Quotations
Q. I’m confused by the last paragraph in section 11.63, which covers capitalization of quoted material. Is it saying that it is okay to begin a quote with an ellipsis followed by a lowercase letter (thereby retaining the original case)?
A. Yes, but only if the writer is determined to use the rigorous method of quoting usually reserved for legal and linguistic texts. There are some contexts where readers must be able to tell whether a word was capped or not, or whether it began a sentence. Most writing is not of this nature, however, and Chicago editors generally avoid beginning quotations with ellipses.
