Title Capitalization Blog

The Most Common Title Case Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
The Most Common Title Case Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

Title case is a capitalization style that is commonly used for headlines and titles. When used correctly, it can make your content look more professional and polished. However, …

Is Do Capitalized in a Title?
Is Do Capitalized in a Title?

Do is a two letter-word, but is that a sufficienct reason not to capitalize it when using title case? The answer is no; do must be capitalized in titles since it’s a verb. Only …

Is By Capitalized in a Title?
Is By Capitalized in a Title?

Capitalizing the word by correctly in a title is not as easy as it might look, since that depends on the grammatical function in which it is used: preposition or adverb. The position of by in the title and …

Is You Capitalized in a Title?
Is You Capitalized in a Title?

If you are using title case (as opposed to sentence case), then yes, you needs to be capitalized. In title case, only so-called minor words are lowercased: articles, (short) prepositions, …

Is Its Capitalized in a Title?
Is Its Capitalized in a Title?

With just three letters, its is a very short word, but does that mean that it shouldn’t be capitalized in titles and headings? The answer is no because in title case, the capitalization of a word depends primarily on …

Is Can Capitalized in a Title?
Is Can Capitalized in a Title?

If you are wondering whether can should be capitalized when using title case, you are probably thinking about the verb can, and not the noun. When used as a noun, can is of course capitalized. But the …

Is At Capitalized in a Title?
Is At Capitalized in a Title?

Capitalizing at in title case is not that complicated, although there is one special case you should be aware of. But let’s start with the standard case: The word at is a preposition, and a very short one at that, and all …

Is Their Capitalized in a Title?
Is Their Capitalized in a Title?

Whether you should capitalize a word in a heading or title depends on several factors, for example, its length. The position of the word is also relevant (specifically, if it’s the first or last word of the title). The most important factor however …

Is Our Capitalized in a Title?
Is Our Capitalized in a Title?

Whether a word should be capitalized in title case depends on its word class. So, which word class does our belong to? Most dictionaries say it is a (possessive) determiner, although a few classify …

Is Into Capitalized in a Title?
Is Into Capitalized in a Title?

Capitalizing the word into correctly is quite easy compared to other words, since it only has one grammatical function: into is always a preposition. However, it has four letters, so the various title case styles handle it differently …

Is It Capitalized in a Title?
Is It Capitalized in a Title?

This question can be answered quickly: If you’re using title case then you have to capitalize it in titles and headings. I suppose people are unsure about this because it is a short word, and …

Is This Capitalized in a Title?
Is This Capitalized in a Title?

Using title case means that all major words in a title are capitalized, while minor words are not capitalized. But what about the word this? Is it considered to be a major or a minor word? …

Is As Capitalized in a Title?
Is As Capitalized in a Title?

The word as is short and inconspicuous, but it’s one of the most difficult words to capitalize correctly in titles and headlines. It is not hard in every title case style though; there are styles …

Is Not Capitalized in a Title?
Is Not Capitalized in a Title?

This question can be anwered quickly: Not must always be capitalized in titles and headings when using title case. While it is a short word, short words are only lowercased if they are either articles, …

Title Case vs. Sentence Case – Ambiguous Headlines
Title Case vs. Sentence Case – Ambiguous Headlines

The question of whether title case or sentence case is the better style for headings is hotly debated, and a pro-sentence case argument that I regularly see is that using title case can …

Is Are Capitalized in a Title?
Is Are Capitalized in a Title?

Yes, the word are should be capitalized when using title case. It may have just three letters, but the only short words that are not capitalized in title case are articles, conjunctions, and prepositions. Are, however, is …

Is Through Capitalized in a Title?
Is Through Capitalized in a Title?

Should the word through be capitalized in a headline or title? In many cases, the answer is “yes,” but there are also cases in which it must not be capitalized. This depends on a number of factors, most importantly …

Is All Capitalized in a Title?
Is All Capitalized in a Title?

Yes, the word all must be capitalized in titles, even though it only has three letters. That’s because the word class, not the word length, is the primary criterion for determining whether …

Capitalizing Titles with Parentheses
Capitalizing Titles with Parentheses

Parentheses occur only occassionally in titles and headlines, but capitalizing such titles can be quite puzzling. Let’s take for example the song title (here written in lower case) “(sittin’ on) the dock of the bay.” When using title case …

Is That Capitalized in a Title?
Is That Capitalized in a Title?

