 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Spellers - 1858 - 202 pages
...CAPITAL LETTERS. 1. The iirst word of every piece of writing should begin with a capital letter. 2. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter; as, The rose is beautiful. Is the lily beautiful? 3. The first word of every line of poetry should... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Spellers - 1869 - 166 pages
...CAPITAL LETTERS. 1. The first word of every piece of writing should begin with a capital letter. 2. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter ; as,. The rose is beautiful. Is the lily beautiful i CAPITAL LETTERS. mute, ftp, full. — 6 ask;... | |
 | William Swinton - English language - 1877 - 212 pages
...is falling. 2. The stars are distant. 3. The merry schoolboy whistles loudly. RULE FOE CAPITALS. — The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. NOTE. — A sentence is made up of words; but words thrown together nt random do not form a sentence... | |
 | M. F. Hyde - 1888 - 246 pages
...when my bosom was young; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, RULES FOR CAPITAL, LETTERS. I. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. n. A proper noun should begin with a capital letter; as, Herbert, London. NOTE. — When a proper name... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - English language - 1889 - 394 pages
...when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, RULES FOR CAPITAL LETTERS. I. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. n. A proper noun should begin with a capital letter; as, Herbert, London. NOTE. — When a proper name... | |
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf, Orville T. Bright - English language - 1889 - 244 pages
...last? What happens then? Are the leaves of any further use? Rules convenient for reference. Rule 1 — The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. Rule 2 — A period should be placed at the end of a complete statement ; as, This book is mine. Rule... | |
 | John P. Murphy - English language - 1890 - 280 pages
...written in italics. There are certain rules governing this arrangement. We will begin with capitals : 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. 2. The first word in every line of poetry should begin with a capital letter ; as, That music breathes... | |
 | Horace Sumner Tarbell - English language - 1891 - 330 pages
...in the terms punctuation and punctuate.^ The four most important rules of punctuation are : — 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. 2. Every declarative or imperative sentence should be followed by a period. 3. Every interrogative... | |
 | Harriet Louise Keeler, Emma C. Davis - English language - 1891 - 232 pages
...most commonly used, are placed here for convenient reference. RULES FOR THE USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. A sentence preceded by an introductory word or clause such as Resolved, Be it enacted, etc., begins... | |
 | English language - 1895 - 384 pages
...is an interrogation point (?) placed? An exclamation mark (!) is placed at the close of what kind ? The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. A declarative and an imperative sentence should end with a period. An interrogative sentence should... | |
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When this answer, which the teacher must exact, has been made by the child, "A capital letter, because the first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter," the teacher says, 
