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In English-language titles, every word is capitalized, except for articles, short coordinating conjunctions, and short prepositions. The first and last words within a title (and within a subtitle) are capitalized regardless of their grammatical role. This is known as title case. Capitalization of non-English titles varies by language.
It should also be pretty clear that any numbering prior to a job title is not part of the "correct formal title;" per JOBTITLES, so just as we would not capitalize "55 governors," we would not capitalize "55th governor," simply because "of New York" is included; because grammatically and contextually, the "of" is a preposition used as a ...
We don't capitalize job titles or anything like them just because they're "formal titles", i.e. the actual names of the positions versus descriptive phrases for them (when those even differ at all). The nominal exception is when they're attached directly to the names as if part of the names ("Professor Stevens", "Professor of Anthropology ...
Do not capitalize the second or subsequent words in an article title, unless the title is a proper name. For multiword page titles, one should leave the second and subsequent words in lowercase unless the title phrase is a proper name that would always occur capitalized , even mid-sentence.
Title case or headline case is a style of capitalization used for rendering the titles of published works or works of art in English.When using title case, all words are capitalized, except for minor words (typically articles, short prepositions, and some conjunctions) that are not the first or last word of the title.
But for everyday stuff such as encyclopedia articles, CMOS is firm about writing Donald Trump, president of the United States, with lower-case job title. Same with Elizabeth II, queen of England and Wilhelm II, emperor of Germany. CMOS says the capitalization should be saved for the formulation [job title] [name]: President Trump.
Job titles have evolved over time for a variety of reasons. Some companies have infused creativity into their job titles as a way to elevate otherwise generic-sounding positions. Others have doled ...
Where a job title is normally rendered by letters, then the phrase is a Proper Noun and is capitalized. You wouldn't write "queen Elizabeth II", "John Doe, member of parliament" or "Joe Bloggs, member of the european parliament", would you? Same goes for JPs, Sherrifs, High Sherrifs and similar ranks. Mjroots 16:05, 28 March 2016 (UTC)`