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497.1 First Words

Capitalize the first word of every sentence and the first word in a direct quotation. Do not capitalize the first word in an indirect quotation.

The astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once said, “There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.”

(sentence with direct quotation)

Tyson noted that the best education of all is self-driven.

(sentence with indirect quotation)

“We are part of this universe; we are in this universe,” he pointed out, “but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.“