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Q&A Capitalization after use of colon?

Another thing to consider is the context. For instance, you might be "passing the time by hanging out" or you might be "subjected to the whims of Time". In the former example, time is an object. In...

posted 7y ago by natn2323‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:44:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/32677
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License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar natn2323‭ · 2019-12-08T07:44:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
Another thing to consider is the context. For instance, you might be "passing the time by hanging out" or you might be "subjected to the whims of Time". In the former example, time is an object. In the latter example, time is more like an entity... much like how people may refer to "Death", "Life", "Truth", etc. as opposed to "death", "life", "truth", etc.

From the description of your writing project, it doesn't seem like you'd refer to Time, though I'm sure you could if you crafted your writing project that way.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-01-19T18:45:23Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 3