[mb-users] Capitalization of o'clock?

[Philip Jägenstedt]

There's some unhelpful advice in
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/CapitalizationTitles/CapitalizationTitles31.html

Philip

On 4/22/08, Mike Morrison <mikemorr at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>  On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
>
> > Searching for "o'clock" all kinds of possible capitalizations are
> > found. "O'Clock" just looks plain wrong to me, but what is
> > Correct(tm)?
> >
> > Philip
> >
>
>  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/o'clock says it
> is a contraction of "of the clock", and
> http://musicbrainz.org/doc/CapitalizationStandardEnglish
> says
>
>  '... (4) Capitalize contractions and slang consistent with the rules above
> to the extent that such clearly apply. For example, do not capitalize o' for
> "of", 'n' or n' for "and".'
>
>  So I would say it should be "o'Clock".
>
>  Mike
>
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