Friday, August 19, 2011
What do you capitalize in a title?
Generally, nouns, verbs, their modifiers, sometimes a preposition (if it seems important), and the first word of the title, no matter what: The Anarchist's Guide to Grammar or The Anarchist's Guide To Grammar (my preference). Grammar For Grownups (I like the capital “F”). The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire (that’s the way they like it!)
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I would never capitalize a preposition. My teacher said not to.
And this Anarchist says you can capitalize it if you want to. Who do you want to believe? Up to you. So there!
Now I'm really confuzed. You're saying to capitalize nouns and verbs, but my newspaper capitalises only the first word of a headline and proper nouns.
They're entitled. Newspaper stories are not book titles. Newspapers follow their own Style Manuals. Some cap and some don't. You can choose your preferences too.
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