: U.K. can't grammatically start a sentence because it would have to be The U.K. and this is true for all countries that contain the word "of". England is just England just as North America

@Ogunnowo857

U.K. can't grammatically start a sentence because it would have to be The U.K. and this is true for all countries that contain the word "of".

England is just England just as North America is North America, but the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland needs the article The just like The United States of America does.

An exception would be if either U.K. or U.S. are used as adjectives. For example, it's correct to say "U.S. citizens are eligible for tax deductions".

As for the typography and design aspect, if you were starting a sentence with an abbreviation you would still only turn the first letter into an initial (drop cap). Typically, you would plan ahead though, and if a main idea caused something like this to occur you would probably not use a drop cap at all, or not abbreviate.

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