 | John Turner (of Brighton.) - 1843 - 116 pągines
...of four or more syllables ; as, ba-rom-e-ter, ge-ogra-phi-cal. Five Rules for the use of Capitals. 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital. 2. All names of the Deity ; as, God, Jehovah. 3. Titles of office, or honor, and proper names of every... | |
 | George King (of Upper Holloway.) - 1854 - 94 pągines
...noun with a capital. But this practice, which was neither useful nor ornamental, is now discontinued. 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital. 2. The same rule applies to the appellations of the Deity ; as, God, Jehovah, the Supreme Being, &c.... | |
 | 1889 - 160 pągines
...complete syllable, and the hyphen is used at the end of the line to connect the separated parts. USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS. 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital. 2. All proper nouns, and adjectives derived from them, should begin with capitals. 3. Titles of office,... | |
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf, Orville T. Bright - 1889 - 244 pągines
...gold 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... | |
 | John P. Murphy - 1890 - 280 pągines
...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... | |
 | Horace Sumner Tarbell - 1891 - 332 pągines
...included 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... | |
 | Franklin Reinhardt Heath - 1896 - 298 pągines
...trenchant 95. truculent 96. tyro 97. vampire 98. vignette 99. vitreous 100. wroth CAPITALIZATION. Rule 1. — The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. Rule 2. — Every proper noun, or individual name, should be capitalized. Rule 3. — The pronoun... | |
 | Rebecca Smith Pollard - 1897 - 238 pągines
...cross bless kill fuss chill press quaff ebb doff pass dress gloss DICTATION EXEECISE. Instruction. — (1) The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. (2) Place a period (.) at the end of every sentence which is not a question or an exclamation.... | |
 | Sara Elizabeth Husted Lockwood, Mary Alice Emerson - 1901 - 490 pągines
...Special rules for capital letters. The following are the most common rules for the use of capitals. 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital. 2. The first word of every line of poetry should begin with a capital. 3. The first word of every direct... | |
 | William Franklin Webster - 1903 - 346 pągines
...LETTERS. Several rules for the use of capital letters have been learned. Among them are these : — 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. 2. The words I and O are always written with capital letters. 3. The first word of every verse... | |
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REFERENCE. 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter. 
