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After the colon, however, you do not need a capital letter. I think this is a BrE - AmE thing, Philip-- I have been caught on it a couple of times, not seeing the point of a capital letter myself.

Chrismlangan wrote: While traveling though a desolate area of space, Donald sees something in the distance that grabs his attention: The Fallen Creature and Proteron are flying blissfully across the horizon. No problem with grammar. After the colon, however, you do not need a capital letter.

Semicolon use A semicolon following an independent clause ( The Longman Writer's Companion ). source: http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#14

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