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Unit 11, Capitalization 213

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Unit 11: Capitalization

Lesson 63

Capitalizing Sentences, Quotations, and Salutations I

To capitalizemeans to begin a word with a capital letter. Capitalize the first word

of every sentence.

This assignment is due early next week.

The first word of a direct quotation is capitalized if the quotation is a complete

sentence.

Mrs. Crawford said, “Start with the dictionary.”

Sometimes other words interrupt a direct quotation. Do not capitalize the

beginning of the second part of an interrupted quotation unless the second part

begins a new sentence.

“Start with the dictionary,” said Mrs. Crawford, “where you can find a lot of

useful facts.”

“Start with the dictionary,” said Mrs. Crawford. “You can find a wealth of

useful facts in the dictionary.”

Exercise 1 Draw three lines under each lowercase letter that should be capitalized.

Write C in the blank if the sentence is correct.

“do you know,” asked Mrs. Crawford, “anybody in history named Webster?”

C 1.“Daniel Webster,” answered Mark, “lived a long time ago.”

2.“yes, he did,” responded the teacher. “do you know another Webster?”

3.“I do,” ventured Tasha. “did he write Webster’s Dictionary?”

4.the other students did not add anything to the discussion.

5.everyone knew a project was waiting to be assigned.

6.“who wants to research dictionaries?” thought Arnoldo. “i certainly don’t.”

C 7.Noah, however, thought that words were interesting to study.

C 8.“I want everyone to look in an encyclopedia,” said Mrs. Crawford.

9. she suggested topics such as “dictionary,” “lexicographer,” and “Noah Webster.”