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Diego is taking History 2212, English 1151, and Biology 2202
this term.

Diego is taking World Civilization, Introduction to Poetry, and

Principles of Biology this term.

Titles

Capitalize titles of novels, short stories, poems, newspapers,

magazines, articles, works of art, television shows, movies, and songs
and other musical works. There are exceptions to many rules in

English, and this rule has more exceptions than most. Some

newspapers and journals capitalize only the first word in the title of an

article. Some writers, like e. e. cummings, do not follow the

conventional rules of capitalization. In general, when you write about
an article, a poem, or any other piece of writing, preserve the title as it

was published.

Otherwise, follow these rules: Capitalize the first word of a title. Do not

capitalize articles (a, an, the) or short prepositions (to, of, from, and
similar short prepositions) unless they are the first or last word in a

title. Capitalize all other words.

Examples of Capitalization of Titles

Hoshiko read an article in Archaeology called “Faces from the

Past.”