Everything You Need to Know About Title Case and Writing
It’s easier than most people realize.
Title case is a type of APA capitalization style that is often used for headlines in papers, blogs, and magazine headlines. While most of the first letters in each word should be capitalized, it can get a little fuzzy when trying to decide on those in-between words that sometimes feel like they should be capital too.
Some words that generally should not be capitalized within the title are articles, prepositions, and conjunctions (or connecting words).
- Articles are words like a, an, the
- Prepositions are words used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other words.
- Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS): for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
If an article, preposition, or conjunction are the very first or last word, they do get capitalized. Confusing, right?
There are many different capitalization styles like Chicago, MLA, APA, and AP.
But on Medium there is no one-size-fits-all. It’s really up to the writer + the editor of the pub you submit your work to.
Why is it that we don’t just capitalize every word? Wouldn’t that make life easier?
