Grammar/usage/punctuation edits, Part 1, sections 2.1 - 2.8 #130
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Awesome, just one question here.
I found https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/5818 about the "capitalization after dash" and it says "do not capitalize".
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| **`ToBoolean`** -- occurs in logical operations, or can be performed with `Boolean(value)`. | ||
| **`ToBoolean`** -- Occurs in logical operations, or can be performed with `Boolean(value)`. |
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hi @iliakan. Thanks for your comment. I interpreted this section sort of like a series of dictionary entries: ToString, ToBoolean, etc. They are not technically sentences -- the clause that follows "ToBoolean" lacks a subject -- but more like entry word/definition pairs. Thus, in this scenario the dash isn't interrupting a sentence, but rather separating a dictionary entry word from its definition. The definition begins with "Occurs", so it is capitalized.
But you are correct: if a dash interrupts a sentence, the word following the dash should not be capitalized. But that is not how I interpreted this section.
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First chunk of editing work. Let me know if the size of this pull request is too much, too little or just right. I will probably submit the second half of Part 1 section 2 on Thursday or Friday.
Cheers!