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=== ''Chicago Manual of Style'' === According to ''[[The Chicago Manual of Style]]'' (15th edition), the following rules should be applied:<ref name="chicago">{{cite book |last1=Grossman |first1=John |title=The Chicago Manual of Style |date=2003 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=0226104036 |pages=366β368 |edition=Fifteenth |url=https://archive.org/stream/chicagomanualofs00univ_0?ref=ol#page/366/mode/2up}}</ref> * Always capitalize "major" words (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and some conjunctions). * Lowercase the conjunctions ''and'', ''but'', ''for'', ''or'', and ''nor''. * Lowercase the articles ''the'', ''a'', and ''an''. * Lowercase [[List of English prepositions|prepositions]], regardless of length, except when they are stressed, are used adverbially or adjectivally, or are used as conjunctions. * Lowercase the words ''to'' and ''as''. * Lowercase the second part of [[Binomial nomenclature|Latin species names]]. * Lowercase the second word after a hyphenated prefix (e.g., Mid-, Anti-, Super-, etc.) in compound modifiers (e.g., Mid-year, Anti-hero, etc.).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Title Capitalization Tool - Capitalize My Title - Title Case Tool |url=https://capitalizemytitle.com/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Capitalize My Title |language=en-US}}</ref> * Always capitalize the first and last words of titles and subtitles (overrides the rules above). Since the 18th edition (2024), prepositions of more than four letters are capitalized.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cmosshoptalk.com/2024/04/16/announcing-the-chicago-manual-of-style-18th-edition/|title=Announcing ''The Chicago Manual of Style'', 18th Edition|work=CMOS Shop Talk|publisher=University of Chicago|date=2024-04-16|access-date=2024-10-12}}</ref>
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