Capital letter after exclamation mark

You don't need to capitalize "screamed" in your example. The same would be true following a question mark.

(But,) John screamed, "Take this thing out of here!"

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Why? Is there a reason for this?

Why would there be a reason to capitalize it sometimes and not others.

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As I understand it, reported speech is usually a sentence within a sentence, and both of them must begin with capital letters.

"No!", he said.

He said, "No!"


I suppose "No!" isn't actually much of a sentence, but in a dialogue it would certainly be c

Hi,

My question is, what if the sentence is structured like this:
Poor John! in midst of strangers, trying to look for a known face...

Here, should the 'in' be with a capital 'I' or a small 'i'. This is taken from a book written in the first person.

Would greatly appreciate a response.

Thanks,

Roopa.

Having no verb, it's not a sentence. My first impulse would be to repeat the exclamation point at the end. Perhaps I'd even use a dash after "Poor John!"
Since "in" doesn't begin a new sentence, there's no real reason to capitalize it.
I often see exclamatory remarks begun with a capital, even though they're not sentences.

I think your example could be considered as all one exc

I don't understand which one is right

sarahmanchester Hello,If you have quotation marks which end with an exclamation mark should you then follow on with a capital letter?For example, which of the below is correct?"I'm sick of this place!" Screamed John.OR"I'm sick of this place!" screamed John.Any help much appreciated.Sarah

Of course it should be a small s; it's the same sentence.

The first one after punctuation come capital

"I'm sick of this place!" Screamed John.

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Is this correct OR

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