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<blockquote data-quote="Dadeo" data-source="post: 764686" data-attributes="member: 27204">Even in the US capitalization varies after the colon, as you can see in the Wikipedia link:&nbsp; &quot;The Chicago Manual of Style, however, requires capitalization only when the colon introduces a direct quotation or two or more complete sentences.&quot;&nbsp; American journalistic style does usually capitalize after a colon.&nbsp; Since in Canada, Britain and usually in Europe you don't capitalize after a colon I thought we could follow the Chicago Manual of style which is a more general style guide.TBH the ONLY reason we (or at least I) use American English is because the default spell check is usually set to US in our web software, and most users also end up with that as default on English systems. So it has become somewhat of a digital standard, unfortunately <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Soon I will have to write 'nite' and 'lite' and 'cu' and 'ur'.... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dadeo, post: 764686, member: 27204"] Even in the US capitalization varies after the colon, as you can see in the Wikipedia link: "The Chicago Manual of Style, however, requires capitalization only when the colon introduces a direct quotation or two or more complete sentences." American journalistic style does usually capitalize after a colon. Since in Canada, Britain and usually in Europe you don't capitalize after a colon I thought we could follow the Chicago Manual of style which is a more general style guide. TBH the ONLY reason we (or at least I) use American English is because the default spell check is usually set to US in our web software, and most users also end up with that as default on English systems. So it has become somewhat of a digital standard, unfortunately :) Soon I will have to write 'nite' and 'lite' and 'cu' and 'ur'.... :P [/QUOTE]

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