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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> Not really. "Stop words" are something that is invented to make search
> engine performance more tractable (indexing "the" would take a large
> amount of space and offer little value), while title case is something
> that is defined by the rules of English writing.

I agree with you about 'stop words' (though they've been used in
indexing from long before search engines!); but I don't thnk there is
one set of 'rules of English writing'.

I gather from browsing the Guardian style guide that the rules (not just
for headings) required all-caps for mentions of ministers of the Crown;
"the HOME SECRETARY stated that ...". Ugh.