Capitalizing Quotations
Capitalize the first word in a quotation if the quotation is a complete sentence or if it is an interjection, an incomplete question, or fragmentary response.
Correct: He said, “Why did you come back?”
(Quotation is a sentence by itself.)Incorrect: She replied, “you wanted me to.”
(A fragmentary response, you needs a capital.)A quotation is not capitalized if it is not a complete sentence and is part of the larger sentence.
Correct: I believe it was a “far, far better thing” to have confessed the crime.
(This quotation from Dickens is part of the larger sentence and is not a complete sentence in itself.)
For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people’s love and concern for each other. ~ Millard Fuller
“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.” – Thales
It is difficulties which give birth to miracles.—Rev. Dr. Sharpe.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin
“Before you embark on it you ask the question: Does this path have a heart? If the answer is no, you will know it, and then you must choose another path.”
Carlos Castaneda
