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Title Case Rules for Common Words

Whether with or from should be capitalized in a title or headline primarily depends the style guide you are using and the position of with or from in the title.

Title Case

AMA, AP, APA, New York Times

In AMA, AP, APA, and New York Times style, with or from is always capitalized, because these styles capitalize all prepositions with four or more letters.

Playing With Fire

Far From Home

Bluebook, Chicago, MLA, Wikipedia

In both Chicago and MLA style, all prepositions are lowercased, independent of their length, while in Bluebook and Wikipedia style, all prepositions with four or fewer letters are lowercased.

Coping with the Past

Escape from Home

However, with or from must still be capitalized if it is the first word of the title.

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

From Here to There

In Chicago, MLA, and Wikipedia style, the last word is also always capitalized.

A Force to Be Reckoned With

Things to run From

Bluebook style however does not have such a rule, so with or from remains lowercase when it is the last word.

Clients We Have Worked with

Things we run from

Summary

The rules for capitalizing with or from are as follows:

Do not capitalize with or from if …

  • you are using sentence case and it is not the first word of the title
  • you are using Chicago, MLA, or Wikipedia style title case and it is neither the first nor the last word
  • you are using Bluebook style and it is not the first word

Capitalize with or from in all other cases.

References