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upper and lower case in titles
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When writing a title (film, book et cetera), is there a general rule for when to use upper case and when to use lower case letters? It seems to me that some lexical categories (nouns, for instance) always get a capital initial in titles, but there are a few word categories that I'm confused about, in this respect.
Example:
Gone With The Wind, or
Gone with the Wind, or
Gone With the Wind, or
Gone with The Wind
...well, you see what I mean, but the above was just an example. It's the general rules I'm after.
Thanks in advance!
Example:
Gone With The Wind, or
Gone with the Wind, or
Gone With the Wind, or
Gone with The Wind
...well, you see what I mean, but the above was just an example. It's the general rules I'm after.
Thanks in advance!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You need to capitalise more than just the nouns, G. For example, one would never write, "The Hills have Eyes" on the basis that 'have' is a verb or "How green Was My Valley" on the basis that 'green' is an adjective. (Rather dated film-titles, I know...my Movie Guide is well over a decade old!) It all really boils down to what might be called the 'minor' words being in lower-case. Cheers
Oh! That's great, Kingaroo, that probably explains the confusion! That style book of yours, is it created for your work place or is it a general guide that I might buy from for instance Amazon?
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