be capitalized standing alone. The articles a, an, and the; the prepositions at, by, for, in, of, on, to, and up; the conjunctions and, as, but, if, or, and nor; and the second element of a compound numeral are not capitalized. (See also rule 8.129.)
- World en Route to All-Out War
- Curfew To Be Set for 10 o'Clock
- Man Hit With 2-Inch Pipe
- No-Par-Value Stock for Sale
- Yankees May Be Winners in Zig-Zag Race
- Ex-Senator Is To Be Admitted
- Notice of Filing and Order on Exemption From Requirements
- but Building on Twenty-first Street (if spelled)
- One Hundred Twenty-three Years (if spelled)
- Only One-tenth of Shipping Was Idle
- Many 35-Millimeter Films in Production
- Built-Up Stockpiles Are Necessary (Up is an adverb here)
- His Per Diem Was Increased (Per Diem is used as a noun here); Lower Taxes per Person (per is a preposition here)
If a normally lowercased short word is used in juxtaposition with a capitalized word of like significance, it should also be capitalized.
- Buildings In and Near the Minneapolis Mall
In a heading set in caps and lowercase or in caps and small caps, a normally lowercased last word, if it is the only lowercased word in the heading, should also be capitalized.
- All Returns Are In
The first element of an infinitive is capitalized.
- Controls To Be Applied
but Aid Sent to Disaster Area
In matter set in caps and small caps, such abbreviations as etc., et al., and p.m. are set in small caps; in matter set in caps and lowercase, these abbreviations are set in lowercase.
- Planes, Guns, Ships, etc.
- Planes, Guns, Ships, etc.
- James Bros. et al. (no comma)
- James Bros. et al.
- In re the 8 p.m. Meeting
- In re the 8 p.m. Meeting
