Guardian and Observer style guide : C | Info

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  • Je me suis toujours demandé pourquoi dans des #titres en #anglais certains mots étaient en #majuscules. Voilà la réponse.

    http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000050.htm

    Capitals in Titles of Things
    Always capitalize the first and last word in a title. Capitalize all the other words except for a, an, the, and conjunctions and prepositions of four letters or fewer.

    This applies to titles of books, chapters, periodicals, poems, stories, plays paintings, musical compositions, and subtitles.

    Examples: The Chronicles of Narnia
    (The is the first word, so it is capitalized; of is not.)
    Six Characters in Search of a Plot
    (In, of, and a are short words.)

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
    (Capitalize A because it is first word in subtitle.)

    Capitalize the titles of courses when the course is a language course or when the title refers to a specific class. (In most schools the course would be followed by a number.)

    Language courses: Latin English Ancient Uighur
    Incorrect: Math Economics Physical Education
    (Not language, not specific classes)

    Correct: math economics physical education

    Specific classes: Physical Education 215
    Introduction to Applied Mathematics Economics 101

    • Tiré du guide du Guardian (ma référence depuis toujours) :

      Guardian and Observer style guide : C | Info | The Guardian
      http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/c

      capitals
      “I am a poet: I distrust anything that starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop” (Antjie Krog)

      Times have changed since the days of medieval manuscripts with elaborate hand-illuminated capital letters, or Victorian documents in which not just proper names, but virtually all nouns, were given initial caps (a Tradition valiantly maintained to this day by Estate Agents).

      A look through newspaper archives would show greater cuse of capitals the further back you went. The tendency towards lowercase, which in part reflects a less formal, less deferential society, has been accelerated by the explosion of the internet: some web companies, and many email users, have dispensed with capitals altogether.

      Our style reflects these developments. We aim for coherence and consistency, but not at the expense of clarity. As with any aspect of style, it is impossible to be wholly consistent – there are almost always exceptions, so if you are unsure check for an individual entry in this guide. But here are the main principles:

      jobs all lc, eg prime minister, US secretary of state, chief rabbi, editor of the Guardian.

      titles cap up titles, but not job description, eg President Barack Obama (but the US president, Barack Obama, and Obama on subsequent mention); the Duke of Westminster (the duke at second mention); Pope Benedict XVI but the pope.