CAPITALIZATION IN TITLES Rule 2:

Never capitalize the particle “to”, even when used

What to Capitalize in a Title as an infinitive (meaning with a verb). For example:
to See, to Read, to Write, etc.
Rule 1:
Always capitalize the first and last letter of a title, no
matter what the word is. Rule 3:
Never capitalize articles: a, an, the.

Rule 2:
Always capitalize the following five word categories: Still a Little Confused?
1. Nouns
2. Pronouns No worries. Below we have created two lists of
3. Verbs common words people struggle with when
4. Adjectives capitalizing titles.
5. Adverbs

Rule 3:
Always capitalize words of five or more letters, DO Capitalize in a Title
regardless of whether the word falls into one of the
About / Above / Across / After / Against / Along /
aforementioned five categories. This rule will help
Although / Among / Around / Because / Before /
you avoid making errors when using conjunctions
Behind / Below / Beneath / Beside / Between /
and prepositions in your titles. You see, many
During / Except / Inside / Outside / Since /
moons ago, writers did NOT capitalize any
Through / Toward / Under / Underneath / Unless /
conjunctions or prepositions. However, today’s
Until / Whenever / Where / Whereas / Wherever /
standard practice is to capitalize conjunctions and
While / Within / Without
prepositions of five or more letters.

Here are some examples: DON’T Capitalize in a Title

Prepositions (five or more letters):
Within, About, Among, Between,Beside
Conjunctions/subordinating conjunctions (five or
more letters):
While, Where, Until, Because, Although.
and / as / as if / as long as / at / but / by / even if /
for / from / if / if only / in / into / like / near / now
that / nor / of / off / on / on top of / once / onto / or /
out of / over / past / so / so that / than / that / till /
to / up / upon / with / when / yet

What Not to Capitalize in Titles

Tricky Word Groupings
Rule 1:
1) Never capitalize prepositions and conjunctions of Even when armed with these core rules, people
four or fewer letters. However, remember the above end up making silly mistakes by allowing doubt to
rule: words with five or more letters, regardless of make them second-guess their titling. In light of
whether the word is a conjunction or preposition, this, here’s a short list of tricky word groupings that
must be capitalized. often trip people up:
Here are some examples:
Examples of prepositions not to be capitalized (four
or fewer letters):  as Though
at / by / down / for / from / in / into / like / near / of /  even Though
off / on / onto / over / past / to / upon / with  in Front of
and / as / but / for / if / nor / once / or / so / than /  in Order that
that / till / when / yet  Instead of
 Rather than