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When beginning a sentence with an apocopated word, does one capitalise the first letter printed--ie, the second or later letter of the word? Or does one just let the apostrophe stand for the absent capitalised letter? Thank you.

Eleonora
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    Apocope is the omission of the final sound of a word, so it would not affect the initial letter of a sentence. Perhaps you could supply an example of what you mean. – KillingTime May 15 '23 at 08:17
  • Like 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves. / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe...? Although I guess poetry may be different to some usages (capitalising first letter of every line as well as every sentence). Do you have a specific example? – Stuart F May 15 '23 at 09:05
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    If you started a sentence with 'Til rather than Until or Till, it would still have a capital T. – Henry May 15 '23 at 09:35

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