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Pucca Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Capital letters needed?

0 I don't really know where to post this. It's not a grammar question nether a vocabulary in my opinion..02br
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00Well, should we use a capital letter after a question mark or an exclamation mark? This question came to my mind in a sudden when I was writing a post...05002br
00...I know, I know..it's a stupid question...05100but I've never known that, well, maybe it's like Spanish and there is no need of capital letters after the marks...02br
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00Thank you in advance! 010id3711id6
  

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0 YEs, those count as the close of a sentence, so the next word starts a new sentence with a capital letter. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0 YEs, those count as the close of a sentence, so the next word starts a new sentence with a capital letter.
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0 YEs, those count as the close of a sentence, so the next word starts a new sentence with a capital letter. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00 should we use a capital letter after a question mark or an exclamation mark? 02font02br
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00Yes. These things mark the end of a sentence, and thus you need to start a new sentence.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive02br
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0 You are all great!:)02br
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00Oh, oh..I don't know what I was thinking about..!Maybe it's that I haven't slept these days..well, I just realised that in Spanish there is no need to use capital letters after ":" and not after exclamation marks or question marks! I don't know how it is called in English. And my next question is..is capital needed after ":" aswell?0500
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0Hi,02br
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01font00And my next question is..is capital needed after ":"02font02br
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00No. Although there can be special cases where one is used, eg if the following word is a proper name.02br
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0 Clive and Nona, thanks for your help:) (again:P) 0-
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I have always been taught if an independent clause is preceded by an exclamation mark, question mark, or period, the first letter of that clause is capitalized: it is a new sentence, therefore the first letter of the first word must be capitalized. However, I have recently read "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. There are myriad instances in which, after an exclamation mark, the first
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When you become "a Great Writer" you can do things that you can't do if you're a mere mortal.

If what follows the ! is a new sentence, then it should start with a capital letter.
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Hi,

Bear in mind also that you are not reading the original Russian, but a translation by someone.

Clive
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Capitalization is always independent of punctuation. Punctuation does not dictate capitalization, the start of a scentence, a propper noun etc. these things determine capitalization.

Rarely will you have situation where a question mark or exclamation point is not placed at the end of a scentence. The only real example i can think of right now is when a colon is used to present a list
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I agree with the other replier, exclamation and/or question marks are the end of a sentence, therefor the next word must have a capital. Otherwise it's incorrect English! [Y]
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