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* Headings should not normally contain links, especially where only part of a heading is linked. | * Headings should not normally contain links, especially where only part of a heading is linked. | ||
* Section and subsection headings should preferably be unique within a page; otherwise section links may lead to the wrong place. | * Section and subsection headings should preferably be unique within a page; otherwise section links may lead to the wrong place. | ||
==Capital letters== | |||
In general terms, resist using capital letters, as they hinder the reader when overused. | |||
===Legal terms=== | |||
* Do not use capital letters for legal terms — e.g., "the parties must sign a contract"; "a will appoints an executor". | |||
* Do not use capital letters for party names — e.g., "after the claimant files a claim, the respondent has 14 days to reply". | |||
* Use capitals for the names of specific legal forms — e.g., "the claimant files a Notice of Family Claim". | |||
===Do not use capitals for emphasis=== | |||
Do not use capital letters for emphasis; where wording alone cannot provide the emphasis, use italics. | |||
===Titles of works=== | |||
Titles of books and other print work are given in title case, in which every word is given an initial capital except for certain less important words. | |||
===Calendar items=== | |||
* '''Months, days of the week, and holidays''' start with a capital letter — e.g., June, Monday, Christmas. | |||
* '''Seasons''' are in lower case — e.g., last summer, next fall. | |||
===Compass points=== | |||
Do not capitalize '''directions''' such as ''north'', nor their related forms. | |||
Capitalize '''names of regions''' if they have attained proper-name status, including informal conventional names — e.g., the Lower Mainland. Do not capitalize descriptive names for regions that have not attained the status of proper names, such as northern British Columbia. | |||
===Institutions=== | |||
Names of particular institutions are proper nouns and require capitals, but generic words for institutions (''university'', ''college'', ''hospital'', ''high school'') do not. | |||
== Lists == | == Lists == | ||