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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

is the letter capitalized?

This made me wonder: Did any of my teachers from Kindergarten to the twelfth grade “breathe a word” about Aristotle?

is "did" capitalized like that or it supposed to be "d"
  

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When you use a colon that way, and have a full sentence after it, it's a matter of style to capitalize it or not. , It made me wonder which came first: the chicken or the egg. I personally do capitalize it when it's a complete sentence.

— BarbaraPA

  • When you use a colon that way, and have a full sentence after it, it's a matter of style to capitalize it or not.
  • , It made me wonder which came first: the chicken or the egg.
  • I personally do capitalize it when it's a complete sentence.
  • If you do, just make sure you follow that same style consistently.
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When you use a colon that way, and have a full sentence after it, it's a matter of style to capitalize it or not.

I would not capitalize a fragment or phase, e.g., It made me wonder which came first: the chicken or the egg.

I personally do capitalize it when it's a complete sentence. If you do, just make sure you follow that same style consistently.
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It should be capitalized, but the colon is wrong because this made me wonder is not an independent clause here, because the question is the object of the verb wonder.

You need

This made me wonder, "Did any of my teachers from Kindergarten to the twelfth grade breathe a word about Aristotle?"

Similarly,

Then I said, "I’ll have a
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so in this case it would be correct to capitalize the D correct?
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Your choice. I would. By the way, "kindergarten" is an English word and as such does not get a capital letter.
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enoonYour choice.
I wouldn’t say so. It’s technically a direct quotation, so it needs a capital letter. The capitalization of the first word of an independent clause that follows a colon is indeed a matter of style, but I would think that any style manual worth its salt discourages the use of a colon after a fragment. Does yours?
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Aspara Gus enoonYour choice.I wouldn’t say so. It’s technically a direct quotation, so it needs a capital letter. The capitalization of the first word of an independent clause that follows a colon is indeed a matter of style, but I would think that any style manual worth its salt discourages the use of a colon after a fragment. Does yours?enoon"kindergarten" is an English
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enoonthey want lowercase after it unless there are two or more sentences
Emotion: rolleyes
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I see what you mean, now. I don't have a problem with letting the colon stand in place of "the following".

I began to wonder the following: how many moons does Neptune have?
I began to wonder: how many moons does Neptune have?

Same same.
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enoonI don't have a problem with letting the colon stand in place of "the following".
I began to wonder the following: how many moons does Neptune have?
I began to wonder: how many moons does Neptune have?
Same same.
The following is not actually implied, though. Your examples have different objects.

Just to make sure, would you als
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Aspara Gus enoonI don't have a problem with letting the colon stand in place of "the following".I began to wonder the following: how many moons does Neptune have?I began to wonder: how many moons does Neptune have?Same same.The following is not actually implied, though. Your examples have different objects.Just to make sure, would you also accept, assuming that the follow
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