Rules for compositors and readers at the University Press, Oxford · Oxford University Press
CAPITAL LETTERS
Avoid beginning words with capitals as much as possible; but use them in the following and similar cases: Act, when referring to Act of Parliament or Acts of a play; also in Baptist, Christian, Nonconformist, Presbyterian, Puritan, Liberal, Conservative, and all denominational terms and names of parties. His Majesty, Her Royal Highness, &c. The King of England, the Prince of Wales. The Duke of Wellington, Bishop of Oxford, Sir Roger Tichborne, &c. British Army, German Navy. Christmas Day, Lady Day, &c. Dark Ages, Middle Ages. House of Commons, Parliament, &c. Government, Cabinet, Speaker. In geography: Sun, Earth, Equator, the Continent. In geological names: Upper Greensand, London Clay, Tertiary, Lias, &c. In names of streets, roads, &c., as—Chandos Street, Trafalgar Square, Kingston Road, Addison’s Walk, Norreys Avenue. Figure, Number, Plate (Fig., No., Pl.), should each begin with a capital, whether contracted or not, unless special instructions are given to the contrary. Pronouns referring to the Deity should begin with capitals—He, Him, His, Me, Mine, My, Thee, Thine, Thou; but print—who, whom, and whose. Also capitalize the less common adjectives derived from proper names; e.g. Homeric, Platonic. christianize, frenchified, herculean, italic, laconic, latinize, puritanic, quixotic, roman, satanic, tantalize, vulcanize. Also for the more common words derived from proper names, as—boycott, doily, guernsey, hackney, hansom-cab, holland, inverness, japanning, latinity, may (blossom), morocco, russia, stepney-wheel. When ‘In the press’ occurs in publishers’ announcements, print ‘press’ with a lower-case initial.
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