{"id":1918,"date":"2019-12-22T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T20:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/?page_id=1918"},"modified":"2019-12-22T14:58:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T20:58:40","slug":"tcmos-names-titles-chapter-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/writing\/my-blogs-on-chicago-manual-of-style\/tcmos-names-titles-chapter-8\/","title":{"rendered":"TCMOS – Names & Titles – Chapter 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 What\u2019s in a name? Is it italicized,\ncapitalized, or presented in a special format? To find out, read on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Character\u2019s Names<\/p>\n\n\n\n Capitalize proper nouns. If your\ncharacters are diverse and you use their full name, the country they hail from\ncan decide the order and capitalization of middle names and alternate names. Here\nis the summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Titles and Offices<\/p>\n\n\n\n Time<\/p>\n\n\n\n Religious<\/p>\n\n\n\n Names of Ships<\/p>\n\n\n\n Names of ships are capitalized and italicized. Phoenix<\/em>.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Universe<\/p>\n\n\n\n Titles of Works<\/p>\n\n\n\n My Takeaway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I skipped over the scientific and medical terms, leaving those to return to TCMOS when needed as a reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s nice to know how names of things take different shapes when being referred to. Done with names; next week, it\u2019ll be numbers\u2014chapter 9 of TCMOS. And in between, there\u2019s Christmas. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Stay safe and warm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Source:\u00a0The Chicago Manual of Style<\/em>,\u00a0SEVENTEEN EDITION.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 Blog #7 of my learning from #TheChicagoManualOfStyle. What\u2019s in a name? Is it italicized, capitalized, or presented in a special format? To find out, read on. Character\u2019s Names Capitalize proper nouns. If your characters are diverse and you use their full name, the country they hail from can decide the order […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1919,"parent":1807,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6kaFb-uW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1918\/revisions\/1921"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Blog #7 of my learning from #TheChicagoManualOfStyle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tip: When in doubt on an era, lowercase.<\/strong> <\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n