Illustrated Lessons in Composition and Rhetoric (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... RULES IN GRAMMAR AND DICTION CAPITALIZATION No detail of form perplexes publishers more at present than does capitalization. The tendency is to use fewer capitals than formerly, but publishers are not agreed regarding the capitalization of many constructions. Some definite rules will be given, in regard to which there is little or no disagreement; and the student's attention will be called to some usages regarding which there is disagreement. First Words 1. Use a capital letter at the beginning of a. Every sentence. b. Every line of poetry. c. Every direct quotation, except partial quotations from which the first part of the sentence is omitted, as in the following: --He asked, "Why are you here?" Let us, too, hope for rest when we have "crost the bar." d. Every resolution, toast, or similar expression formally introduced. Examples: --Eesolved, That more attention should be given to the study of composition. My Country: May she be ever right. e. Every member of a series of sentences. Example: --We may now ask, Who was Henry Clay? What was his life work? and, What will be his influence upon government in the future? /. Every member of a series of expressions that are separately paragraphed. This discussion of the punctuation of " First Words" is an example. Proper Names 2. Capitalize: --a. Proper names; e.g. George Washington, Ohio. b. Divine names; e.g. God, Saviour, Providence. c. Pronouns referring to Divinity; e.g. He, Thy. d. Adjectives derived from proper names of places and persons, unless much use has caused them to lose the association; e.g. French, Spenserian, arabesque. The General Term with Proper Names 3. Such general words as river, street, county, and school, when used with the names of particular places or things, have usually...