0

I was writing an essay for a school assignment, when I encountered a quote similar the following:

Nobody has encountered a black hole, because they're simply too far away to reach.

I then needed to write a sentence like the following:

"they're simply too far to reach" refers to how black holes are tens of thousands of light-years away at the nearest.

I then wondered if "they're" should be capitalized to say "They're" instead, because it's the first word in that sentence. Should it?

shreyasm-dev
  • 101
  • Also note that the sentences provided are not the actual sentences, just similar ones. – shreyasm-dev Oct 15 '20 at 01:37
  • 1
    I would capitalise it because otherwise it will look odd. One way to avoid the problem is to add a few words of introduction before the quote so that the quote is no longer at the start of the sentence. For instance you could say 《_In the quoted passage "they're simply too far away to reach" refers to the fact that black holes are thousands of light years away._》 – BoldBen Oct 15 '20 at 04:07
  • Related: Capitalization in quotations – livresque Oct 15 '20 at 04:28

0 Answers0