COMMON GRAMMAR & STYLE ISSUES
Directions are lowercase
north, south, east, west
UNLESS they refer to a specific region:
The heart of the South,
or are part of a proper name:
West Coast; Spring Break.
Titles
Always capitalize the first word, and every word that is four
letters or more, UNLESS a short word or preposition is significant to the
title’s meaning:
Lights of LIFE
Silence of the Lambs
A Bridge Too Far
Time of Day
Abbreviations are always lowercase with a space between the number
and the abbreviation, and with periods punctuating the letters:
6:00 a.m.
10:42 p.m.
Composition Titles
Magazine and newspaper titles aren’t italicized; just capitalized. For
composition titles such as books, video games, films, TV shows, works of
art, speeches, etc., use quotation marks.
She read The New York Times before she watched “Inception”
and “Friends.”
My favorite book is “The Kite Runner.”
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