with capitals, although the fact that lines of poetry are not all sentences may lead writers to start some lines with
lowercase letters. Personal taste or preference can also lead to a decision not to capitalize first lines of poetry.
First words of
whole sentences that follow a colon are often capitalized We can summarize the rule as follows There is no need to capitalize every line of poetry.”
Whole sentences contained within other sentences and set o by
dashes or
parentheses are not capitalized State the capitalization rule—the rule is clear—and follow it Whole sentences set o on their own within parentheses are capitalized:
“That is the rule. (Some authorities disagree.)”
Titles, captions, headings, and similar clusters of words used to label things or to display or emphasize words also usually start with capitals. There is more exibility about whether words that follow in
such displays are capitalized, with elements of type design and other considerations of
style coming into play. The larger size of capital letters is also often away to contribute to the display property of word clusters that
stand apart from other text, and therefore, capitalization is a common device in such text fragments.
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