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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Capital letter after a colon?

Hi teachers,

Is it possible to write a capital leter after a colon?
For example:
According to this question: Where did she go last night? .....

Thanks in advance
  

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Hi, Is it possible to write a capital leter after a colon? Avoid doing this, unless eg the word is a proper noun, lke 'Tom'. For example: According to this question: Where did she go last night?

— Clive

  • Hi, Is it possible to write a capital leter after a colon?
  • Avoid doing this, unless eg the word is a proper noun, lke 'Tom'.
  • For example: According to this question: Where did she go last night?
  • Note a colon is not correct here.
  • The words on each side of a colon need to be capable of standing alone as a sentence.
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Hi,
Is it possible to write a capital leter after a colon? Avoid doing this, unless eg the word is a proper noun, lke 'Tom'.

For example:
According to this question: Where did she go last night? ..

Note a colon is not correct here. The words on each side o
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Thank you Clive. Nice to have you around!Emotion: wink

Then it should be like this
According to this question, where did she g
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What about this one?

Information: use the comparative form to complete the sentence.

In this context, can I use a colon?
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Hi,

You are right about the comma, yes.
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What about this one?

Information: use the comparative form to complete the sentence.

In this context, can I use a colon?

Yes. But this is a title or a heading.It's not prose
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Well not in this context, as you've said I don't really need it. Because it's enough clear just writing
'Use the comparative form to complete the sentence.'
That's what you meant, didn't you? Silly me.
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Thank you very much Sri. It's really a helpful web page for my doubt.
Regards too.
TS
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