Accent with capital letters

Question

Do we put an accent when we capitalize the letter. For example: él -> E'l?

Yes if you can , i have an Imac and as yet have not worked out how to do it , except to cut and paste. - ray76, Mar 14, 2013

There may be more than one way but, one methed is discussed at the link http://www.studyspanish.com/accents/typing.htm#mac I find this site to be a great supplement to my Spanish studies. - kirk1, Mar 14, 2013

Answer 1

La RAE dice que "El empleo de la mayúscula no exime de poner la tilde..." Mire:

http://buscon.rae.es/dpd/?key=pronombres&origen=REDPD

The RAE (the official "rule book" for Spanish usage) says that "The use of a capital letter does not exempt putting the written accent mark when the rules call for it" see: (the website inserted).

Excellent! So, my Mexican friends who deliberately wrote in all caps in school to avoid messing with the accent marks were in the wrong after all! - brian5764, Mar 16, 2013

Answer 2

I think that Athenaura is asking if she has to put the accent in capital letters, so, I learned in the school that you don't need to put accent in Capitals (mayúsculas in spanish), even if the word has an accent at the first letter, but it's mandatory to put it when it's after the first word in the paragraph/sentence. =)

Thank you very much - Athena-Aura, Mar 17, 2013

Answer 3

Hi Athenaura.

You typed the accent over the lower-case e, é. Am I to infer from this that you’ve remapped your keyboard? (This is easy to do by the way.) If so, you get an É the same way; just remember to hit Shift as well.

Copying and pasting should never be necessary. Even if you haven’t yet remapped your keyboard, virtually anything you need is either in the ASCII text or the ANSI text extended character sets. The input code for É is Alt-144.

If you need to remap your keyboard, you can Google it. Or, you can read this older post:

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Buena suerte,

—Brian

If you’re asking about style/grammar—as opposed to the technical—yes and no. You should use them, just to be on the safe side. Many claim that they’re not required over capital letters, though. - brian5764, Mar 15, 2013

thank you Brian.. that was very helpful - Athena-Aura, Mar 16, 2013

You´re welcome. De nada. - brian5764, Mar 16, 2013

Answer 4

Yes you do. For PC users go here: http://www.onehourprogramming.com/spanish-accents/

I have been using this and it works great.

Sorry, I do not know of a similar program for macs.

Thank you very much - Athena-Aura, Mar 14, 2013

No and neither do I or anyone else, thanks mate. - ray76, Mar 14, 2013