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Do you capitalise a word after a hyphen? Hi! I wonder if a word after a hyphen needs to be capitalised. For example, *** 1. Music genre - pop: it refers to... (contents) - jazz it refers to... (contents) - rock: it refers to... (contents) 2. Movie genre - horror: - comedy: - romance: ** In this case, the first letters of the words like pop, jazz, and rock need to be need to be capitalised? Thank you so much!

Nov 12, 2013 9:29 AM

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It really depends on the words and/or the context in which they are used. Proper names always need to be capitalized. With regard to your example lists; if these items were to be used as slides in a presentation, I would capitalize the first word after the hyphen just to make the presentation look better. Lists as part of a document, I may or may not capitalize the first word after the hyphen to fit with the aesthetic of the document.

November 14, 2013