It isn't a matter of word-length. It is a question of part of speech.
"Is" is a verb. Generally verbs are capitalized in titles.
On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 8:08 AM, Eliot Kimber ekimber(_at_)contrext(_dot_)com <
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I would not have capitalized the “is”.
Cheers,
E.
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My copy-editors at Wiley tried to impose US-style title capitalization on
my book, I found it incredibly ugly:
‘Lula’ Is Inmate at Prison He Opened as Brazil’s President
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/world/americas/brazil-lula-jail.html>
"Is", "at", "He", "as"? Where's the logic?
Michael Kay
Saxonica
On 9 Apr 2018, at 21:52, David Sewell dsewell(_at_)virginia(_dot_)edu <
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Wondering if anyone has a serviceable function (preferably in XSLT 2/3 but
v1 is fine if it works) that takes a string as input and returns it with
title capitalization according to English-language editorial practice (for
example, Chicago Manual of Style). So for example
A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ==> A Memorandum of Understanding
WHERE DID THE DRUIDS COME FROM? ==> Where Did the Druids Come From?
BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF [MR.] KITE ==> Being for the Benefit of [Mr.] Kite
Use case is, as you might guess, processing a lot of titles transcribed as
all caps, wanting to convert them to standard title case format.
It doesn't have to be perfect, just anything that will minimize the need
for hand-editing.
David S.
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