Formatting and capitalising titles: review
Key Notes:
In most titles, capitalise the first word, the last word and every important word in between.
| The Wind in the Willows | James and the Giant Peach |
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These words are not important in titles:
Articles, a, an, the
Short prepositions, such as at, by, for, in, of, on, to, up
Coordinating conjunctions, such as and, but, or
The title of a book, film, play, TV programme, magazine or newspaper should be in italics. If you write it by hand, it can be underlined instead.
A Midsummer Night’s DreamThe title of a poem, song, article or short story should be in quotation marks.
‘You Are My Sunshine’
Learn with an example
Which sentence is correct?
- My favourite magazine, ‘Poetry Life And Times’, comes in the post every month.
- My favourite magazine, Poetry Life And Times, comes in the post every month.
- My favourite magazine, Poetry Life and Times, comes in the post every month.
A magazine should be in italics.
Capitalise the first word, the last word and every important word in between. The word and is not important, so it should not be capitalised.
The correct title is Poetry Life and Times.
Which sentence is correct?
- The TV programme The Adventures of Chuck and Friends starts at seven o’clock.
- The TV programme The Adventures of Chuck And Friends starts at seven o’clock.
- The TV programme ‘The Adventures of Chuck and Friends’ starts at seven o’clock.
A TV programme should be in italics.
Capitalise the first word, the last word and every important word in between. The words of and and are not important, so they should not be capitalised.
The correct title is The Adventures of Chuck and Friends.
Which sentence is correct?
- Maya promised that we could watch the film ‘Nothing But the Best’.
- Maya promised that we could watch the film Nothing but the Best.
- Maya promised that we could watch the film Nothing But the Best.
A film should be in italics.
Capitalise the first word, the last word and every important word in between. The words but and the are not important, so they should not be capitalised.
The correct title is Nothing but the Best.
let’s practice!
