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This page defines title case and sentence case and outlines how and where they are used in TAFE NSW Libraries LibGuides. Guide authors should refer to the examples of correct and incorrect use for guidance.
Capital letters are used for all principal words.That includes all nouns, adverbs, pronouns, adjectives and verbs.
The principal words in a title are all the words other than:
Use title case for
Do not use title case for
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Capitalise the first letter only. Proper nouns are the exception and should be capitalised.
Proper nouns examples
Use sentence case for any content within boxes
Do not use sentence case for
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