Capitalization

[5jj]

Development of Time Machines in the Twenty-First Century or

Relevance of Stem-Cell Research in Hare-Lip Regeneration
(no period at the end of the headline)

That's how I would do it.

So, here is a dilemma. .....That is because there are no absolute rules.

Have you ever written a report? .....Well, I wrote some articles. I have copied their titles below.

A Look at: Conditionals
A Look at: Ways of Expressing the Future
A Look at: Constructing English Verb Forms
A Look at: The Meaning of If
A Look at: Tense and Aspect
A Look at: Communication and the Tense-Aspect System of English Verbs
A Look at: Multi-Word Verbs (Phrasal Verbs)

[Jack8rkin]

Thank you very much!
That is just what I was asking for!

I understand that you, fivejedjon, generally capitalise the first word in the headline + each notional part of speech + sometimes it is necessary to capitalise auxiliaries like with the "If" case in one of your headlines.


A look at: Conditionals
(Is "look" not capitalized deliberately?)

A Look at: Communication and the Tense-Aspect System of English Verbs.
(How about a period at the end of the headline? Is it necessary?)

Thanks again.

"That is because there are no absolute rules."
I understand that the same can be said about the headlines of chapters and sections in reports.

What I got here is that I should be consistent with the headlines and use the same style for the entire document.
It would not be extraordinary for an American to see the headline written like:

Changes introduced in the test facility design

but still it's better to write like this:

Changes Introduced in the Test Facility Design

[5jj]

A look at: Conditionals (Is "look" not capitalized deliberately?) No. A mistake.

A Look at: Communication and the Tense-Aspect System of English Verbs. (How about a period at the end of the headline? Is it necessary?) Another mistake.

Sorry - my proofreading was sloppy. I have now corrected them in my original post.

It would not be extraordinary for an American to see the headline written like:

1. Changes introduced in the test facility design

but still it's better to write like this:

2. Changes Introduced in the Test Facility Design

#1 looks odd to me as a headline, but I can't speak for Americans.

[Jack8rkin]

Thank you very much.

You explain such subtle things here and it's a great thing that this forum exists.

Thank you very much!