A gift for perfectionists

At a time when the anarchic orthography seems better and better tolerated, particularly on the internet, this rebel book undertakes to explain exactly when befits to use quotation marks, italic writing, a semicolon, and all these kinds of things. So, I found the answer to a question that we are a few to ask us frequently, ie when assigning capitalize words component title of a work? Answer by example:

Dangerous Liaisons: "Connections" is capitalized as the first name of the title, and "dangerous", placed after adjective "Connections", does not take.
The Last Day of a Condemned Man: this time "Last" is an adjective placed BEFORE the first title name, it is capitalized; "Condemned", which is not the first name of the title, do not take.
Beauty and the Beast here, "Beast" is not the first name of the title, but gains capitalized by its symmetry with "Belle".
In Search of Lost Time: not case here because the title does not begin with a definite article ("the", "the", "the"). By cons, if you abbreviate the title when speaking of Research, set capitalized on "Search" but not "the" because the item is no longer considered part of the title.
The Trojan War will not take place: not case here because the title is a complete sentence, containing subject and verb.
Criticism of the School for Wives: capitalized "school" as The School for Wives is itself a title contained in the title. Note the absence of "L" capitalized to "School" disappearance that applies only in case of definite article. Thus, we write Emile or On Education.

Funny, right? Some will say that is being picky, but, no less, on trifles like these that we are sometimes judged through our letters and CV. Besides, the authors point out, strict punctuation participates in speech clarity.

In addition to the typographic rules, you will find some useful lists: words admitting several spellings, those whose gender (male, female) is confusing, or the list of departments. This small air Miscellanées proves welcome between two techniques paragraphs sometimes austere. Finally, other commentators point out, the book deserves to be updated, especially as regards currencies. I add that I would have liked to know the authors, since not a word is said about them, which surprised some, given the very strict tone of the whole.