文稿格式讲义.ppt

Manuscript Form How to Write the Title of a Composition Capitalization Word Division Punctuation Correction symbols * How to Write the Title of a Composition 1. General Principles of Writing the Title 1) Write the title in the middle of the first line of a page; 2) Capitalize the key words in the title (including words following hyphens in compound words); 3) Not capitalize articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but, nor, for, ), short prepositions(in, on, at, to, for..), nor the to in infinitives; but if one of them is at the beginning of a title, it should be capitalized; *  4) No period is used at the end of a title; (Use a question mark if the title is a direct question, but do not use one if it is an indirect question); 5) Use quotation marks with quotes or titles of articles; 6) Underline/ italicize names of books. ?Note: You can capitalize each letter of the words in the title (full capitalization), or you can capitalize the initial letter of key words in the title. * Capitalization ? Capitalize the first words of a sentence Not only a complete sentence, but a sentence fragment treated as a sentence in order to create a special effect in some novels/prose, should begin with a capital letter. For example: Money. Money. Money. It makes the world go round. ? Capitalize the title /a work of art ? Capitalize proper nouns and their abbreviations Proper nouns are the names of specific people, places, or things, names that set off the individual form the species. The following are all proper nouns: * Names and nicknames of people John F. Kennedy, Stonewall Jackson Names of geographical places political units Asia, the U.S.A., the Great Lakes Official names of organization and religions the U.S., Department of Defense, Buddhism, Christian Days of the week, months, special days Monday, July, Christmas Ethnic groups, nationalities, and their languages English, Americans, Ja