On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 05:11:52PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > I am happy with either but personally think that after a : a new > sentence starts and so it should also be in english gramtically correct > to upercase it. If you like to change it back feel free to do so and/or > change it to a dash -- at least at the places where that would fit. Not > in all the things I uppercased the word after the : it would be > replaceable by a -- (—?).
Ah, the joys of English. One use of a colon is before a part of a sentence that merely restates, explains, or gives an example of what has just been stated. In this instance, the word after the colon is not capitalized (unless it is a proper noun). For completeness, the proper use of the colon, semicolon and dash are: semicolon - to separate items in a series when the items contain commas - between main clauses that contain commas - between main clauses when the conjunction (and, but, for, or) has been left out - between main clauses connected by 'however', 'moreover', 'nevertheless', 'for example', 'consequently', etc. colon - after the word 'following' and similar expressions that introduce a list or series - before a long quotation - before a part of a sentence that merely restates, explain, or gives an example of what has just been stated - after the salutation of a business letter dash - to show a sudden change in thought - before a summary of what has just been stated in a sentence -- James (Jay) Treacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
