From aeb2a0877ee2f5584b9e8769d6b69b9fe8f72cad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vr8hub Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:00:34 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add item for initial caps in a chapter --- ...common-issues-when-working-on-public-domain-ebooks.php | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/www/contribute/how-tos/common-issues-when-working-on-public-domain-ebooks.php b/www/contribute/how-tos/common-issues-when-working-on-public-domain-ebooks.php index 14c1d460..708bef72 100644 --- a/www/contribute/how-tos/common-issues-when-working-on-public-domain-ebooks.php +++ b/www/contribute/how-tos/common-issues-when-working-on-public-domain-ebooks.php @@ -29,12 +29,18 @@
<p>“Surrender you two! and confound you for two wild beasts!”</p>
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    Older public domain works, especially eighteenth century and prior, often used uppercased words as a kind of emphasis. Unless they are for purposes of personification, they should be changed to lowercase.

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    Older public domain works, especially eighteenth century and prior, often used capitalized words as a kind of emphasis. Unless they are for purposes of personification, they should be changed to lowercase.

    Here, “History” is a personification, but “Courtiers” is not.

    <p>To the eye of History many things, in that sick-room of Louis, are now visible, which to the Courtiers there present were invisible.</p>

    Therefore, “Courtiers” should be lowercased. This would be also be an editorial commit.

    <p>To the eye of History many things, in that sick-room of Louis, are now visible, which to the courtiers there present were invisible.</p>
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    Often, the first few words of each chapter in a work are set in all- or small-caps. We do not retain that formatting. +

    <p>I SUPPOSE that in the days before the catastrophe I was a very fair representative of the better type of business man.</p>
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    The first two words should be changed to normal sentence case in an editorial commit.

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    <p>I suppose that in the days before the catastrophe I was a very fair representative of the better type of business man.</p>
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