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Thesis or thesis

P

Silly question: if I'm writing "the work presented in this thesis" or something similar (i.e. referring to it in the text), is it Thesis (capital T) or thesis? Capital T has been suggested but I think it looks wierd...

Any suggestions (cue 50% answers each way...!)

S

I agree that 'Thesis' looks weird so would go with 'thesis', but I wouldn't worry about it too much either way!!

S

Is your title a pun? As in, "The first "Thesis" would be "thesis", but it's the start of the sentence so it's "Thesis"".

And people say PhD students live boring lives worrying about inconsequential shite.

D

It's lower case "t".

If the title is "Thesis of a Dream", capitalize the T when you reference it in the body of the text.



W

The way you have it listed , use the lowercase "t". Capitals are for proper names (including actual titles of work) or beginning words of a sentence.

R

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I agree - I'd use a lower case t.

People sometimes use a captial letter when referring to a particular, but you can end up with capital letters scattered all throughout the text! Which, in my opinion, looks strange and disrupts the flow of the text.

Cheers,
RLD

W

i agree with you. you are right.

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