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Bucky Edgett
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Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
Unpacking English, Bit by Bit
A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.
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Bucky Edgett
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Is there any defense of capitalizing after a semicolon?
According to my Manual of Style (11th edition, 1949):
"Capitalize the first word after a colon only when introducing a complete passage or sentence having independent meaning..."
But, one does capitalize in that case.