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Originally Posted by masaegu
I know this is a random question, but it has been bugging this helpless and senile English-learner for a few hours now.
If I were to form a sentence that started with the poet's name "e. e. cummings", would I need to capitalize its first "e"?
Thanks in advance.
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Generally when you write names, you should use a capital for each initial, plus the start of the surname; e.g., "J. R. R. Tolkien". In the case of E. E. Cummings, you can actually use lowercase if you like, as he was famous for his deliberate misuse of capitalization. It was his philosophy that all letters were equal and it shouldn't matter which you use, so he often signed his work in lowercase lettering as a kind of grammatical rebellion. *shrug* In academic work, you should probably capitalize, but otherwise you can use lowercase if you want to make a nod towards his style.