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Post by kat on Feb 22, 2003 22:56:54 GMT -5
I'm very confused. After I make a "..." should I capitalize or not? Example... Wildcat glanced at her paw. "Um... see, we're from Meridell. It's a city that's through those woods." the other, capitalized, variation is Wildcat glanced at her paw. "Um... See, we're from Meridell. It's a city that's through those woods." In my NT article, it was the first one. However, I'm still wondering whether this is right. Can anyone help?
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Post by Tdyans on Feb 22, 2003 23:01:37 GMT -5
I'm almost certain we had a thread on this a loooong time ago... Let me go see if I can find it.
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Post by Tdyans on Feb 22, 2003 23:03:42 GMT -5
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Post by kat on Feb 22, 2003 23:14:24 GMT -5
Thank you. I'll read through it. ::Crosses fingers:: Maybe it'll answer my question...
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Post by Tdyans on Feb 22, 2003 23:17:26 GMT -5
Here's my thought on the matter, although I can't be certain that it's right. If your "..." is in the middle of a sentence, then I believe you should not capitalize the next word. If it's at the end of a sentence, then you would capitalize the next word, just as if it had been a period instead of an ellipses (and there should be a period at the end of the ellipses like "...." in that case also.) In your example, I'd say it's up to your interpretation whether "Um" is one separate sentence or not.
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