: Scrivener 3 capitalization issue with dialogue tags I just a typed this piece of diaglogue in Scrivener 3.0.2 (1504) “Certainly.”, she replied cheerfully and vanished. Scrivener is auto-correcting/auto-captializing

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I won't repeat what's already been said in terms of what you're typing being a mistake in punctuation.

But what you can do (although I would advise against it since it's helping to identify a problem) is to turn off Scrivener's Fix capitalization of sentences option, under the Corrections > Auto-Capitalization section. (On the Windows 3 beta anyway.)

That would stop the kind of correction you've identified from happening. However, it would also stop it from automatically capitalizing the first letter in any sentence that's typed in lowercase.

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Stick with either the American or the British way for dealing with punctuation around quotations marks.

American style puts commas and periods within double quotations marks (style.mla.org; blog.apastyle.org):

“Certainly,” she replied cheerfully and vanished.

Using a period within the quotation marks would indicate an end of the sentence in American style. That's why Scrivener is auto-capitalizing.

British style puts commas and periods outside single quotation marks:

'Certainly', she replied cheerfully and vanished.

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Because “certainly.”, is incorrect. It’s either a period or a comma—not both.

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