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I just realized after submitted my works cited page that I used uppercase letters instead of lower case. For example Federalizing Medical Campaigns against Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Instead I capitalized it all. Is that something I would get in trouble for?

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  • Where did you submit it?
    – Nate Eldredge
    Nov 18, 2015 at 17:30
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    Miscapitalize on? As in, make money out of? Oh, you mean capital letters. Look, noone will care. Really. Worse problems happen with references all the time. Here is a famous one: "Death of Dr. O. Uplavici", ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1659886/pdf/…
    – darij grinberg
    Nov 19, 2015 at 3:47
  • Thank you for your confession. The Interpol Typography Squad (SHOUTY DIVISION) will be visiting you shortly.
    – JeffE
    Nov 19, 2015 at 14:24

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There is no need to worry.

People have a hard enough time agreeing about what should be capitalized at all. No people who is concerned with the content of your work will care in the least about capitalization that is consistent and at least vaguely plausible. Many people will not even notice.

Rather, what you should expect is:

  • If there are review stages and you will have a chance to revise, it will make no difference to the decision you receive, and you can fix it in the next revision.
  • If there is no further review/revision stage pending, then:
    • If the venue you submitted it will send it through a proof-reader before publication (e.g., some journals), then it will get corrected to their preferred standards in the final proofing before publication.
    • Otherwise, you can expect to see the errors in print, entirely unremarked upon.
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    For some reason I get the feeling that the OP is referring to coursework, in which case the instructor might actually care about capitalization.
    – ff524
    Nov 18, 2015 at 18:02
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    @ff524 If that's so, then I would expect to close the question as "undergraduate only" --- I've answered as I think would be expected for anything at graduate level and beyond.
    – jakebeal
    Nov 18, 2015 at 18:12
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    I consider this question "unclear what you're asking," hopefully the OP will come back and address Nate Eldredge's comment.
    – ff524
    Nov 18, 2015 at 18:16

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