If you are looking for a short answer: Yes, that must be capitalized when using title case. It is one of those words that can function as more than one part of speech: …

Is About Capitalized in a Title?
Is About Capitalized in a Title?

Should you capitalize the word about in a headline or title? This depends on several factors: the style guide you are following, the position of about in the title, and its grammatical function. …

Is Your Capitalized in a Title?
Is Your Capitalized in a Title?

Whether a word should be capitalized when using title case depends on several factors, but the most important factor is the grammatical function (or word class) of that word, i.e., if it’s a noun, verb, …

Capitalizing Hyphenated Words in Titles
Capitalizing Hyphenated Words in Titles

When using title case, capitalizing hyphenated words can be quite difficult. The various style guides have many rules on this topic, and unfortunately these rules are not in agreement. While there are similarities …

Is Is Capitalized in a Title?
Is Is Capitalized in a Title?

Do you capitalize is in titles and headings? The short answer is yes, is needs to be capitalized because it is a verb, and verbs are always capitalized in title case. The long answer is: Contrary to …

Is And Capitalized in a Title?
Is And Capitalized in a Title?

No, and should not be capitalized in a title or heading, unless it is the first word. And is a coordinating conjunction, one of seven—the others are or, nor, but, for, yet, and so. Some of those …

Is For Capitalized in a Title?
Is For Capitalized in a Title?

The word for is usually not capitalized in titles and headlines, because it is typically used as a preposition or as a conjunction, and in both functions it is lowercased according to …

Which Title Case Style Should You Use?
Which Title Case Style Should You Use?

The Title Case Converter allows you to choose between eight different title case styles. Selecting the one that’s best suited for you might be a tough decision, so this article is intended to provide assistance. …

Is Of Capitalized in a Title?
Is Of Capitalized in a Title?

Capitalizing of correctly is rather easy. Unlike many other words discussed in this blog, it has just one grammatical function: of is always a preposition, and all style guides are in agreement that …

Is The Capitalized in a Title?
Is The Capitalized in a Title?

One of the most common title capitalization questions is whether the should be capitalized in a title or heading. The answer seems simple: articles are not capitalized in title case, so a, an and the should always be lowercase. However …

Is My Capitalized in a Title?
Is My Capitalized in a Title?

When using title case, should you capitalize my in titles or headings? In title case, “major words” are capitalized, and “minor words” are not. So, is my a major or a minor word? …

Capitalizing Titles Starting or Ending with an Ellipsis
Capitalizing Titles with Ellipses

One of the fundamental title case rules is that the first word of a title is capitalized. But is this also valid if the first word is preceded by an ellipsis? …

Is To Capitalized in a Title?
Is To Capitalized in a Title?

The question is simple: When using title case, do you capitalize to in a heading or title? The answer, however, is not quite as simple. To is capitalized in certain circumstances, and not capitalized in others. Let’s look at the different cases in detail. …

Is A Capitalized in a Title?
Is A Capitalized in a Title?

Should you capitalize the word a in a title or headline? Understanding if (or rather, when) a should be capitalized is not very hard. The different cases are discussed in the following sections. …

Is With Capitalized in a Title?
Is With Capitalized in a Title?

Whether with should be capitalized in a title or headline depends on several factors, notably, the style guide you are using and the position of with in the title. The following overview will cover the possible cases in detail. …

Sentence Case vs. Title Case – When to Use Which
Sentence Case vs. Title Case – When to Use Which

The two major capitalization styles for headlines and titles are sentence case and title case. In sentence case, only the first word and all proper nouns are capitalized, as shown in the following example …

Is If Capitalized in a Title?
Is If Capitalized in a Title?

Should you capitalize the word if in a title or headline? The major style guides are split into two camps in this regard; those who say if should be capitalized, and those who say it shouldn’t be. …

Is From Capitalized in a Title?
Is From Capitalized in a Title?

Should the word from be capitalized in a title or headline? This question cannot be answered with a simple “yes” or “no,” since the answer depends on several factors. Let’s look at the individual cases …

Is Be Capitalized in a Title?
Is Be Capitalized in a Title?

Should you capitalize the words be and is in a title or headline? What about am? Is was capitalized in a title? These questions are all related, because all of these words are forms of to be. …