Italicize titles of books, plays, movies, magazines, journals, newspapers, CDs, songs, symphonies, artworks, video games, and TV and radio shows. Also names of ships, spacecraft, aircraft and trains. Also scientific names of organisms Homo sapiens , E. Titles of academic papers and journal articles, book chapters, theses, courses, lectures and seminars, etc.
Use lower case when the title follows the name, stands alone or is plural: Glenn Thibeault, minister of energy, the prime minister, premiers Kathleen Wynne and Philippe Couillard. Titles preceded by former, late, etc. When a title precedes a name but is set off by a comma, it is lower case: The minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs, Jeff Leal, visited campus last week. Use lower case for derivatives of these specific areas or if the words indicate mere direction or position: southern or northern Ontario, the western provinces, the western world, eastern Europe, the east coast the shoreline.
For other forces, use lower case when army, navy and air force are preceded by the name of the country: British air force, U.
Capitalize city only when referring to the incorporated entity: The City of Guelph has introduced a new bylaw. He lives in the city of Guelph. Capitalize Earth when referring to the planet: The space shuttle returned to Earth. Common nouns refer to general, non-specific people, places, things, and ideas. Do not capitalize common nouns, such as:. Capitalize but do not italicize titles of projects, committees, publications, documents or forms:. Lowercase the names of animals, birds, fish and trees.
Only proper nouns get capitalized, for example:. Capitalize genus but not species when using scientific names. Scientific names are the only appropriate use for italics:. Comments will be sent to 'servicebc gov. Enter your email address if you would like a reply:. The information on this form is collected under the authority of Sections 26 c and 27 1 c of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to help us assess and respond to your enquiry.
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Grammar, spelling and tone. Writing policy content for the web. Plain Language Checklist. Content editing. Abbreviations and acronyms. Lowercase common references to grants, bursaries, awards, prizes, and medals when they stand alone. Capitalize names of full awards and honours. Certain publications, however, will use title case, with the majority of words capitalized, due to their design platforms.
Skip to main content. General rule Capitalize common nouns when they represent the full version of a formal name and use lowercase when the partial or informal versions of a name appear. The dean expects results by ; Tom Harris was appointed vice-principal of advancement in
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