By British English, Colons

JaCKo__007 wrote: A coma question! I've found that American based writers use commas after 'i.e.', but what of it in British English and does it then apply to eg. as well? Does a comma go after i.e. or e.g.? Both abbreviations i.e. and e.g. are preceded by a mark of punctuation, usually a...

In British English, we generally use lower case after a colon, but American speakers often use upper case. Yes, if what follows the colon is a complete sentence, as it is in this case. It's not WRONG to leave it lower case, because it is, as so many things are, a matter of style. I would...

Maya2 wrote: It raises the question: what is a quality film. It raises the question: What is a quality film. It raises the question: (W)hat is a quality film. It raises the question: what is a quality film?It raises the question: What is a quality film?In British English, we generally use...

Dear Mr. Ericson! Do not end a salutation with an exclamation mark. In US English use a colon :, in British English use either a comma or nothing.As you are already aware, Football Club “Shahter”(Donetsk) is about to build a new 5-star stadium, which meets all official UEFA requirements and will...

I learned the American rules for punctuation: periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks; colons and semi-colons always go outside; and question marks and exclamation points go where they actually make sense. I agree it's not logical, and sometimes I want to rebel and put that period...

Re:'Call a porter, it’s too much luggage for you to carry.' I would consider this a comma splice error (acording to North American usage), and replace the comma with a semi-colon; however, I have seen this 'error' on the BBC website several times, and I am wondering if that is correct usage in...

All, taiwandave, I stand corrected. You are right, for I am sure I do use "it's" to represent "it has". MM thank you for confirming that a complete phrase is required to the left of the colon. I wonder if there is some British English versus American English at play? Because this quote is...

Hi, For a letter, in the greeting part, "Dear **" usually ends with a comma, if I'm remebering it right. I found one article on the website says that if you really want to make it formal you need to put a colon instead of a comma. Is that so? Or to put a comma or a colon concerns with the...

Well, both or neither, really, because "rules" governing punctuation aren't really "rules" in the sense that rules govening nouns, verbs and adjectives are rules. Punctuation "rules" vary considerably, often from publisher to publisher, or from newspaper to newspaper. I can tell you that...