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There is one rule about capital letters in titles in normal academic English writing: put the first letter of any [[form word]] in [[upper case]]. (Form words are in essence [[noun]]s, [[verb]]s, [[adjective]]s and [[adverb]]s.) [[Function word]]s - the 'small' words like 'the', 'of' and so on - are not normally capitalised. | There is one rule about capital letters in titles in normal academic English writing: put the first letter of any [[form word]] in [[upper case]]. (Form words are in essence [[noun]]s, [[verb]]s, [[adjective]]s and [[adverb]]s.) [[Function word]]s - the 'small' words like 'the', 'of' and so on - are not normally capitalised. | ||
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Revision as of 12:51, 8 February 2007
There is one rule about capital letters in titles in normal academic English writing: put the first letter of any form word in upper case. (Form words are in essence nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.) Function words - the 'small' words like 'the', 'of' and so on - are not normally capitalised.
You may also want to see Titles and Titles - italicisation.
