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What is with the capitalization on the headline on Recode? I read it and thought, who is "Will Remain"? It should be: Larry Ellison will step down as CEO of Or
by justinph 12y ago
What is with the capitalization on the headline on Recode? I read it and thought, who is "Will Remain"?
It should be:
Larry Ellison will step down as CEO of Oracle, will remain as CTO
Headline capitalization is pretty easy: Capitalize the first word, then any proper nouns. That's it.
- keebEz 12y agoIt is correct according to most commonly used guidelines for headline capitalization. You were describing how to capitalize stuff in a paragraph, not a headline. http://www.grammarunderground.com/capitalization-of-headlines.html http://www.grammarunderground.com/capitalization-of-headline...
- justinph 12y agoWell, I stand corrected. Dang.
- traek 12y ago>Headline capitalization is pretty easy: Capitalize the first word, then any proper nouns. That's it. Not really accurate. Some publications use sentence case for headlines, but most publications use (and most style guides suggest) title case.
- IvyMike 12y agoStill pretty popular in newspaper land. Despite your protestations, both the NYT and the WSJ websites still use title case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case#Headings_and_publication_titles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case#Headings_and_publi... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/technology/larry-ellison-steps-down-as-chief-of-oracle.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/technology/larry-ellison-s... http://online.wsj.com/articles/larry-ellison-to-step-aside-as-oracle-ceo-1411070636 http://online.wsj.com/articles/larry-ellison-to-step-aside-a... P.S. The other three sites I checked (LA Times, USA Today, and Washington Post) websites do not.