Capitalize essay and blog titles, news headlines etc. ... What's tricky is that many words can be used in different grammatical functions. ... in: The Catcher in the Rye, but Give In to Me (adverb); out: Fresh out the Oven, but School's Out Forever ... a preposition at the end of a title is lowercased (Be Careful What You Wish for). Capitalization - University of Victoria Common nouns should not be capitalized, even when they are used in terminology specific ... School of Earth and Ocean Sciences; earth and ocean sciences; the school ... the Bronze Age, the Ice Age, the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance.