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==Initial letters in sentences and list items== | ==Initial letters in sentences and list items== | ||
The initial letter in a sentence is capitalized. This does not apply if it begins with a letter which is always left uncapitalized (as in "[[Wikipedia:eBay|eBay]]"; ''see [[#Items that require initial lower case|§ Items that require initial lower case]] below)'', although it is usually preferable to recast the sentence. | |||
In a list, if each item of the list is a complete sentence, then it should be capitalized like any other sentence. If the list items are sentence fragments, then capitalization should be consistent – sentence case should be applied to either all or none of the items. See [[ | When a sentence contains non-final punctuation such as a dash or semicolon, there is no reason to capitalize the following letter, even if it begins a grammatically separate sentence: {{xt|Cheese is a dairy product; bacon is not.}} The same usually applies after [[Wikipedia:colon (punctuation)|colons]], although sometimes the word following a colon is capitalized, if that word effectively begins a new grammatical sentence, and especially if the colon serves to introduce more than one sentence. | ||
In a list, if each item of the list is a complete sentence, then it should be capitalized like any other sentence. If the list items are sentence fragments, then capitalization should be consistent – sentence case should be applied to either all or none of the items. See [[UniWiki:Manual of Style#Bulleted and numbered lists|UniWiki:Manual of Style § Bulleted and numbered lists]]. | |||
==After hyphenation== | ==After hyphenation== | ||