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From: "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com>
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Subject: AKICIF: Capitalization Question
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:38:53 -0400
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I know there are lots of (punctuation and grammar) style geeks here, so 
maybe someone can tell me:

Has the use of Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, and others changed the rules 
of capitalization for (e.g.) titles of shorter works?  It used to be 
that one would capitalize all the words except non-leading articles and 
longer prepositions.  (At least that's how I learned it.)  So it would 
be "Devil in a Blue Dress", but "The Man Without a Country".

Now when you're using a word-processing app, and ask for capitalization, 
it capitalizes every word, e.g., "Devil In A Blue Dress", and "The Man 
Without A Country".

Has any style manual endorsed this, or do I need to keep tweaking all my 
transformations?

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