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Subject: Re: Title case or sentence case?

Re: Title case or sentence case?

From: gl <gl_at_ntlworld.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:07:05 +0100

> OK, what about "Sounds and Audio Devices" ? Should that perhaps be
> "Sounds and Audio devices" to indicate two items?

No, it looks wrong (to me anyway). They're in effect titles/headings (of
the group of settings they represent) which are capitalised this way.

> For extra attention grabbing, perhaps they could have used the grocer's
> apostrophe too - "Network Connection's" ;-)

Now that one gets my back up too ; ) (never heard it called 'grocer's
apostrophe' before, but it's spot on).

> Either way, consistency is the more important thing, IMHO. The rules
> should be written down - e.g.: use title case for menus,.but sentence case
> for everything else?

Wrt to Rockbox, agreed.
--
gl 
Received on 2008-08-18

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