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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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