modifiers versus nonmodifiers is a tricky business. See hyphen. It is often acceptable to capitalize both elements of hyphenated compounds. This is particularly so when capitalization is used for emphasisor display, as in captions or headlines. (When hyphenated words are not compounds but parts of a single word —“self-reliant”—capitalize only the rst element How to Build Self-reliance.”) The examples that follow are neither exhaustive nor set in concrete—interpretations vary. Each could be considered correct as shown, depending on its use and the writer’s intentions. No one reading these examples as they are written or with di erent combinations of capital and lowercase letters could misunderstand them: “Non-Western,” “Worker-Management Alliance “Nineteenth-Century History,” “Junior-College Courses Caring for Two-year-olds,” Buying a Medium-size Car,” “Toxin-carrying Train Derailed.”
