The Writer's Desk Book. William Dana Orcutt
e.g., the Referee’s decision, a Bachelor’s degree.
5. The first word of every direct quotation.
6. In side-heads capitalize only the first word and proper names.
7. In a letter, the first word after the address. In the address, sir, friend, father, brother, sister, etc.
Do not capitalize:
1. Words used in forming parts of hyphenated compounds: e.g., The speed of the Twentieth-century Limited, West Twenty-third Street, etc.
2. Units of measurement and their {30} abbreviations: e.g., second, minute, hour, ounce, pound, foot, yard, etc.
3. The first word of a quotation following a colon (a) if it is closely connected with what precedes it; (b) if the phrase is dependent upon the preceding clause; or (c) if the words following the colon contain comment: e.g., These explanations occur to me: either the manufacturers are unaware of the situation, or they have become indifferent.
4. The definite article as a part of the title in mentioning newspapers or magazines: e.g., the Boston Herald, the Review of Reviews.
¶ When a date is at the end of a letter or paper, it is to be placed at the left of page, using roman caps and lower case if above signature; caps, small caps, and italic if below signature.
¶ On title-pages and in headings certain words may be capitalized which in paragraphed matter would be made lower case: e.g., Queen Maria Sophia, a Forgotten Heroine.
¶ In MS., two lines drawn underneath a word or words indicate SMALL CAPITALS; three lines, CAPITALS.
SMALL CAPITALS
1. B.C. and A.D., A.M. and P.M. should be set in small caps, with no spacing between the letters: e.g., B.C. 480.
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