Question about Hyphenated Words:

[Brinnie]

Ok, say I was going to put a hyphenated word in a title that I capitalise the 1st letter of ea. word.
Which 1 would it correct?

The Chronicles of Dail-Up
The Chronicles of Dail-up

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

Ok, say I was going to put a hyphenated word in a title that I capitalise the 1st letter of ea. word.
Which 1 would it correct?

The Chronicles of Dail-Up
The Chronicles of Dail-up

I think that should be The Chronicles of Dial Up.

 

[Brinnie]

I think that should be The Chronicles of Dial Up.

ok, what about the hyphen?

 

[Guest]

i-might-be-the-wrong-person-to-ask.
vella-ms.

 

[Brinnie]

i-might-be-the-wrong-person-to-ask.
vella-ms.

ARRRRRGH! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Britney_Spears/pirate.gif

 

[Guest]

ARRRRRGH! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Britney_Spears/pirate.gif

AVAST MATIE!
they call me ishmael

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

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I believe either format is supported, when it is in a title. Ordinarily, it is not capitalized except as the first word in a sentence, of part of a company or product name.


Ex. "EarthLink® Dial-Up" or, "NetZero Internet Service - Free Dial Up Internet" or, "Halstad Telephone Company Dial Up Internet Access Service"

Words Associated with the Internet

There is considerable debate, still, about how to capitalize words associated with the Internet. Most dictionaries are capitalizing Internet, Web, and associated words such as World Wide Web (usually shortened to Web), Web page, Web site, etc., but the publications of some corporations, such as Microsoft, seem to be leaning away from such capitalization. The Yale Style Manual recommends capitalization. The words e-mail and online are not capitalized. The Guide to Grammar and Writing is a monument to inconsistency on this issue.

The most important guiding principle in all such matters is consistency within a document and consistency within an office or institution. Probably the most thorough and most often relied upon guide to capitalization is the Chicago Manual of Style, but the Gregg Reference Manual is also highly recommended.

You see, if you want to know how to write properly, you do have to read some rules of Grammar.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Capitalize them both: Dial-Up.

It just looks better.

--Zoot

 

[rikaaim]

AVAST MATIE!
they call me ishmael

I thought they called you cute and sexy?

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

I thought they called you cute and sexy?

Not when she's running about jabbing them in the tail with a sharp stick, they don't!

 

[rikaaim]

Not when she's running about jabbing them in the tail with a sharp stick, they don't!

I'm sure that never happens.

 

[Liar]

I'm sure that never happens.

Never on a full moon thursday, no.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

I'm sure that never happens.

Only when she's trying to catch some giant Dick . . . and when is that not happening.