Hi Elijah, On Tue, 3 Aug 2021, Elijah Newren wrote: > On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 5:01 PM Johannes Schindelin > <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi Elijah, > > > > On Tue, 3 Aug 2021, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote: > > > > > From: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 2 +- > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt > > > index 7044afba362..b4429954480 100644 > > > --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt > > > +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt > > > @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ The `--rebase-merges` mode is similar in spirit to the deprecated > > > where commits can be reordered, inserted and dropped at will. > > > + > > > It is currently only possible to recreate the merge commits using the > > > -`recursive` merge strategy; Different merge strategies can be used only via > > > +`recursive` merge strategy; different merge strategies can be used only via > > > > I am not a native speaker, so I'm eager to learn what is the correct thing > > to do here. In particular since I continued in lower-case after a > > semicolon for _years_, right up until some native speaker mentioned that > > that's only correct if I continue with an incomplete sentence. If a > > complete sentence follows the semicolon, so the advice went, I should > > start the sentence with an upper-case letter. > > > > Could you help me understand the correct rules here? > > First I've ever heard of it; I just presumed it was a typo. I don't > pretend to be an expert on such topics (and although native speakers > may have an edge in knowing what "sounds natural", I tend to presume > we are less likely to know the rules). However, some quick internet > searches suggest that different style guides differ on whether to > follow a *colon* with a capital letter[1][2][3], but everything I can > find suggests that *semicolons* should always be followed by a > lowercase letter (with exceptions for proper nouns)[2][4][5][and > others...]. > > [1] http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/colonandsemi/colon > [2] https://www.quora.com/Why-is-capitalization-necessary-after-a-semi-colon > [3] https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/semi-colons-colons-and-dashes/ > [4] https://writeanswers.royalroads.ca/faq/199268 > [5] https://wordcounter.net/blog/2016/06/24/101812_capitalize-words-colon-semi-colon.html > > So, after reading through the above links, I'm fairly convinced that > 'different' should be lowercase here. Thank you for the detailed answer, Dscho
