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Post by Pete on Jun 13, 2008 14:41:07 GMT
I just emailed someone the simple sentence 'Tis perfect. (I have omitted the inverted commas for clarity).
It occurred to me that the apostrophe stands in place of the first letter of the sentence, therefore the T is actually the second letter of the sentence and shouldn't strictly be capitalised.
Any thoughts?
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Post by Paul Doherty on Jun 13, 2008 15:00:36 GMT
You have to capitalise the first actual letter! So T is correct.
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Post by Paul Doherty on Jun 13, 2008 15:03:19 GMT
... the T is actually the second letter of the sentence Or look at it like this: the T is the first letter of the sentence you wrote. It would have been the second letter of the sentence you didn't write, but then you didn't write that! |
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Post by Dave M on Jun 13, 2008 15:18:44 GMT
Indeed. You mean Bert is Bert, even when he isn't Herbert, Paul!
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Post by Paul Doherty on Jun 13, 2008 15:33:17 GMT
I do!
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Post by Pete on Jun 13, 2008 15:38:35 GMT
Indeed. You mean Bert is Bert, even when he isn't Herbert, Paul! Or Hisbert, presumably.  |
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Post by Gabriel-Ernest on Jun 13, 2008 15:41:38 GMT
As one who will begin a sentence with ‘though, I always capitalise the T. But my reason for so doing is because it is the first word in the sentence. Anything else is meddling with nature and that way lies madness! (e. e. cummings excepted.)  G-E. |
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Post by SusanB on Jun 13, 2008 16:54:46 GMT
I agree with capitalising the first letter that appears. But it would be nice if we could use a capital apostrophe instead.  |
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Post by Sue M-V on Jun 13, 2008 16:56:57 GMT
e. e. cummings excepted Except E. E. Cummings didn't: it was his publisher, apparently! Sue |
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