Part 18 (1/2)

RULES FOR THE USE OF CAPITALS

RULE I--OF BOOKS

When particular books are mentioned by their nain with capitals, and the other letters are small; as, ”Pope's Essay on Man”--”the Book of Common Prayer”--”the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments” [104]

RULE II--FIRST WORDS

The first word of every distinct sentence, or of any clause separately nuin with a capital; as, ”Rejoice everive thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you Quench not the Spirit Despise not prophesyings Prove all things: hold fast that which is good”--_1 Thess_, v, 16--21

”14 He has given his assent to their acts of pretended legislation: 15 _For_ quartering large bodies of ar them, by aoff our trade with all parts of the world: 18 _For_ i taxes on us without our consent:” &c

_Declaration of American Independence_

RULE III--OF THE DEITY

All names of the Deity, and soin with capitals; as, ”God, Jehovah, the Al, Divine Providence, the Messiah, the Comforter, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, the Lord of Sabaoth”

”The hope ofto Thee”--_Moore_

RULE IV--PROPER NAMES

Proper nain with capitals; as, ”Saul of Tarsus, Siland, London, the Strand, the Thao and the Argonauts”

RULE V--OF titLES

titles of office or honour, and epithets of distinction, applied to persons, begin usually with capitals; as, ”His Majesty William the Fourth, Chief Justice Marshall, Sir Matthew Hale, Dr Johnson, the Rev Dr

Chalmers, Lewis the Bold, Charles the Second, Jaer, Noah Webster, Jun, Esq”

RULE VI--ONE CAPITAL

Those coy incline to a union of their parts without a hyphen, should be so written, and have but one capital: as, ”Eastport, Eastville, Westborough, Westfield, Westtown, Whitehall, Whitechurch, Whitehaven, Whiteplains, Mountmellick, Mountpleasant, Germantown, Germanflats, Blackrock, Redhook, Kinderhook, Newfoundland, Statenland, Newcastle, Northcastle, Southbridge, Fairhaven, Dekalb, Deruyter, Lafayette, Macpherson”

RULE VII--TWO CAPITALS

The co of a naeneral analogy of other siests a separation under two; as, ”The chief mountains of Ross-shi+re are Ben Chat, _Benchasker_, Ben Golich, Ben Nore, Ben Foskarg, and Ben Wyvis”--_Glasgow Geog_, Vol ii, p 311

Write _Ben Chasker_ So, when the word _East, West, North_, or _South_, as part of a nauishes a place by contrast, we have generally separate words and two capitals; as, ”East Greenwich, West Greenwich, North Bridgewater, South Bridgewater, New Jersey, New Hampshi+re”

RULE VIII--COMPOUNDS

When any adjective or common noun is ht to begin with a capital; as, ”The United States, the Argentine Republic, the Peak of Teneriffe, the Blue Ridge, the Little Pedee, Long Island, Jersey City, Lower Canada, Green Bay, Gretna Green, Land's End, the Gold Coast”