A question on punctuation

[blakjeezis]

When using a semi colon (;) to separate two sentences, should the second sentence be capitalized?

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

no.

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[Zipgun]

no.


Shouldn't that be though?

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

Trying to undermine me again, eh?

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[INFOSTUD]

Wow, my MA in journalism is about to pay off.

The answer is NO.

You're actually thinking about the colon(:), not the semicolon(;).

From the AP Stylebook, capitalize the first word after a colon ONLY if it is a proper noun or the start of a COMPLETE sentence.

For example, He promised this: The company will grow this year.

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[blakjeezis]

Thanks Fuzzy.

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[blakjeezis]

Thanks Fuzzy.

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[TooCute]

ha! is there a way to escape out the colon or the parenthesis so that you don't get a smiley on your posts? :)

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[Death Metal Moe]

So the real question is on spacing, not punctuation?

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is colon cancer the overusage of a colon?

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[blakjeezis]

ha! is there a way to escape out the colon or the parenthesis so that you don't get a smiley on your posts?


Yeah I saw that, but I couldn't be assed to try and fix it.

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