Capitalization of "system" titles in documents
Capitalization of "system" titles in documents
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I have a question regarding capitalization of "system" titles in technical documents, i.e. specifications, scopes of work, design basis, etc.
Rather than try to explain it, below are two examples of how I've seen capitalization used.
Example 1:
The Chemical Injection System for Project X will consist of . . . blah blah blah.
Example. 2:
The chemical injection system for Project X will consist of . . . blah blah blah.
Is one of these more correct than the other? I've worked with engineers on both sides of the fence and find myself tending to capitalize more often than not. But I've also had reviewers of documents comment that it should not be capitalized.
This isn't really a hot topic, more just my own curiosity about what other engineers do. Any thoughts/opinions welcome.
Cheers,
Kat
Rather than try to explain it, below are two examples of how I've seen capitalization used.
Example 1:
The Chemical Injection System for Project X will consist of . . . blah blah blah.
Example. 2:
The chemical injection system for Project X will consist of . . . blah blah blah.
Is one of these more correct than the other? I've worked with engineers on both sides of the fence and find myself tending to capitalize more often than not. But I've also had reviewers of documents comment that it should not be capitalized.
This isn't really a hot topic, more just my own curiosity about what other engineers do. Any thoughts/opinions welcome.
Cheers,
Kat





RE: Capitalization of "system" titles in documents
Example #2 says that the system being discussed is just a chemical injection system.
RE: Capitalization of "system" titles in documents
To use your example:
"Chemical Injection System for Project X will consist of . . . blah blah blah."
Say it out loud, and you can really determine it sounds wrong. This is not grammatically correct, therefore, I would not capitalize "chemical injection system."
"Project X will consist of . . . blah blah blah."
This is fine. "Project X" is capitalized correctly.
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Cheers,
Kat
p.s. corus, I've tried that tactic, only to be foiled by the reviewers that want all acronyms to be spelled out at least once in the body of the report.