TheMLA Handbook(MLA style) capitalizes the second word if the whole word is hyphenated in your dictionary. (MLA style recommends followingMerriam-Webster.)6 Exception 2: Hyphenated Words Beginning with Single Letters in Titles and Headings If the hyphenated word in your title or heading starts wi...
Capitalize the second word in a hyphenated compound The same goes for movie titles likeLust, Cautionthat feature a comma in the middle (or a hyphen, likeThe 40-Year-Old Virgin): anything after the punctuation is capitalized anew. So each word inThe Break-UpandAnt-Manis capitalized. That bein...
When it comes to hyphenated words containing “on,” it depends on where the word is located. If it’s at the beginning of the hyphenated word, like in the title “The Comprehensive Guide to On-Site Power,” then it should be capitalized. But if it comes after the hyphen, like in th...
Several readers have asked why kinship names, such as names of brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, etc., are sometimes capitalized and sometimes not. Let’s have a closer look. Rule 1: Capitalize a kinship name when it immediately precedes a personal