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I've been looking at writings and the usage of colons by other writers. I haven't been able to figure out the correct way to use a dependent and independent clause after it; I don't know when to capitalize after the colon.
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...you capitalize after one only if used as subtitle separation or if introducing a quotation... or if the word following it is a proper noun... otherwise, what comes after is merely part of the same sentence and not capitalized...
...this from rutgers prof, j. lynch:
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Colon. A colon marks a pause for explanation, expansion, enumeration, or elaboration. Use a colon to introduce a list: thing one, thing two, and thing three. Use it to pause and explain: this sentence makes the point. Use it to give an example: this, for instance.
There are other uses: the entry on Citation includes some tips on colons in bibliographies. Americans use it after the salutation in a formal letter: "Dear Sir:" (the British use a comma, which we Americans restrict to less formal letters). It also introduces a block quotation or a list of bullet points.
See also Semicolon (don't confuse them!) and the end of Capitalization. [Entry added 3 November 2000.]
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...his site ['guide to grammar and style'] is a must for all writers to keep handy, imo... along with your strunk and white, of course!...
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/index.html
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I've been writing a wikibook, and I'm trying to figure out the following:
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Now that the reasons for using a laptop for Internet usage have been eliminated (or to a degree), there is still one problem: writing.
If you're clueless, then let me put this within context. I described earlier in the webpage that most laptops used by students for Internet surfing and writing.
This looks right. I think it's right. But I'm not sure.
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...imo, an em dash would work better there, but this is ok, i guess... and the lower case 'w' is correct...
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Sometimes I'll see a sentence after a colon.
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Kamisama came to me on June 6th and told me the truth of the universe: The biblical verse John 2:18 can be mathematical turned into 666 in a multitude of ways
Would a writer capitalize the letters in red?
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...'a writer' might... but all writers are not equally skilled in correct grammar and punctuation, right?... anyway, the 't' should be capitalized, because it's the beginning of a quoted sentence, isn't it?... however, you've left out the " " that quotations should be enclosed in...
hope this helps... get yourself a good punctuation guide and you won't have these problems... i use harry shaw's 'punctuate it right'...
love and hugs, maia
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