Capitalization Dictionary

“Do I capitalize north or not? When should church be capitalized and when should it be lowercased? What about earth? Or master’s degree?”

If you often find yourself asking such questions while proofreading your manuscript or someone else’s, you’ll find the answers right here. Kathy Ide’s Capitalization Dictionary is an alphabetical list of words that writers and editors often wonder about when it comes to capitalization rules.

Different reference books sometimes have different guidelines, so the Capitalization Dictionary identifies whether a word is capitalized or lowercased according to these industry-standard reference books:

• The Chicago Manual of Style
• Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary
• The Associated Press Stylebook
• The Christian Writer’s Manual of Style

Your manuscript editing will be quicker and easier with this handy resource at your fingertips!