Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:40:28 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CfR: config chapter changes Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202152036120.38645@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20120216033525.GD1837@glenbarber.us> References: <CAF6rxgnvyoibFt7ijm6GpWoeF-eAOLu3SgvhEGCBDUAV4grybw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1202120028440.882@multics.mit.edu> <CAF6rxgmPyVXSFRJiOZZaJQFObhCsZMHS5_5UneVrb3t=wznMhA@mail.gmail.com> <20120215040311.GB1862@glenbarber.us> <20120215213448.GA29817@hemlock.hydra> <20120215221813.GB5203@glenbarber.us> <CAF6rxgkY21MMfUWRMRnvWsTGC_2QspnfWqCKrFc_QDedTQMOoQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120216015300.GA1837@glenbarber.us> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202152008360.38645@wonkity.com> <20120216033525.GD1837@glenbarber.us>
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On Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Glen Barber wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 08:24:52PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: >>> I'm not sure this "about" should be capitalized. I may be wrong, but I >>> do not believe prepositions should be capitalized in titles like this >>> unless they are the first word of the title. >> >> Or, in AP style, if they are longer than four letters. > > Yes, that's what I was looking for, but my Google-fu failed. I seem to > recall that prepositions, even if exceeding four letters, are still not > capitalized in AP. I'm happy to be wrong though. There's some reference to the various styles here: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/capitalizing-titles.aspx igor kind of checks for AP title capitalization style, for no better reason than it seemed not too hard to program the basic rules.home | help
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