What does "sentence case" mean?

The standard capitalisation of an English sentence, with the first letter uppercase and subsequent letter lowercase with exceptions such as proper nouns or acronyms.

Sentence case

Q: What is a synonym for "sentence case"?

Common synonyms include: capitalization rule, case normalization, heading capitalization, heading sentence case, initial-capitalization standard, initial-capitalized.

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Noun

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The standard capitalisation of an English sentence, with the first letter uppercase and subsequent letter lowercase with exceptions such as proper nouns or acronyms. uncountable

Synonyms

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capitalization rule case normalization heading capitalization heading sentence case initial-capitalization standard initial-capitalized

Antonyms

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all caps all-caps standard lowercase title case

Etymology

From sentence + case, because it is the capitalization (letter case pattern) used in a typical English sentence.

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