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source/style-guide/style/punctuation.txt

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@@ -60,13 +60,10 @@ Use the following guidelines for colons:
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- If a title or heading includes a colon, capitalize the first word
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that follows the colon, regardless of its part of speech.
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- "Lowercase or capital letter after a colon. When a colon is used within
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a sentence, as in the first two examples in 6.61, the first word following
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the colon is lowercased unless it is a proper noun.
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When a colon introduces two or more sentences or when it introduces
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speech in dialog or a quotation or question, the first word following
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it is capitalized" (from Chicago Manual of Style 6.63, v.17).
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- When you use a colon in a sentence, use lowercase for the first word
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that follows the colon unless it is a proper noun. When the colon
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introduces two or more sentences, a quotation, or question, capitalize
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the first word after the colon (from the Chicago Manual of Style 6.63, v17).
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