Word Painting

Letting the Grammar Geek Out of the Box

The difference between entitled and titled.

Kings and Queens are entitled to rule because of their birthright in a monarchy.
Workers for large corporations are entitled to the benefits that the corporation offers.
When you buy insurance you are entitled to the benefits of the insurance you’ve purchased.

Books are not entitled to anything. Now people if they own books are entitled to read them.

Books are titled (e.g. John Green wrote a book titled Looking for Alaska)
Movies are titled (e.g. What was the title of the movie you saw?)

The titles of books will never be entitled to anything, so when you declare that a book is … titled this or that … make sure you do not bestow it with benefits.