From: tppm@rr.ca.com   
      
   On 10/27/2024 9:38 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > 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?   
   >   
      
   IMHO the rules haven't changed, and the algorithms used by various   
   grammar checkers get it wrong by capitalizing every word.   
      
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