CAPITALS. The following words should begin with capitals. 1st, The first word of every book, chapter, lettes, paragraph, &c. 2d, The first word after a period, and frequently after the notes of interrogation and exclamation. 3d, The names of the Deity: as, God, Jehovah, the Supreme Being, &c. 4th, Proper names of persons, places, ships, &c. 5th, Adjectives derived from the proper names of places as, Grecian, Roman, English, &c. 6th, The first word of an example, and of a quota❤ tion in a direct form: as, "Always remember this ancient maxim; Know thyself.' 7th, The first word of every line in Poetry. 8th, The pronoun I, and the interjection Ó!.. 9th, Words of particular importance as, the Reformation, the Restoration, the Revolution. APPENDIX; · Containing EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY, IN PARSING, IN SYNTAX, AND IN PUNCTUATION. PART I. EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY A sprigg of mirtle. The lilly of the valley. Newington peeches. A pidgeon pye. The Portugal mellon. Red and white rasberries. The gras is green. A pair of scizzars. * The erroneous spelling is to be rectified by Dr. John=" son's Dictionary-For the propriety of exhibiting erroneous Exercises in Orthography, see the Advertisement to the Eleventh edition of the English Exercises. Lisbon orranges. The wheat harvest. A beautifull scene. A straight gate. A disagreable journy. A silver bodken. A box of waifers. The pint of a sword. A clean flore. An affectionnate parent. An oblidging behaivour. Avoid extreams. Never decieve. Knowledge inlarges the mind. To acquire it is a great priviledge. The school encreases. Murmering winds. Enquire before you re solve. Be not affraid to do what is right. Preserve your honor. WHAT part of speech? 1. An article. What kind? Why? able. 2. A substantive. Commen or proper? What Gender? Number? Case? Why? 3. An adjective. What degree of Comparison? To what does it belong? Why an adjective? 4. A pronoun. What kind?. Person? Gender ? Number? Case? Why? 5. A verb. What kind? Mood? Tense? Number? Person? Why? If a participle, Why? Active or passive? 6. An adverb. Why is it an adverb ? 7. A preposition. Why a preposition? 8. A conjunction. Why? 9. An interjection. Why? SECT. II. Specimen of Etymological Parsing. Hope animates us. Hope is a common substantive of the third person, |