早上我在查 英文标题中哪些词需要大小写，发现挺有意思的几件事。
- 这个跟单词词性、位置有关，还更单词长短有关。
- 有不同的规则，AP和chicago啊，有journalistic和academic啊。
- 顺便感叹一句，从秦始皇统一文字以来，两千多年了。这个肯定有不少好处，比如，我们现在还能看懂两千年前的文字，文化传承啊凝聚力啊传统宝库啊。坏处肯定也是有的，比如，我就习惯有一套规则，合理不合理另说，至少是思维惯性了，好像有一套确定的统一的规则是理所当然的。其实并不是啊，其实光 标题哪些词大小写 也有不同的规则啊，你自己可以选择哈。
A LIGHTNING-FAST TOOL FOR AUTOMATICALLY CAPITALIZING TITLES
INSTRUCTIONS Type or paste your title(s) in the box on the left side. Put each title on a new line. Converted titles will appear in the box on the right. The bottom border will turn green to show that the titles have been converted successfully. Click the “Copy” button to copy all titles to your clipboard. Click the “Clear” button to reset the text box.
What to Capitalize in a Title
Ideally, we'd have one simple set of rules for capitalizing titles. In reality, though, the rules for title case—what to capitalize and what not to capitalize in a title—slightly differ according to the publication's style guide. The Capitalizer eases this pain of sorting through all these rules by capitalizing the titles for you! Nonetheless, the most popular rules for capitalization are listed below for your reference.
Associated Press (AP)
JOURNALISTICCapitalize the first and last words in the title and in any subtitle
Capitalize all words with four or more letters
Capitalize all major words in the title, including those after a hyphen. Major words include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
Lowercase everything else, which includes coordinating conjunctions, articles, and prepositions (when fewer than four letters)
American Psychological Association (APA)
ACADEMICCapitalize the first and last words in the title and in any subtitle
Capitalize all words with four or more letters
Capitalize major words, including verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns
Capitalize each word in a hyphenated compound
Lowercase coordinating conjunctions, articles, and prepositions (when fewer than four letters)
Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)
ACADEMICCapitalize the first and last words in the title and in any subtitle
Capitalize nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions (but not “and,” “but,” “for,” “or,” “nor”)
Lowercase all prepositions unless they are used adverbially or adjectivally
Lowercase the articles (“a,” “an,” “the”)
Lowercase “to” as part of an infinite as in “to run”
Lowercase “as” in all instances
Lowercase the parts of proper names that would normally be lowercase, like “von” in Georg von Trapp or “van” in Vincent van Gogh
Lowercase the second part of a species name, as in “Homo sapiens”
For hyphenated compounds, always capitalize the first word. Capitalize subsequent words unless they are articles, prepositions, or coordinating conjunctions, or a musical symbol (like “sharp” in F-sharp). If the first word is a prefix that could not stand on its own, then lowercase the following word (for example, “Anti-theft”). Capitalize all words in hyphenated numbers or fractions
Modern Language Association (MLA)
ACADEMICCapitalize the first and last words in the title and in any subtitle
Capitalize nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and subordinating conjunctions
Lowercase articles, prepositions, coordinating conjunctions, and the “to” in infinitives
Capitalize all words in a hyphenated compound
New York Times (NYT)
JOURNALISTICCapitalize the first and last words in the title and in any subtitle
Capitalize all words with four or more letters
Capitalize nouns, pronouns, and verbs
Capitalize “no,” “nor,” “not,” “off,” “out,” “so,” “up”
Capitalize prepositions with fewer than four letters when they are used adverbally, adjectivally, or to modify a verb
Capitalize “for” when it takes the place of a verb to mean support or advocate
Lowercase “a,” “and,” “as,” “at,” “but,” “by,” “en,” “for,” “if,” “in,” “of,” “on,” “or,” “the,” “to,” “v.,” “vs.,” “via”
Lowercase the “to” in infinitives
Capitalize hyphenated compounds unless the compound is formed from a prefix of two or three letters that is used to separate doubled vowels. If a prefix has four letters or more, capitalize both words in the compound
Wikipedia (WP)
ACADEMICCapitalize the first and last word of the title
Capitalize adjectives, adverbs, nouns, subordinating conjunctions, and verbs
Capitalize prepositions of five letters or more
Capitalize prepositions when used in phrasal verbs or compound prepositions
Lowercase articles (a, an, the)
Lowercase coordinating conjunctions
Lowercase prepositions of four letters or fewer
Lowercase the “to” in infinitives
Follow standard practice in hyphenated compounds. If no standard exists, lowercase the word after the hyphen
Capitalize the first word in a subtitle after a colon or dash
CAUTION The Capitalizer is just some code trying its best to uppercase your titles according to the rules of your chosen style. Sometimes, though, it won't work just right. In particular, The Capitalizer might not recognize when a preposition should be capitalized when it's used adverbally, adjectivally, or to modify a verb. There may also be other cases in which it doesn't return the correct result. If you find an error, you can keep it to yourself, tweet us or contribute to the project!
