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Which words should not be capitalized in Title Case?
I would need a list of all words that are not capitalized in English titles.
I would also like to make sure if it's true, that all first and last words of a title are capitalized no matter what.
I'd ...
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Should I care if my short story has the same title as someone else's book?
It appears to be a pretty obscure book. It's on Amazon, but there are no descriptions or reviews. From the cover, I'd say it was a kids book, which would put it in a different market.
Let's assume ...
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What's the most marketable title?
I am writing a novel about someone being chased by the Russian Mafia. A hitman is sent to save her and that's where the books takes off. I have way too many titles floating in my brain - three to be ...
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What's a good title to a presentations' table of contents?
This is a professional presentation, I'm looking for a good title for the ToC page (some humor allowed).
What I have so far is "What am I going to talk about", which frankly kind of sucks.
Your ...
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How to come up with a good title?
I'm done with my first novel, and I'm about to start writing to agents/publishers. The only detail I don't have yet is a good title!
I have a couple of ideas but both suck. I had the illusion that ...
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ISBN - is it possible to have one and a title before publishing?
i am currently writing a book but would like to know if i can pre register an ISBN and Book title. I am little concerned someone might call their book the same as mine before i finish it. So i really ...
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Is it a bad idea to use a culture-specific word in the title of a story?
I wrote a short story long ago called The End of the World. I thought the title was too common so I renamed it to The Kid with the Gigaku Mask and the End of the World. But then, I found that title to ...
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Dropping articles in the title (of a article or a section) or in the caption (of a figure or a table)? What's the general rule?
It is said that "To give added punch, articles are often dropped in the titles" source: http://www.davidappleyard.com/english/articles.htm
Is there any general rule or reference about dropping ...
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Will the word “seek” be associated with the word “sick” if it is present in the title of my book?
I'm planning to title a book "Taiwan Seek."
The book is about starting a classified ads website in Taiwan.
So I thought about short words that are related to classified ads: want, seek, looking for ...
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Verb tense for technical document titles
I'm writing a technical manual about creating database systems, and wondered what is the best verb tense for title names.
My ideas are:
Continuous (-ing) form: (e.g. "Creating a Cluster", "Creating ...
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How to choose the title for a tales book?
I'm publishing a tales book and I don't have a title for it. It's not for children and it's in spanish.
update:
These are the titles of the tales:
El hijo del escritor
Celular
El pelo en el jabón
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Title Choice: “The Girl [Without/Who Didn't Have] A Soul”
I titled a short story "The Girl without a Soul". But recently I've been thinking on naming it "The Girl who didn't have a Soul."
Do they mean exactly the same thing? Is there an advantage to using ...
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Should I put colons with second-level titles?
I'm writing a documentation for an eGovernment project, so the document I'm writing is a scientific document. It contains some big ideas, each having some subideas, with each subidea having a number ...
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Are the web audience who love microblogging and the book audience who love long stories different?
In my experience
readers on-line prefer summarized news and condensed stories
a separate audience for traditional books love long stories.
It seems we now reached the point where we write in ...
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Cite the article title (from a book or website) in the text
How do I cite both the author and article title of a website or book in the text?
Here is an example reference:
Smith, A. (2012). How to cite an article title. Available: ...
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Is this essay title critical?
I'm currently writing a critical essay, arguing individualism, narcissism and collectivism within an online society.
However I feel that the title I've come of up with for this essay just isn't ...
