Capitalize My Title (2024)

FAQs

Do you capitalize the word my in a title? ›

And since “my” is a pronoun, it should always be capitalized in a title. In fact, every noun should be capitalized in your title. The only major style guide that allows for any deviation is the AP style guide.

If all else fails and you don't have a reference guide to help, a good rule to follow is to capitalize all words in a title. Exceptions include the following: a, an, and, as, at, but, by, for, in, nor, of, on, or, the, and up. Again, this trick holds true unless they're the beginning or ending words in the title.

1) Always capitalize the first word and the last word in a title. Here are examples of titles that have their first words and last words capitalized. The first word and last word are capitalized ("All" and "Front") as well as the two adjectives ("Quiet" and "Western").

DO capitalize the first word, the last word, and all other “principal” (or vital) words within a title. “Principal” words can be any parts of speech that hold significance to the title, including verbs, nouns, adverbs, pronouns, subordinating conjunctions, and adjectives.

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.

I, you, and me are all examples of pronouns. While you and me are usually lowercase, the pronoun I should always be capitalized, regardless of where it appears in a sentence.

Capitalize the first and the last word of titles and subtitles. Capitalize nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs (including phrasal verbs such as "play with"), adverbs, and subordinate conjunctions (major words). Lowercase articles (a, an, the), coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions of four letters or fewer.

In titles we don't capitalize small words like "and," "of," "the," etc., except when they are the first or last word. It's a style convention for consistency.

According to most style guides, all proper nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in titles of books and articles are to be capitalized.

Is "thank you" capitalized in a title? ›

The only occasions where there's room to capitalize both words is in the case of a proper name or title, like the 1941 movie I Thank You, as that is the proper title of the film, and as such all 3 words need to be capitalized.

Capitalize all nouns, pronouns, verbs (even the two-letter word is), adjectives, adverbs and subordinating conjunctions (because, if, since, when, etc.). Capitalize the second word of a hyphenated word in a title.

Do not capitalize articles (a, an, the), the coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet), or the words to and as unless such a word is the first or last word in the title or subtitle.

Capitalize all words with certain exceptions: Capitalize the first letter of every word in the title, but do not capitalize pronouns, articles, prepositions, and conjunctions. Avoid underlining the title: Since topics come in boldface, underlining it will amount to overemphasis.

For title case in MLA 9, do NOT capitalize the following words unless they begin a title or directly follow a colon: Articles, such as a, an, and the. Conjunctions, such as for, and, not, but, or, or yet (FANBOYS) Prepositions, such as against, between, in, of, or to.

Do not capitalize articles (a, an, the), the coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet), or the words to and as unless such a word is the first or last word in the title or subtitle.

We capitalize email subject lines as you would a title, beginning everything (except minor words, such as the articles “a,” “an,” and “the”) with capital letters. Whatever you choose to do, you should be consistent about it. It's part of your brand's signature style, and people will come to recognize it.