[mb-users] re: Capitalization or not

[Chris Bransden]

On 29/08/06, Tom Hull <thull2 at cox.net> wrote:
> Chris Bransden wrote:
> > i prefer 'round Midnight.
> >
> > there must be a 'proper' way to do it, but i've no idea where/who to ask.
>
> I've never seen it not capitalized "'Round Midnight", either as an album
> title or as a song -- probably among the ten most recorded jazz songs
> ever. The general rule is you always capitalize the first letter of a
> title. Haven't checked the guidelines lately, but that's what it said
> when I wrote the first draft.

without want to state the obvious, but in this case the "first letter"
has been replaced with an apostrophe, so the question is whether or
not a letter following an apostrophe is considered the "first letter"
(for capitlization) or not, and i don't think the answer to that is
immediately obvious.

and i wouldn't really take what artists/releases have used into
consideration, as their inconsistancies are why we have capitlizations
standards in the first place :)