When a Sentence Begins with an Abbreviated Word Using an Apostrophe

Sometimes your characters speak in slanguage. This means one or more of them may not say something like Because at the start of a sentence—that’s too formal for them. So, you want to write it right.

If you read British novels, you see that they capitalize the first letter that comes after the apostrophe. Example: “’Cause I said so! That’s why.”

However, the American tradition now prefers that “c” to be lower case:  “’cause I said so! That’s why.”

It’s important to make sure you aim the apostrophe in the correct direction, which is toward the missing letter or letters.

To get this right, type

“Be’cause…”

Then delete the B and e: “’cause…”

I wish you the best with your writing and process.

Joyce Shafer

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