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Various Genres
Various Genres
The titles of compositions such as books, plays, films, songs, poems, essays, normally are always capitalized. Names of each of the books, plays, films, songs, poems, essays’ titles begins with capital letter is the mostly common rule throughout the world, especially in English grammar. The words (can be noun, verb, adjective and adverb) begins with capital letters except prepositions and articles.
Examples:
The Planet of the Apes (The words “of” and “the” are not capitalized)
The God of Small Things (Here “the” is capitalized because the title begins with it)
The following rules for capitalizing composition titles are virtually universal.
- Capitalize the title’s first and last word.
- Capitalize all adjectives, adverbs, and nouns.
- Capitalize all pronouns (including it).
- Capitalize all verbs, including the verb to be in all forms (is, are, was, has been, etc.) .
- Capitalize no, not, and the interjection O (e.g., How Long Must I Wait, O Lord?).
- Do not capitalize an article (a, an, the) unless it is first or last in the title.
- Do not capitalize a coordinating conjunction (and, or, not, but, for, yet, so) unless it is first or last in the title.
- Do not capitalize the word to, with or without an infinitive, unless it is first or last in the title.
Otherwise, styles, methods, and opinions vary; for instance, certain short conjunctions (e.g., as, if, how, that) are capped by some, lowercased by others.
A major bone of contention is prepositions. The Associated Press Stylebook recommends capitalizing all prepositions of more than three letters (e.g., with, about, across). Other authorities advise lowercase until a preposition reaches five or more letters. Still others say not to capitalize any preposition, even big words like regarding or underneath.
Hyphenated words in a title are also a problem nowadays. There is no fixed rules, to capitalize the first element always, even if it would not otherwise be capitalized, such as to in My To-go Order (some would write My To-Go Order).
Some writers, editors, and publishers choose not to capitalize words following hyphens unless they are proper nouns or proper adjectives (Ex- Marine but Ex-husband). Others capitalize any word that would otherwise be capped in titles (Prize-Winning, Up-to-Date).
Many books have subtitles. When including these, put a colon after the work’s title and follow the same rules of composition capitalization for the subtitle.
Example:
The King’s English: A Guide to Modern Usage (Note that A is capitalized because it is the first word of the subtitle.)