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General Referencing Guide: Sentence Case Versus Title Case

Sentence versus Title Case

Sentence Case Versus Title Case 

Sentence Case versus Title case

'Sentence Case' versus 'Title Case'

 

The reference guidelines will often specify that a reference element should appear in 'sentence case'. Sometimes, the guidelines will specify that an element should appear in 'title case' :

 

Sentence case

 

The way this sentence is written, beginning with a capital letter, and all other words in lower case (unless a word is a proper noun, e.g., United Kingdom).

 

Title Case

When Each Word In a Title Begins With a Capital Letter Like This (except for small linking words such as a, and, for, of).

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