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Re: Capital letters needed?

Pucca — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:39:36 GMT

Clive and Nona, thanks for your help (again)

Re: Capital letters needed?

Clive — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:01:55 GMT

Hi,

And my next question is..is capital needed after ":"

No. Although there can be special cases where one is used, eg if the following word is a proper name.

My favourite authors are: Shakespeare, Dante, Mickey Spillane, . . .

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Capital letters needed?

Pucca — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:02:34 GMT

You are all great!

Oh, 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?

Thanks for your help!

Re: Capital letters needed?

Clive — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:55:39 GMT

Hi,

should we use a capital letter after a question mark or an exclamation mark?

Yes. These things mark the end of a sentence, and thus you need to start a new sentence.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Capital letters needed?

nona the brit — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:53:33 GMT

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

Capital letters needed?

Pucca — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:52:15 GMT

I don't really know where to post this. It's not a grammar question nether a vocabulary in my opinion..

Well, 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...
...I know, I know..it's a stupid question...but I've never known that, well, maybe it's like Spanish and there is no need of capital letters after the marks...

Thank you in advance!