http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ApostrophesCapitalLetters/hrmkl/post.htm#588427Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:588427skyliner0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ApostrophesCapitalLetters/hrmkl/post.htm#588427http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-588427.xmlMany thanks Grammar Geek, Your reply makes for great relief as I had had conflicting advice and the prospect of correcting a 400 page MSS was not an appealing one! Regards Peterhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ApostrophesCapitalLetters/hrmkl/post.htm#588327Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:588327Grammar Geek1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ApostrophesCapitalLetters/hrmkl/post.htm#588327http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-588327.xmlHi Skyliner, and welcome to English Forums. I believe that in novels I&#39;ve read in which the characters are shows speaking in dialects, they keep the convention of capitalizing the first letter, so &quot;Mr. &#39;Ammond&quot; and &quot;&#39;E &#39;ad it, Miss,&quot; would be what I expect to see. If you leave out the capital letters, you&#39;ll look like you&#39;re trying to write like e.e. cummings.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ApostrophesCapitalLetters/hrmkl/post.htmFri, 27 Feb 2009 07:23:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:588296skyliner2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ApostrophesCapitalLetters/hrmkl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-588296.xmlHi, I have a problem. I am not sure of the convention or rule governing the correct use, or not, of the initial capital letter of a name or the first letter of a sentence when the original capital letter has been replaced by an apostrophe, as in written dialect, for instance. e.g. - &quot;Mr. &#39;Ammond...&quot; or &quot;Mr. &#39;ammond...&quot;. &quot;&#39;E &#39;ad it, Miss.&quot; or &quot;&#39;e &#39;ad it, Miss.&quot; Any help would be most gratefully received! Many thanks. Peter