You are probably wondering, “why is this so? Surely the soil is the same wherever you go!”
Is this grammatically correct? Or should quotes not be used here?
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Grammar has nothing to do with punctuation or spelling or capitalization. Those are merely writing. – tchrist Aug 16 '22 at 14:11
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Apologies, I meant punctuation! – Dozl Aug 16 '22 at 16:06
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If you quote the actual question that the person is asking themself, as you do here, it's fine to use quotation marks (only why should have a capital letter).
If you don't quote, it would be
You are probably wondering why this is so.
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CMOS is often happy to drop the capitalisation (along with the inverted commas) for internal dialogue. I prefer italicisation, with capitalisation. – Edwin Ashworth Aug 16 '22 at 19:04