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Is glossary capitalized?
Use natural capitalization In most glossaries, begin each glossary term with a lower-case letter, unless it is a proper name or an acronym/initialism. No term in the glossary is a lower-case form of something that in other contexts is usually capitalized.
What is the format of a glossary?
Glossaries may be formatted in a number of ways, but generally terms are listed in alphabetical order with their definitions, and a line space separates each entry. They are generally placed before notes and works-cited lists and may appear as part of an appendix before those items.
What are the rules for capitalization in English?
English Capitalization Rules: In general, you should capitalize the first word, all nouns, all verbs (even short ones, like is ), all adjectives, and all proper nouns. That means you should lowercase articles, conjunctions, and prepositions—however, some style guides say to capitalize conjunctions and prepositions that are longer than five letters.
Do you capitalize function words in a paper?
There are some rules, anyway, about what you can capitalize and what not, i.e. no function words ( but, not, of ). Check here (PDF). If you are targeting your paper at a specific journal, then that journal will probably have published online a set of quite specific style guidelines.
When do you capitalize the names of things?
The names of cities, countries, companies, religions, and political parties are also proper nouns, so you should capitalize them, too. We experienced some beautiful Southern California weather last fall when we attended a Catholic wedding in San Diego. You should also capitalize words like mom and grandpa when they are used as a form of address.
Do you capitalize every word in a heading?
As far as I have experienced it, capitalisation of headings is very much dependent on the culture you live in. In US English, almost every word in a heading is capitalised. In British English, I see much less capitalisation.