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    capital letter
    Message de mazigh07 posté le 23-02-2008 à 19:17:56

    Hello
    Do we write capital letters after the two dots? Eg, he said:They are ill.
    Thanks
    Regards
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    Modifié par bridg le 23-02-2008 19:20
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    Réponse: capital letter de jonquille, postée le 23-02-2008 à 20:59:15
    Hi mazigh07,
    If a complete sentence follows the colon (two dots), you need a capital letter. If only a phrase or incomplete sentence follows the colon, you do not need to use a capital letter.

    But in your example, it would be written: He said, "They are ill."

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    Modifié par jonquille le 23-02-2008 20:59


    Réponse: capital letter de lucile83, postée le 23-02-2008 à 21:21:48
    Hello,
    It depends on the kind of sentence:
    Lien Internet


    Here’s rule no. 1: Never look them in the eyes.
    Capital letter if it is a full sentence ,but some people prefer not to use capital letters.

    The first rule to remember is, Start each sentence with a capital letter.
    Same thing after a comma in the case of a quotation.
    See you


    Réponse: capital letter de marie11, postée le 23-02-2008 à 21:36:00
    Hello.
    Lien Internet



    Réponse: capital letter de canax, postée le 25-02-2008 à 11:35:22
    hi!
    in general,after a colon,a capital letter is not needed because this statement
    completes or explaines what has been expressed in the first statement.


    Réponse: capital letter de echihi, postée le 25-02-2008 à 12:33:23
    The Name,Capital,Cities,Country,......must be write by capital letter.


    Réponse: capital letter de echihi, postée le 25-02-2008 à 12:39:54
    We can write a capital letter.As an example: when we want Begin writing a text we must write the first word began by capital , after function , and paragraph..


    Réponse: capital letter de chinesemen, postée le 06-07-2008 à 17:29:16
    Hello,
    It depends on the kind of sentence:Ok...




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