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mia · **on:** Jul 15, 2018

Which rule is correct for sentences following colons?

a. Don't use a capital letter for a sentence following a colon.
b. Capitalize each word in a sentence that follows a colon.
c. Capitalize a complete sentence that follows a colon when that sentence is a formal statement, a quotation, or a sentence that you want to emphasize.
d. Capitalize only the major words in a complete sentence that follows a colon.

Question 2

A sentence that is enclosed within parentheses that is not part of another sentence

a. doesn't use capital letters.
b. follows the same rules of capitalization as regular sentences.
c. sometimes contains a first word that is capitalized but not always.
d. none of the above