Capitalization in a Title
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| - | Any short words are not capitalized in a story or chapter's title, unless they are at the beginning. | + | Any short words (such as the, a, and, an, as, to, from) are not capitalized in a story or chapter's title, unless they are at the beginning. |
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| - | the day The duck crossed The road | + | '''the day The duck crossed The road''' |
That's completely wrong. Capitalizing the first letter of the first word improves it a bit. | That's completely wrong. Capitalizing the first letter of the first word improves it a bit. | ||
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| - | The day The duck crossed The road | + | '''The day The duck crossed The road''' |
That's better, but still not good enough. By making the words "The" before "duck" and after "crossed" will make it seem even better. | That's better, but still not good enough. By making the words "The" before "duck" and after "crossed" will make it seem even better. | ||
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| - | The day the duck crossed the road | + | '''The day the duck crossed the road''' |
Almost there, but so far. Make the first letter of the last word a capital is improvement. Also capitalize "crossed," as it's not a "short" word. And even though "day" is a short word, it's still important to the idea, so you capitalize that, too. | Almost there, but so far. Make the first letter of the last word a capital is improvement. Also capitalize "crossed," as it's not a "short" word. And even though "day" is a short word, it's still important to the idea, so you capitalize that, too. | ||
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| - | The Day the Duck Crossed the Road | + | '''The Day the Duck Crossed the Road''' |
That is perfect! | That is perfect! | ||
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Revision as of 05:13, 8 August 2018
Any short words (such as the, a, and, an, as, to, from) are not capitalized in a story or chapter's title, unless they are at the beginning.
the day The duck crossed The road
That's completely wrong. Capitalizing the first letter of the first word improves it a bit.
The day The duck crossed The road
That's better, but still not good enough. By making the words "The" before "duck" and after "crossed" will make it seem even better.
The day the duck crossed the road
Almost there, but so far. Make the first letter of the last word a capital is improvement. Also capitalize "crossed," as it's not a "short" word. And even though "day" is a short word, it's still important to the idea, so you capitalize that, too.
The Day the Duck Crossed the Road
That is perfect!
