Essentials of English (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...from which they are derived. Examples.--Our English friends. He had "Frenchy" ways. The Victorian literature. A Utopian scheme. The Monroe doctrine. The Republican candidate. Some adjectives not closely relaied to the proper noun from which they are derived are not capitalized. Examples.--It was a quixotic adventure. A china cup. Our guinea fowls. A maltese cat. A newfoundland dog. The germansilver spoons. A morocco pocketbook. Verbs and other parts of speech derived from proper nouns are not usually capitalized. Examples.--boycott, christianize, gerrymander. Case 8.--The pronoun, I, and the interjection, O. NOTE.--The interjection, oh, is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence. Case 9.--To add importance to a word or idea. Examples.--This, sirs, is a Nation All this we owe to Education. EXERCISE IN CAPITALIZING. 113 Case 10.--Many abbreviations, chiefly those of words or phrases that are proper nouns, or titles, etc. Examples.--A. M. ante meridiem), M. D. (Doctor of Medicine), Gen. (Genesis). NOTE.--Some abbreviations of common nouns are capitalized; as, No. (number), Q. (question). EXERCISE. Write from memory the Cases requiring capitals, and give an example of your own illustrating each Case. LESSON 2--Review. EXERCISE. Write, in the order of their occurrence, all of the capitalized words in the following exercise, and write after each word the number of the Case that justifies its capitalization. Write the words in vertical columns, thus: --0(8). Pacific (3). Providence (6). The (1), etc. 1. The appearance of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic" placed Motley at once in the front rank of American historians. 2. And I said, "O Tree take me unto thy arms " 3. We saw Indians driving a drove of Texan cattle. 4. Slowly the old...