2006-09-11 01:53:31 · 11 answers · asked by clever 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
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2006-09-11 03:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by dark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. That really depends on what you are saying. If the question is freestanding, that is, the entire sentence is part of the question, then obviously the next clause is the beginning of another sentence and you would capitalized, as in any new sentence. For example, "Where do you live?"
However, if the ? is only part of a sentence, such as an aside: "I was thinking, what would you want me to do?", then it depends on whether there is a concluding thought, or whether it can stand on its own.
If it is the conclusion of the thought and the sentence, then the next letter should not be capitalized. For example, "I wanted to ask him: what does he mean?, but decided not to ask the question." This is an unusual case, but you can see that the "but..." part of the sentence is essential to the explanation of what you wanted to say. In this case, the clause that follows is still part of the overall sentence.
Use your common sense. In most cases, the simple answer is yes, capitalize. But if you see that there is more to the thought that is ESSENTIAL to the meaning, then complete the sentence and do not use a capital letter. Hope this helps.
2006-09-11 02:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by retiredesol 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
? is an example of punctuation and can be treated as relating to the example at hand. So, it can be regarded as full stop or comma. Different subjects would require a capital letter - What is a tree? What is a car? Same subject, I expect either would suffice - Did the tree fall? possibly not. Did the tree fall? Possibly not.
Anyway, that's the way that I use it - I read an awful lot but lack a sound education in English language.
2006-09-11 02:23:35 · answer #3 · answered by Silkie1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the case of a list yes. Each point on the list begins with a capital letter.
2006-09-11 01:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After " : ", a colon: Yes.
Such as,
RE: Letter of September 1,2006.
Not necessarily after " ; " a semi colon, unless a proper name or place.
2006-09-11 02:02:14 · answer #5 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-09-11 01:56:34 · answer #6 · answered by angelo26 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not necessarily. Depends on the situation.
2006-09-11 01:59:02 · answer #7 · answered by bizona 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After a colon? No.
2006-09-11 01:59:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless it's a proper noun.
2006-09-11 01:59:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no you shouldn't really but I don't think it is regarded as a grammatical error if you do
2006-09-11 02:00:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