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GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT<br />

subset of what came before, different information on the same level<br />

or a new <strong>to</strong>pic al<strong>to</strong>gether.<br />

One way <strong>to</strong> achieve this distinctiveness is through capitalization.<br />

For example, the highest level headings could be in all-caps text<br />

(LEVEL ONE HEADING), the next level could have all main words<br />

capitalized (Level Two Heading) and the level below that could have<br />

only the first word capitalized (Level three heading).<br />

You can also distinguish levels of headings through use of different<br />

type sizes, bold or italic versus regular type, centering versus flush<br />

left and more.<br />

• If you are capitalizing all main words in a heading, you must<br />

decide how you will treat hyphenated compounds. Some writers<br />

choose <strong>to</strong> capitalize the second word of such compounds; others<br />

choose not <strong>to</strong>.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Private Lives of Stand-up Comedians<br />

English Poetry of the Mid-Eighteenth Century<br />

English Poetry of the Mid-eighteenth Century<br />

Confessions of a Hard-Core Mah-Jongg Player<br />

Confessions of a Hard-core Mah-jongg Player<br />

LISTS<br />

If items in a vertical list consist of entire sentences, begin each one<br />

with a capital letter, just as you would with any other sentence.<br />

If the items are single words or sentence fragments, the choice<br />

is yours (or your style <strong>guide</strong>'s).<br />

Item 1<br />

Item 2<br />

Item 3<br />

OR item 1<br />

item 2<br />

item 3<br />

Note that you should not ever create a list where some items are<br />

full sentences and others not. See "Achieving Parallel Structure" on<br />

page 223.<br />

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