: Format for capitalizing quotes Do you have to capitalize the second part of a dialogue if the second part is separated from the first. â€œBehind every great fortune,â€ he said as he started

Do you have to capitalize the second part of a dialogue if the second part is separated from the first.
â€œBehind every great fortune,â€ he said as he started to zip up his jacket, â€œis a great crime. Do you capitalize is?

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@Eichhorn147

The capitals are yours â€” they belong to your sentence, not the speakerâ€™s sentence. So your sentence is capitalized correctly.

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@Caterina108

This is a question for english.stackexchange.com . But the answer is no. When you are continuing a quote, as long as it doesn't begin the sentence or begin the quote, you do not capitalize it.

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: Format for capitalizing quotes Do you have to capitalize the second part of a dialogue if the second part is separated from the first. â€œBehind every great fortune,â€ he said as he started

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