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Q&A Capitalization after use of colon?

Lots of opinions here, but let's look to a higher authority. According to the Chicago Manual of Style, the word after a colon is lowercase, even if it starts a complete sentence, unless it's a prop...

posted 5y ago by Ken Mohnkern‭  ·  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/44522
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Ken Mohnkern‭ · 2019-12-08T07:44:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
Lots of opinions here, but let's look to a higher authority. According to the _[Chicago Manual of Style](https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/part2/ch06/psec063.html)_, the word after a colon is lowercase, even if it starts a complete sentence, unless it's a proper noun.

The exception is when the colon introduces multiple sentences or when it introduces speech.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-04-09T17:28:48Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 1