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On 3/23/2012 2:12 AM, hessiansx4 wrote:
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">I'm up against a deadline, and wondered
if anyone has insight into figure captions. I'm using title
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I use sentence case, as recommended by the _Chicago Manual of Style,
15th ed._ , which says the following:<br>
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"12.32 <i>Syntax, punctuation, and capitalization.</i> A caption
may consist of a word or two, an incomplete or a complete sentence,
several sentences, or a combination (see <a href="p12_008.htm">12.8</a>).
No punctuation is needed after a caption consisting solely of an
incomplete sentence. If one or more full sentences follow it, each
(including the opening phrase) has closing punctuation. In a work in
which most captions consist of full sentences, even incomplete ones
may be followed by a period for consistency. Sentence capitalization
(see <a href="p08_166.htm">8.166</a>) is recommended in all cases
except for the formal titles of works of art (see <a
href="p12_033.htm">12.33</a>)."<br>
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Book publishers tend to standardize on this style. CMOS is a great
reference, well worth having around.<br>
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Mike Wickham<br>
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