Re: [PATCH 08/10] merge-strategies.txt: fix simple capitalization error

> On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 5:01 PM Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Elijah,
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Aug 2021, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
> >
> > > From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> > > index 7044afba362..b4429954480 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> > > @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ The `--rebase-merges` mode is similar in spirit to the deprecated
> > >  where commits can be reordered, inserted and dropped at will.
> > >  +
> > >  It is currently only possible to recreate the merge commits using the
> > > -`recursive` merge strategy; Different merge strategies can be used only via
> > > +`recursive` merge strategy; different merge strategies can be used only via
> >
> > I am not a native speaker, so I'm eager to learn what is the correct thing
> > to do here. In particular since I continued in lower-case after a
> > semicolon for _years_, right up until some native speaker mentioned that
> > that's only correct if I continue with an incomplete sentence. If a
> > complete sentence follows the semicolon, so the advice went, I should
> > start the sentence with an upper-case letter.
> >
> > Could you help me understand the correct rules here?
>
> First I've ever heard of it; I just presumed it was a typo.  I don't
> pretend to be an expert on such topics (and although native speakers
> may have an edge in knowing what "sounds natural", I tend to presume
> we are less likely to know the rules).  However, some quick internet
> searches suggest that different style guides differ on whether to
> follow a *colon* with a capital letter[1][2][3], but everything I can
> find suggests that *semicolons* should always be followed by a
> lowercase letter (with exceptions for proper nouns)[2][4][5][and
> others...].
>
> [1] http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/colonandsemi/colon
> [2] https://www.quora.com/Why-is-capitalization-necessary-after-a-semi-colon
> [3] https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/semi-colons-colons-and-dashes/
> [4] https://writeanswers.royalroads.ca/faq/199268
> [5] https://wordcounter.net/blog/2016/06/24/101812_capitalize-words-colon-semi-colon.html
>
> So, after reading through the above links, I'm fairly convinced that
> 'different' should be lowercase here.