- single word requests - Is ‘casing’ a valid alternative to . . .
Because casing is commonly used here on the English Language 🙵 Usage SE to ask whether a word is capitalized or not, I'm still wondering whether casing is a valid alternative to capitalization Can I say something like: Please fix the casing in your text? as alternative to Please fix the capitalization in your text Which one is more
- orthography - Lowercase, lower-case, or lower case - English . . .
Of, printed, or formatted in lowercase letters | tr v -cased, -casing, -cases To put (type or text) in lowercase letters — lowercase n (It might for a moment appear that AHDEL is endorsing the hyphenated verb forms lower-cased, lower-casing, and lower-cases, but the hyphens in this entry are simply there to avoid respelling lower at the
- capitalization - Should it be Happy Birthday! or Happy birthday . . .
I've always simply written it "Happy birthday!" but my wife recently said that "Birthday" should be capitalized as well What's grammatically correct?
- Why do some people write text all in lower case?
In many online venues and communities, typing in all lower case is not only not regarded as incorrect; it is the ordinary way to communicate, and a norm of sorts Typing with completely standard conventions (such as capitalising the first letter of each word, always including apostrophes in words like "won't", etc ) would in these contexts potentially mark the user as an outsider, or as
- Which is correct: Filename, File Name or FileName?
I like the look of filename, however, when you end up talking about other attributes of that file, which happens in programming a lot, for example, it is often much better to use file name instead This way you can do file name, file size, file format, etc without losing the symmetry, as you would with filename, file size, file format, etc
- etymology - What is the origin of breaking bad? - English Language . . .
First time "Break Bad" was used in relations to drugs which is what "Breaking Bad" is all about, in in Chicago (Early 70's) by African Americans They used it to describe how when they would relapse after a period of sobriety, and go back out and "Break Bad" again As seen in 1994's Hoop Dreams by Arthur Agee's father about 1:10:00 into the movie
- Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title?
Capitalization of hyphenated words in general is really more a question of style than anything else In other word, choose a rule and be consistent with it: From Garbl's writing center: When capitalizing hyphenated words in a title, choose a style and follow it consistently Simplest is to capitalize only the first word unless later words are proper nouns or adjectives: Unique benefits for
- Chicago Manual of Style Headline-Style Capitalization
In the 17th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, §8 159, the following rules are given (among others) for headline-style capitalization: Capitalize the first and last words in titles and subtitl
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