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Do you have to capitalize a question that is after a comma?
Do you have to capitalize a question that is after a comma?
Example:
I'm not hungry, why do I have to eat?
EDIT
The sentence are formed by dependent clauses with the next structure:
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When to use or omit periods in acronyms, abbreviations, and initials [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it OK to drop the periods in abbreviations?
I don't understand when or where to use or discard a period when writing short forms.
For example, my college is the ...
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Does use-mention distinction warrant breaking conventions?
Does use-mention distinction sometimes warrant breaking the following capitalization and punctuation conventions?
American convention recommends placing punctuation within quote marks.
Sentences ...
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Capital letter after ellipsis
I was talking to a friend of mine over Skype, and I typed this:
Ok... Now I want more pork pie.
I'd like to know, should there be a capital letter after the ellipsis …? Should it be written the ...
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Capitalization and punctuation rules for formatted quotations appearing in the middle of the sentence
My question regards situations when the mid-sentence quotation, such as
This is a mid-sentence quotation which stands out by its formatting
, stands out by its formatting.
I understand that ...
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Use of capitals and full stops in bullet points [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Capitalization for a bullet list
Let's say I have a bullet point list e.g:
Point 1.
Point 2.
Point 3.
Notice I have put a capital letter for the starting letter of ...
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How does one deal with one word in parenthesis at the start of a sentence? [duplicate]
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(I'm not sure) how to capitalize this sentence
How does one deal with capitalization in a situation like this:
Correlation does not not imply causation. (Link) ...
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(I'm not sure) how to capitalize this sentence
When a sentence begins with a parenthetical clause (uncommon, I'm sure), how should the following portion be capitalized? My thought is it would be either
(In my opinion, at least[,]) the play was ...
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Is “Sent from my iPhone” correctly punctuated and capitalized?
I'm sure everyone has seen this phrase at the bottom of many e-mail messages. My question is about the combination of punctuation and capitalization.
The capitalization of the first word makes me ...
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Does the word after a question mark start with a capital letter?
Should I write it like this? Or perhaps like this?
Should I write it like this? or perhaps like this?
What about after an exclamation mark or semicolon?
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Capitalising Words in Parentheses?
Should the words inside a set of parentheses be capitalised?
For example:
... usually read for personal
enjoyment (Recreation) or ...
or
... usually read for personal
enjoyment ...
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How to write a bulleted list? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Question about Capitalization for a Bullet List
Periods for bullet point items
Should each item be in uppercase or not? I've seen both forms:
Yada, yada, yada, ...
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How do I write “all-in-one” correctly?
How do I write "all-in-one"? Should it have capital letters? Should it have hyphens?
I have done some googling, but I have not found a consistent result.
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…Capital letter after period(s)?
Excuse my terrible English knowledge, but I have been wondering this for some time already:
What is correct for the next phrase?:
And he was there. alone. sad. and crying...
or
And he was ...
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Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title?
Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title?
"My Ex-Wife Hates Me"
or
"My Ex-wife Hates Me"
