Punctuation & Capitalization

Title Capitalization

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Title Case means you capitalize the important words in a title. It’s the style used in book titles, headings, and most English writing where the title needs to look formal.

What do we capitalize in title case?

Capitalize:

The first word of the title (always)
The first word after a colon or dash (if there is one)
All nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
All words with four or more letters

Lowercase (keep small):

Short words (three letters or fewer) that are conjunctions (and, but, or)
Articles (a, an, the)
Short prepositions (in, of, on, to, at, by, for)

Examples

Correct: How to Train Your Dragon
Correct: Life Between the Mountains
Incorrect: How To Train Your Dragon (✘ 'To' should be lowercase)

💡 Tip

🔹 Always capitalize the first and last word 🔹 Keep small words lowercase — unless they’re the first word! 🔹 If the word feels important, it probably needs a capital

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Punctuation & Capitalization

Title Capitalization

1 min read

Title Case means you capitalize the important words in a title. It’s the style used in book titles, headings, and most English writing where the title needs to look formal.

What do we capitalize in title case?

Capitalize:

The first word of the title (always)
The first word after a colon or dash (if there is one)
All nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
All words with four or more letters

Lowercase (keep small):

Short words (three letters or fewer) that are conjunctions (and, but, or)
Articles (a, an, the)
Short prepositions (in, of, on, to, at, by, for)

Examples

Correct: How to Train Your Dragon
Correct: Life Between the Mountains
Incorrect: How To Train Your Dragon (✘ 'To' should be lowercase)

💡 Tip

🔹 Always capitalize the first and last word 🔹 Keep small words lowercase — unless they’re the first word! 🔹 If the word feels important, it probably needs a capital

Test your knowledge 📝

Question 1 sur 8Score: 0/8

Choose the correct title case version.

Discover the app: Shaky English

Join 100,000 people who are improving their English skills on the Shaky English app

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Conjugation

Some vs. Any

A bit of theory

The correct use of “anxious”

A bit of theory

Farther vs. Further

Common confusions

Say vs. Tell

Common confusions

Me vs. I

Common confusions

“Different from” vs. “Different than”

Common confusions

Based off vs. Based on

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