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==Title Capitalization== The titles of articles and sections within articles should be capitalized using the following rules: '''1.''' The first and last words are always capitalized, and all except the words listed below are capitalized. '''2.''' These are lower-case, unless they are the first word or last word. :articles: a, an, the :conjunctions: and, but, or, nor :prepositions that are less than five letters long: at, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, onto, out, over, to, up, with :as (only if it is followed by a noun) '''3.''' Prepositions are sometimes capitalized. :Prepositions are capitalized when they are the first or last word. :Prepositions that are part of two-word "phrasal verbs" (see below) are capitalized. :Prepositions that are over four letters long (across, after, among, beyond, ...). '''4.''' These short words should be capitalized. Some people occasionally forget to capitalize these. :also, be, if, than, that, thus, when, what, is, are, do, it, so, was, has, had, have, am :as (if it is followed by a verb) A list of some "phrasal verbs": (These are some phrases in which the preposition needs to be capitalized.) Beat Up<br> Blow Out<br> Break Down<br> Break Into<br> Break Up<br> Bring Up<br> Call Off<br> Call On<br> Call Up<br> Carry On<br> Come Back<br> Come Down<br> Come On<br> Come Out<br> Come Over<br> Do Over<br> Fill Out<br> Find Out<br> Get Along<br> Get Around<br> Get By<br> Get Over<br> Get Through<br> Get Up<br> Give Back<br> Give Up<br> Go Along<br> Go Away<br> Go On<br> Go Over<br> Hand In<br> Hang Up<br> Hold On<br> Keep On<br> Keep Up<br> Leave Out<br> Let Down<br> Look For<br> Look Into<br> Look Like<br> Look Out<br> Look Over<br> Look Up<br> Make Out<br> Make Up<br> Pack Up<br> Pass Out<br> Pick Out<br> Pick Up<br> Put Away<br> Put Off<br> Put On<br> Put Out<br> Put Up with<br> Roll Over<br> Run Into<br> Run Out of<br> Run Over<br> Show Up<br> Take After<br> Take Back<br> Take Off<br> Take On<br> Take Up<br> Talk Back<br> Talk Over<br> Throw Away<br> Try On<br> Turn Down<br> Turn In<br> Turn Off<br> Turn On<br> Use Up<br> Wait On <br><br>
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