Where can I find a list of capitalisation rules for pure British writing?
Is there any quality English orthography book that contains rules for capitalising in pure British English? I’ve noticed that an American newspaper capitalises every word in the title of an article (except special words like “to”), but a British newspaper does not. I’m pretty confused. I’ve managed to find just an orthography book which apparently describes American rules. Where can I find a British version?
Answer
If you want to know the rules for capitalising in British newspapers, a good place to start is style guides of British newspapers.
Here's the entry on capitalisation in the Guardian style guide, and a blog post by their style editor on the subject.
Different newspapers have different styles, and the Guardian favours fewer capitals than others. The Guardian and The Times both publish their style guides as books.
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