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APA Style is a “down” style, meaning that words are lowercase unless there is specific guidance to capitalize them such as words beginning a sentence; proper nouns and trade names; job titles and positions; diseases, disorders, therapies, theories, and related terms; titles of works and headings within works; titles of tests and measures; nouns followed by numerals or letters; names of ...
In English-language titles, every word is capitalized, except for articles, short coordinating conjunctions, and short prepositions. The first and last words within a title (and within a subtitle) are capitalized regardless of their grammatical role. This is known as title case. Capitalization of non-English titles varies by language.
For titles, APA says "Capitalize the first word of the title/heading and of any subtitle/subheading". [ 2 ] Chicago Manual of Style says, "In headlines or chapter titles or other display type, it’s normal to cap after a colon, even if the title or heading is in sentence case (see CMOS 8.158) and whether or not the part after the colon is a ...
It really does come to pass that language usage shifts mean we need to revise some things. Capitalization of job titles has been shifting (very firmly, toward lower-case) in off-WP publishing over the last 1.5 to 2 decades. So, it's perfectly reasonable that this would be discussed on the MoS talk page about capitalization.
Writing "The Hague" with a capitalized "The" isn't even something we'd normally do in English (except for titles of works, and in some writing styles for band names); it's an odd exception established by convention (as a direct translation of Den Haag, from a language with different rules), not because of any rule in English. Most proper names ...
Job titles have evolved over time for a variety of reasons. Some companies have infused creativity into their job titles as a way to elevate otherwise generic-sounding positions. Others have doled ...
14.108 Translated title supplied by author or editor If an English translation of a title is needed, it follows the original title and is enclosed in brackets, without italics or quotation marks. It is capitalized sentence-style regardless of the bibliographic style followed.
President Donald Trump has an unusual writing style that has caught the attention of linguists and writing experts.