'm not French. However. I am thoroughly against capitalising some words but not others. I see no good reason for it. Capitalising every word in the title makes sense because it's a proper noun. When you leave the prepositions and such as lowercase, you suggest they're not part of the title.
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Postby scythe » 2010.02.09 (06:27)

Sentence case is the only way to fly.
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Postby 29403 » 2010.02.09 (08:30)

2nd one.
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Postby otters~1 » 2010.02.09 (15:32)

The second is the AP style we use in journalism, I believe, though it varies with the situation. Song titles need to be completely capitalized, though.
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Postby Kablizzy » 2010.02.09 (16:11)

flagmyidol wrote:The second is the AP style we use in journalism, I believe, though it varies with the situation. Song titles need to be completely capitalized, though.
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Postby SlappyMcGee » 2010.02.09 (16:32)

In French Canada, nothing is capitalized after the first word and proper names.

ex:

Harry Potter et le roche qui donne les choses qui est bonne pour societe et aussi Ron etais la.
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Postby Tanner » 2010.02.09 (18:05)

Ceci n'est pas une tarte forum.
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Postby Skyling » 2010.02.09 (20:58)

I personally prefer the look of the second one, although which words to capitalise or not capitalise can get extremely confusing, so I can really settle for all three. I suppose it would depend on the artist's preference.
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Postby t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư » 2010.02.10 (04:56)

I hold that #2 is correct, but that #3 is most sensible.
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Postby EdoI » 2010.02.10 (20:08)

SlappyMcGee wrote:In French Canada, nothing is capitalized after the first word and proper names.

ex:

Harry Potter et le roche qui donne les choses qui est bonne pour societe et aussi Ron etais la.
Same here, but I prefer the second option when it comes to English.

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Postby 乳头的早餐谷物 » 2010.02.12 (03:20)

Okay, so guys who went for #2: how do you defend your position? I imagine it's just a matter of aesthetics, which I can appreciate as being the most important thing, but is there any other logical or semantic argument for that style?
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Postby t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư » 2010.02.12 (06:01)

bok_choy wrote:is there any other logical or semantic argument for that style?
None whatsoever.
For some reason, some self-proclaimed authorities on the English language decided that some arbitrary words are less important than arbitrary others.
I just think it's true because that's the accepted standard. Although qualifications for being in a position to accept a standard for the use of a language is its own senseless subject.
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