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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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Capital apostrophe?

Which would be more correct when starting a sentence with an apostrophe?

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe

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'twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe

I usually see like the first example but feel the second is better as the apostrophe replaces the capital "I".

John.
  

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[nq:1]Which would be more correct when starting a sentence with an apostrophe? 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre ... [/nq] The original is 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; It is correct in quoting to capitalize the T is 'Twas and the D in Did, and to indicate the line break.

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  • [nq:1]Which would be more correct when starting a sentence with an apostrophe?
  • 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre ...
  • [/nq] The original is 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; It is correct in quoting to capitalize the T is 'Twas and the D in Did, and to indicate the line break.
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[nq:1]Which would be more correct when starting a sentence with an apostrophe? 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre ... I usually see like the first example but feel the second is better as the apostrophe replaces the capital "I".[/nq]
The original is
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
It is correct in quoting to capitalize the T is 'Twas a
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[nq:1]The original is 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; It is correct in quoting to capitalize the T is 'Twas and the D in Did, and to indicate the line break.[/nq]
Many thanks Martin.

John.
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