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Latest post Mon, Mar 10 2008 12:31 PM by Marius Hancu. 1 replies.
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hanuman_2000  +  486922 Mon, 10 Mar 08 10:15 AM
Hello,

I want to know that after Exclamation mark , the sentence should start with a capital letter.

Example.

 

1. Oh no! She is in danger. 

             or

2. Oh no! she is in danger

Thanks.

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Marius Hancu  +  486945 Mon, 10 Mar 08 12:31 PM
Not necessarily. If it's the same person speaking, generally yes.

In your case, it should be capitalized, because it's a new, independent thought and thus sentence, by the same speaker.

But look here at this reported speech:   

"Oh, no!" she said.  

You can't capitalize here, because the author/writer makes a clarification in the same sentence (who spoke?).   

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