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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... SUMMARY OF CHAPTER I. Each word in the Name of a Person should begin with a capital letter. When an Initial is used instead of a name, it should be written as a capital and be followed by a period. Every Title added to a name should begin with a capital letter. If a title is abbreviated, a period should be placed after it. The words I and O should always be written as capital letters. Names of Places should begin with capitals. Names of Months should begin with a capital letter. Names of Days should begin with a capital letter. The day, month, and year when an event occurs are together called the Date of the event. The day of the week, the day of the month, and the year should be separated by commas. SUPPLEMENTARY WORK. 63. Oral Exercises. a. Give reasons for the use of capital letters in the following selections: i. The maple puts her corals on in May. 2. Mistress Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow ? 3. Till at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood. 4. Monday's child is fair of face. 5. O, listen, listen, ladies gay ! 6. Queen Victoria loved to stay at Balmoral Castle. b. The following was written by a young girl in a school in New York. Can you guess what she had in mind ? I belong to a large family. Some of my brothers are tall and some are short, some large and some small. Some are very noisy, others talk more quietly. A great many of us were born in a foreign country, but we all have the same facial expression and speak the same language. You will think that I have very bad manners when I tell you that I always keep my hands before my face, and never remove them under any circumstances. I am somewhat deformed, as one of my arms is longer than the other, but that does not hinder my usefulness. I am a person of great activity, always moving w...
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