This section applies to titles in English only. For general cases not addressed in this guide, refer to The Chicago Manual of Style.

The following words must be lowercase, with a few exceptions:

• a, an, and, as, but, for, from, nor, of, or, so, the, to, and yet.

• Prepositions of four letters or fewer (at, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, to, up, and with), except when the word is part of a verb phrase or is used as another part of speech (such as an adverb, adjective, noun, or verb). For example:

  Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

  From Prada to Nada

  Megan Is Missing

  Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Exceptions for lowercase words:

• Always capitalize the first and last word in a title.

• Capitalize the first and last word in parentheses. For example:

  To Be, or Not to Be

  What They're Looking For

  War (What Is It Good For?)

  (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman

• These rules also apply for purposely misspelled words.

  “In da House”

  “Kill 'Em n' Grill 'Em”

  “It's fo' Realz”

• The following words must be uppercase when using title casing:

  Are, If, Is, It, Than, That, This