Sentence Case Converter

Sentence case means only the first letter of each sentence is a capital, as in ordinary prose: "THE REPORT IS READY." becomes "The report is ready." Paste text and it is converted as you type.

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How to use

  1. Paste the text you want to fix, for example an all-caps email or a list of headings.
  2. Each sentence and each new line now starts with a capital; everything else is lowercase.
  3. Copy the result, then re-capitalize names and acronyms that need it.

Examples

  • Before
    THE REPORT IS READY. DID YOU SEE THE NUMBERS? I'M IMPRESSED, E.G. THE Q3 GROWTH.
    After
    The report is ready. Did you see the numbers? I'm impressed, e.g. the q3 growth.
  • Before
    hello world. i think it's done... see you on monday
    After
    Hello world. I think it's done... See you on monday
  • Before
    Shopping List MILK fresh BREAD
    After
    Shopping list Milk Fresh bread

How the conversion works

The converter lowercases the whole text, then capitalizes the first letter of each sentence and of each line. Line starts matter because lists, headings and table cells rarely end with a period, but each item still needs a capital. The English pronoun “i” becomes “I” wherever it stands alone or in a contraction.

Typical text that needs this:

  • an email or document typed with Caps Lock on;
  • headings in Title Case that a new style guide wants in sentence case;
  • product descriptions or spreadsheet cells exported in capitals;
  • subtitles and transcripts that came out of a tool in all caps.

Sentence case in headings

Sentence-case headings (“How to reset your password”) are now the default in most product writing because they are quicker to scan and avoid arguments about which small words to capitalize. If you use them, apply them consistently: navigation, buttons, page titles and email subject lines in the same style. For the opposite direction, the title case converter applies English headline rules.

Common mistakes

  • Leaving proper nouns lowercase. After conversion, “we met in paris on monday” needs “Paris” and “Monday” fixed by hand. Acronyms are the most visible victims: “q3”, “nasa”, “usb”.
  • Expecting titles like Mr. and Dr. to be understood. A period after a title looks like the end of a sentence, so the word after it gets a capital (usually correct, since a name follows), but the title itself is lowercased in the middle of a sentence: “met mr. Jones”. Check titles after converting.
  • Converting German text. German capitalizes every noun, so sentence case makes German text incorrect. It is fine for English, Spanish, French and most other languages.
  • Missing sentence ends without a space. “Done.Next step” has no space after the period, so “Next” is not treated as a new sentence. Fix the spacing first; remove extra spaces handles the opposite problem of doubled spaces.

Frequently asked questions

What is sentence case?

Sentence case is the capitalization of normal sentences: the first word starts with a capital, the rest are lowercase except proper nouns and the pronoun "I". "How to write a cover letter" is sentence case; "How to Write a Cover Letter" is title case.

Sentence case or title case for headings?

Both are correct; pick one and use it everywhere. Many style guides for websites and apps, including the GOV.UK, Google and Microsoft style guides, use sentence case for headings because it reads faster. Newspapers and book titles in English traditionally use title case.

How does the converter know where a sentence ends?

A new sentence starts after a period, question mark, exclamation mark or ellipsis followed by a space, and at the start of every line. The abbreviations e.g., i.e. and vs. do not end a sentence, so the next word stays lowercase. "etc." is treated as a sentence end, because it often is one; if it falls mid-sentence, lowercase the next word by hand.

Why are names lowercase after converting?

The converter cannot tell a name from an ordinary word: "monday", "london" and "nasa" all look like plain words. Read through the result and restore capitals for names, days, months, brands and acronyms. The pronoun "I" is fixed automatically, including in "I'm" and "I've".

Is my text stored or uploaded?

No. Everything happens in your browser, nothing is sent to a server. The last text stays in this browser so you can reload the page without losing it; press Clear to remove it.