Comment by epihelix
6 hours ago
> Apparently I once told it to always capitalize the first letter after a colon. I don't remember doing that, but hey, that's basic English grammar, dammit, so I can see myself getting pissy about it.
It's definitely not correct UK English grammar. TIL that the US uses some very odd colon rules.
yeah this is not a rule in the US either :(
It's almost as if neither of you wannabe pedants have a access to Google, or even an AI, which could help you out.
It's AP Style, which is used in basically every news article you've ever read.
The rule is simple: You capitalize the first word after a colon when it begins a full sentence.
This is unique to AP and 18th CMOS: MLA and old CMOS versions with grew up with say to do the opposite.
Also, please try to be less dismissive!