Headline style vs. sentence style
Headline style
Upper case first letter of word in following:
- all major words (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs)
- second word in hyphenated compounds (e.g., “Fall-Out”)
Lower case for following:
- articles (an, a, the)
- conjunctions of 3 letters or less (and, but, for, or, nor)
- prepositions (unless used as adverbs or as part of verb phrase)
Hundreds Take to the Streets but Government Stands Firm on Anti-Corruption Legislation
Sentence style
Upper case first letter of word for the following:
- first word of sentence
- all proper nouns
- adjectives derived from proper nouns
Lower case for all other words.
Johann Sebastian Bach was only offered the job of cantor of St Thomas’ Church in Leipzig after the celebrated music director in Hamburg, Georg Philipp Telemann, turned the post down in favor of a pay rise in the Hanseatic city.