Direction. Illustrate the use of each word. The words are arranged alphabetically to aid in consulting the dictionary. PART II 81. Capital Letters-Rules Begin with a capital letter -The first word of (1) a sentence, (2) a line of poetry, (3) a direct quotation making complete sense. Begin with capital letters — (4) Proper names, titles used with them, and words formed from them, (5) names of things personified, (6) names of the months of the year and the days of the week, (7) names of the Deity, (8) principal words in the titles of books, essays, etc. (9) The words I and O, and Write in capital letters – Examples. (1, 2) The Lord my pasture shall prepare, Addison. (3) Solomon says, "How forcible are right words!" (4) Dr. O. W. Holmes, Boston, Mass. American, English. (5) Jocund Day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain top. (6) Monday, January. (7) Most High, Creator. (8) Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico, My Walk to School. (9) Then I cried, “O father!" (10) Henry VIII., Louis XVI. To the Teacher. Select exercises and require the pupils to give reasons for the use of capitals. Let them write original sentences illustrating the rules above. Punctuation To the Teacher. By the copying required in Part I., the pupil has become familiar with the more common marks of punctuation. We should give but few formal rules until some progress has been made in the analysis of sentences. Let the pupil give general reasons for the use of marks met with in copying and for those used in his original sentences. |