Googliness is a neologism whose meaning has been roughly idenfied as possessing: …Attributes like enjoying fun (who doesn’t), a certain dose of intellectual humility (it’s hard to learn if you can’t admit that you might be wrong), a strong measure of conscientiousness (we want owners, not employees), comfort with ambiguity (we don’t know how our … Read more
Suppose I have a character who can’t pronounce the letter b, and I have him start a sentence with “bananas” in dialogue. Is this correct, using a single quotation mark in front of a pointing away from a: “’ananas! What will I do now?” Arun said. Should I capitalize the a of “ananas”? It’s at … Read more
I have read that short words – that is, those with less than five letters – should not be capitalized. However, online sentence-to-title case converters capitalize the pronoun/adjective “this”. What is the correct way to deal with words such as “this” or “these”? Thanks. Answer It depends which style guide you are following – but … Read more
I’m wondering if the words in this list which describe my university coursework should all be capitalized, or just the first word? If its relevant, these are NOT the actual name of the courses. But since I brought it up, what if they were the actual name of the course? Ex. Relevant Coursework: Machine Learning, … Read more
I’m going to use Karpman’s drama triangle as an example for my question because I can’t seem to find any consistency around its capitalisation (although I’ll admit I don’t own the book). Say you have a book, in this example, ‘The Drama Triangle’, and you also refer to the drama triangle within the text because … Read more
Having read When should "Mom" and "Dad" be capitalized?, I am confused about what feels like an edge case to me. Context: A client wants to send out an email to multiple customers, with the subject, “A special day for mom.” Given that “mom” in this case is referring to each recipient’s mother, this seems … Read more
When should a capital letter be used for the word city? E.g spark innovation in the city…. The city has an opportunity…. The city is growing… Would I use a capital in any of the above sentences? I’ve been told that if you are talking about “the City” then it should be capitalised? Thanks Answer … Read more
Is there a rule on acronyms and initialisms being spelled out with the first letter of each word being uppercase or lowercase? Example: interim final rule (IFR) Interim Final Rule (IFR) Answer The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) briefly addresses the question of whether the spelled-out form of an initialism or acronym should … Read more
I have been asked to review a document but I have a dilemma: “D” in below phrase should be capital? “It can flourish collaboration among the members of the Department”? Or job title: “The Chairperson of Department is responsible for ….” “You should focus to support our Research Chairs” These sentences are from a formal … Read more
At work we have what we call “environments” (groups of computers, essentially). Each environment has a number (e.g., Environment 1). I maintain a list of the environments. I am unsure how to capitalize and pluralize the subtitles for each environment’s page. For example, some pages are for multiple environments. I am creating the page for … Read more
