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Let us take this title for example, " The Cars should Be sold in Three Years". If lowercase or uppercase rules are from the Chicago Manual of Style, the word should is lowercase or uppercase?

I have browsed this website and seen Which words in a title should be capitalized?, but the answers there do not mention modal verbs.

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    Thanks for your website. I have browsed, yet the modal verbs are not included. That is why I put up this question. – Joy Jo Aug 14 '17 at 03:49
  • I see, so you're unsure if "modal verbs" are included in the category of verbs (like how "dwarf stars" are a subset of astronomical "stars") or not (like how "sea stars" are not a subset of astronomical "stars"). – herisson Aug 14 '17 at 03:51
  • Sorry, I am not so clear of your words. Would you please express your thought in an easier way？And my specifis question is: " should the words like 'must', ‘should’, 'could', 'might', 'would' be capitalized or not in an article title" – Joy Jo Aug 14 '17 at 04:00
  • I thought that the linked post gave the answer, because I think of modal verbs as verbs. I would say that 'must', ‘should’, 'could', 'might', 'would' should be capitalized according to the Chicago Manual of Style rules, because those rules say that all verbs should be capitalized. – herisson Aug 14 '17 at 04:02
  • Uh… I can imagine many US American papers following that and I won't be surprised if many others don't.

    Few British editors would give those rules house room.

     – Robbie Goodwin Aug 15 '17 at 16:45
  • Now I understand whether they are written in lowercase or uppercase should follow the specific rules for a certain publishing company. – Joy Jo Aug 17 '17 at 01:40

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