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Sat 7 Jun, 2014 06:44 am
Hi all,
Would really appreciate any insight into the correct way to edit these sentences:
"Are you ok?" he asked (small h) or "Are you ok?" He asked. (cap h)
and
"Sorry, I just wanted to help." He raised his hands. (cap h) or "Sorry, I just wanted to help," he raised his hands. (small h)
and
"He handed me his business card and replied, "Don’t worry about that, I'll give you a new one." (cap d- don't) or
"He handed me his business card and replied, "don’t worry about that, I'll give you a new one."(small d- don't)
Thank you so much!!
Ajai
@ajai,
"Are you ok?" he asked
"Sorry, I just wanted to help," he mumbled helplessly as he raised his hands.
"He handed me his business card and replied, "Don’t worry about that, I'll give you a new one."
Yes, Dale is right. Completed sentences in direct speech enclosed in quotation marks do not require following text to start with a capital letter, unless a sentence in the surrounding text is also completed.
@contrex,
contrex wrote:Completed sentences in direct speech enclosed in quotation marks do not require following text to start with a capital letter, unless a sentence in the surrounding text is also completed.
"Where is the toilet?" asked Peter.
Peter asked "Where is the toilet?". The waiter pointed to a door.
@ajai,
Hi!
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Sorry, I just wanted to help." (I would start a new paragraph here if I was you, but you're fine either way, I think) He raised his hands.
And lowercase, I think, on the last one.
Hope I helped!
@ajai,
Thanks everyone, much appreciated!
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