By Colons, Capital letters

Hi i have an essay to write on Louis Macneice's - Sunday Morning. I was wondering if anybody could help me analyse it as i have a very hard time reading and understanding poetry. Any help would be amazing - meaning, use of enjambment, causuras, repetition, aliteration, assonance, etc. Thanks...

1.) No smileys, but mathematical symbols are fine. 2.) No; do it with language. 3.) Colons are followed by capital letters in BrE and lower case letters in AmE (or vice versa).

Hi everybody, hope you're all doing well and have been on holiday to some place nice. I've got a couple of questions: 1.) If I was talking about a manuscript that was going to be published - therefore something formal, could you use symbols in such a text? Symbols like +, -, =, (I know I'd...

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.

Okay then: Here are my comments. 1. Start with a capital letter. You hae a comma splice- you joined two complete thoughts with a comma. You need either a period or a semicolon (Sorry Clive.) 2. Start with a capital letter. The way it's written, the questions felt unprepared. You need to say...

I sometimes use the word "clever" when describing a person.Here it is clear that the full stop has nothing to do with the quoted word and is part of the main sentence. The word "clever" doesn't need its own full stop. If we are quoting somebody speaking, then the quoted speech needs its own...

Yes, they have an example on their page: "There were two reasons for a drop in attendance at NBA games this season: First, there was no superstar to take the place of Michael Jordan. Second, fans were disillusioned about the misbehavior of several prominent players." They also have a couple...

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

For a start you need to give these a capital letter: Saturday, Sunday, Jane, Paul, I and the first letter in all sentences. Then all sentences need to end with a full stop (period). sentence 1 - I'd drop the first comma. sentence 2. I don't think you need both the semi-colon and the...