Capitalize My Title (2024)

FAQs

How do you capitalize your title? ›

In general, titles that come before names are capitalized, and titles that come after names are lowercase. The thing you have to figure out is whether the word is part of an official title (in which case it is capitalized) or just describing someone's role (in which case it is lowercase).

Words Not Capitalized in Title Case

Articles (a, an, the) Coordinating Conjunctions (and, but, for) Short (fewer than 4 letters) Prepositions (at, by, to, etc.)

The first word and last word are capitalized ("All" and "Front") as well as the two adjectives ("Quiet" and "Western"). The words "on" and "the" are not capitalized in this title, which leads us to the third rule... 3) Do NOT capitalize prepositions, articles, and coordinating conjunctions.

Chicago lowercases all prepositions in titles, including words that aren't always prepositions.

In title case, the first letter of each word in the title should be capitalized except for certain small words like “a,” “the,” and “of.” Example: Title case I read The Catcher in the Rye yesterday.

Yes, in titles, 'me' is important and should be capitalized. This is true across different title capitalization styles like Chicago, MLA, APA, and AP. These styles agree that pronouns, even short ones like 'me,' are significant enough to stand out with a capital letter.

Capitalization of 'through' in a title follows certain style rules. In Chicago, MLA, and APA styles, 'through' should be capitalized as it's more than four letters. But according to AP style, 'through' is considered a preposition and isn't typically capitalized unless it's the first or last word.

Capital letters are useful signals for a reader. They have three main purposes: to let the reader know a sentence is beginning, to show important words in a title, and to signal proper names and official titles.

In English, a capital letter is used for the first word of a sentence and for all proper nouns (words that name a specific person, place, organization, or thing). In some cases, capitalization is also required for the first word in a quotation and the first word after a colon.

Yes. MLA style uses title case, which means that all principal words (nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and some conjunctions) are capitalized. This applies to titles of sources as well as the title of, and subheadings in, your paper.

How do you capitalize a title in word? ›

To use a keyboard shortcut to change between lowercase, UPPERCASE, and Capitalize Each Word, select the text and press SHIFT + F3 until the case you want is applied.

Major words can include nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs and adjectives, but do not capitalize minor words like articles, and prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions (and, or, the, in) with the only exception if one of these minor words come first or last in the title. Capitalize the first word of a sentence.

Keep in mind that principal should only be capitalized if it's part of someone's title (or if it's at the beginning of a sentence). “Principal” can refer to someone who runs a school. Principal can also refer to anyone who is in a leading position. Gilbert is the director and principal of the consulting agency.

Titles of nobility are also capitalized when they are the names of titles of state or nobility. Queen Elizabeth, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Duke Gunnar, President George Washington. Good morning, Prime Minister.