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The Business Man's Encyclopedia: A Hip-pocket Business Counsellor ... - Page 242
1905
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Lessons in English: Adapted to the Study of American Classics : a Text-book ...

Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood - 1888 - 446 pages
...Sentence. — The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital. Rule 2. Lines of Poetry. — The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital. Rule 3. Direct Quotations. — - The first word of every direct quotation should begin with a capital....
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English Grammar

California. State Board of Education - 1888 - 306 pages
...All names of persons however used, titles of books, the principal words used as names of the Deity, and the first word of every line of poetry, should begin with capital letters. LETTER WRITING. CHAPTER XV. LETTER WRITING. [To the Teacher. — Very few of the pupils...
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Practical Lessons in the Use of English for Grammar Schools

Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 248 pages
...direct quotation should begin with a capital letter ; as, He replied, "Kindness -wins friends." XII. The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital letter ; as, — " The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The...
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Union Speller: Being a Clear and Complete Exhibition of English Orthography ...

Charles Walton Sanders - 1865 - 182 pages
...The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital ; as, Wisdom is belter than rubies. 2. The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital ; as, "Farewell my friends I farewell my foes I My peace with these, my love with those." — BCRNS....
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Elementary Lessons in English

Nelly Lloyd Knox-Heath - 1891 - 424 pages
...common noun is joined to a proper noun as part of the name, how should it be written ? EXERCISE 1. The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital letter. 1. Copy this poem : — CHRIST AND THE LITTLE ONES. 1. " The Master has come over Jordan," Said Hannah...
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Studies in English Composition: With Lessons in Language and Rhetoric

Harriet Louise Keeler, Emma C. Davis - 1891 - 232 pages
...truth is clear: Whatever is, is right. —Pope. Ask yourselves this question: Are you doing right? The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital. Proper nouns should begin with capital letters. Ex. Crawford Road, Prospect Street, Lake Erie, Cuyahoga...
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English Composition by Practice

Edward Richard Shaw - 1892 - 232 pages
...use of CAPITAL LETTERS, and tell why each capital is used on pages 1, 2, and 3. 1. First Words. — The first word of every sentence and the first word...every line of poetry should begin with a capital. 2. Proper Nouns, etc. — Proper nouns, words derived from them, and nouns used as proper names, should...
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English Composition by Practice

Edward Richard Shaw - 1892 - 226 pages
...use of CAPITAL LETTERS, and tell why each capital is used on pages 1, 2, and 3. 1. First Words.—The first word of every sentence and the first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital. 2. Proper Nouns, etc.—Proper nouns, tvords derived from them, and nouns used as proper names, should...
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English Composition by Practice

Edward Richard Shaw - 1892 - 228 pages
...LETTERS, and tell why each capital is used on pages 1, 2, and 3. 1. First Words. — The first word o/ every sentence and the first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital. 2. Proper Nouns, etc. — Proper nouns, words derived from them, and nouns used as proper names, should...
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Correct English

Lelia Hardin Bugg - 1895 - 364 pages
...sentence should begin with a capital. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Rule 2. Lines of poetry. The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital. Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence. — Tennyson. Rule...
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