F and T are put up, by Rule 1.
It has been said, that the included sentence should not be capitalized unless immediately preceded by a colon: but the {p173} above examples show, that a sentence directly introduced must be capitalized, whatever point precedes it,—comma, comma-dash, colon, or any other pause-mark.
He asked why he was arrested, and we replied that he was arrested on suspicion.
Initial capital H, by Rule 1.
He asked, “Why am I arrested?” and we replied, “On suspicion.”
Here are three initial capitals, and properly; for the reply, fully expressed, would be, “You are arrested on suspicion.”
So, also, captions, head-lines, side-heads, etc., being imperfect sentences, fall under Rule 1. The same is true of particulars depending from a general heading; as—
- Property destroyed by the late fire:
- Seventy reams elephant paper;
- Tables, chairs, desks;
- Old-fashioned hall-clock;
- Johnson’s Dictionary, 1st ed.
We have remarked above, on the passage from Genesis, that a sentence introduced obliquely requires no capital. In the following example, whether Sparta should be inclosed with walls is an indirect question, and is not capitalized; while the answer, being direct, takes a capital.
To the question whether Sparta should be inclosed with walls, Lycurgus made this answer: “That city is well fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick.”