Comments on: Question about capitalization of ordinal numbers in titles http://www.esgetology.com/2008/10/06/question-about-capitalization-of-ordinal-numbers-in-titles/ Waiting for the Parousia Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Christopher Esget http://www.esgetology.com/2008/10/06/question-about-capitalization-of-ordinal-numbers-in-titles/#comment-764 Christopher Esget Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:42:48 +0000 http://esgetology.wordpress.com/?p=613#comment-764 Perfect! It makes so much sense now - the number is all one word, and so only the first letter of the number gets capitalized. Danke! Perfect! It makes so much sense now – the number is all one word, and so only the first letter of the number gets capitalized. Danke!

]]> By: Marie N. http://www.esgetology.com/2008/10/06/question-about-capitalization-of-ordinal-numbers-in-titles/#comment-765 Marie N. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:44:21 +0000 http://esgetology.wordpress.com/?p=613#comment-765 This is one I don't remember learning in school and my (non-AP) style book is silent on the subject. Luckily, my daughter's 6th grade A Beka grammar book just reviewed capitalization rules. The text states: the second part of the hyphenated number is not capitalized. This is one I don’t remember learning in school and my (non-AP) style book is silent on the subject.

Luckily, my daughter’s 6th grade A Beka grammar book just reviewed capitalization rules. The text states: the second part of the hyphenated number is not capitalized.

]]> By: Susan G http://www.esgetology.com/2008/10/06/question-about-capitalization-of-ordinal-numbers-in-titles/#comment-766 Susan G Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:04:10 +0000 http://esgetology.wordpress.com/?p=613#comment-766 According to Garner's "Dictionary of Modern American Usage," in titles you capitalize both words in hyphenated compounds (such as <i>nineteenth-century</i> or <i>anti-idealist</i>), but don't capitalize after the hyphen in hyphenated single words (such as <i>re-enlistment</i> or <i>fifty-fourth</i>). According to Garner’s “Dictionary of Modern American Usage,” in titles you capitalize both words in hyphenated compounds (such as nineteenth-century or anti-idealist), but don’t capitalize after the hyphen in hyphenated single words (such as re-enlistment or fifty-fourth).

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