Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Today's topic is capitalizing titles. Kelly grammar In a title, should a the name of, say, an organization be capitalized if the name itself is not capitalized, such as "edWeb" (www.edweb.net)? I follow Gregg, but Gregg doesn't address that--at least not that I can find. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=20036#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=20036#Comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:55:09 GMT devdev grammar i love ice tea... http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=19497#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=19497#Comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:00:59 GMT David A. P. grammar The article contains this statement: "For the Grammar Girl website, I capitalize every letter of the title...." This is probably not what you intended to say. Given your ostensible mission here -- that is, encouraging better writing -- I think that better proofreading is in order. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=19376#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=19376#Comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:33:46 GMT Jijesh Devan grammar Grammar girl, thanks for your podcast. This episode on capitalization was just what I was looking for. Good work, keep it up. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=18863#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=18863#Comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:15:01 GMT Amber Earnest grammar Are the directions North, East, South and West always capitalized / http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=16970#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=16970#Comments Thu, 14 May 2009 18:07:45 GMT Ro grammar I have been capitalizing the 1st letter of every word in eBay titles for years. It's a way to help the listing stand out. It's funny how those sort of things catch on all over. It's like the language people are learning from LOLcats. Another thing I'm seeing is people capitalizing words that are able to be 2 words, but are one. Like PageRank, or EveryOne. I will do that if when putting down my web address because it helps the eye separate the words. What's being taught in school NowDays? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=16595#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=16595#Comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:14:31 GMT Vanessa grammar What about the word "intranet"? Should that be capitalized? I believe that Internet should be but am unsure about intranet. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=14611#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=14611#Comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:47:53 GMT Geof grammar There isn't any particular reason for which parts of speech are capitalized, but almost all stylebooks consider prepositions, articles (a, the), and coordinating conjunctions as "unimportant" (therefore capitalized) and all the others "important." In following this rule, many people forget that the forms of "to be" (is, are, was, were, be) are verbs and therefore should be capitalized under this rule. Almost no one capitalizes "as" when used as an adverb, but strict following of the rule would also call for capitalizing it in such a case. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=14482#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=14482#Comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:54:25 GMT Mary grammar Grammar Girl, regarding the below post, the salutation "Hi Jake" should be "Hi, Jake." A comma is needed between Hi and Jake because it is a direct address. Always use a comma when directly addressing someone/something, regardless of whether the direct address is at the beginning or end of the sentence. If the direct address is in the middle of a sentence, use a pair of commas to set off the direct address. Note the placement of commas in the example sentences below: Example 1: Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please? (Direct address at beginning of sentence) Example 2: It was a pleasure to meet you, Sir. (Direct address at end of sentence) Example 3: Thank you, my fellow grammarians, for remembering to use correct English. (Direct address in middle of sentence) Grammar Girl Says: 9/24/2006 6:09:56 PM Hi Jake, Thanks for stopping by. I noticed that you changed the name of your podcast to "Just Not Right" to make it more clear that it isn't a political show. Good luck! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=14149#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=14149#Comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:47:33 GMT Andie grammar My favorite style of title case is capitalizing the "important" words. Example: This is the Way I Like to Use Title Case! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=10932#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx?commentid=10932#Comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:40:41 GMT Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:55:09 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/title-caps.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us