No, you do not put a capital letter after a colon unless you would capitalize that word in the middle of a sentence. A colon does not begin a new sentence, it breaks up an existing sentence into clauses.
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No, you don't have to put a capital letter after a colon but you do after a period, exclamation point, and a question mark. You also have to put a capital letter when you are talking about a proper noun.
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However, if it's American English, and you have an independent clause (basically anything that could be a complete sentence on its own) after the colon, then you do capitalize it.
e.g. Dave was convinced of one thing: The chickens would be coming back one day.
No, "homework" does not need a capital letter unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or used in a title.
The conventional rule for capitalization after a colon is "Don't capitalize the first word after a colon". One clear exception is where a quotation follows the colon and the first word of the quoted text is originally capitalized. Additionally, where two or more sentences follow the colon, the general rule is to capitalize the first word of each sentence.
No, "thrush" does not need a capital letter unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or part of a proper noun.
Yes, the first letter of the word following a colon should be in lowercase unless it is a proper noun or the start of a complete sentence.
No, not all nouns start with a capital letter.The kinds of nouns that begin with a capital letter are:a proper noun (the name of a specific person, place, or thing);the first word in a sentence.
No, "homework" does not need a capital letter unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or used in a title.
The conventional rule for capitalization after a colon is "Don't capitalize the first word after a colon". One clear exception is where a quotation follows the colon and the first word of the quoted text is originally capitalized. Additionally, where two or more sentences follow the colon, the general rule is to capitalize the first word of each sentence.
No, "thrush" does not need a capital letter unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or part of a proper noun.
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The word king does not need a capital letter. The reason the words April, California, and Renae need capital letters at the beginning is that they are proper nouns.
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