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Practice 15A: Capitalization. Type each word that should be capitalized.

1. Yes, linda lived in grand island, nebraska, on the shores of lake ponderosa.
2. The nation of israel crossed the red sea on dry ground.
3. While in california, we stopped at the redwood national park.
4. Our outing will be held at the lakeview amusement park on park street.
5. The country of romania is southwest of russia and north of the balkan peninsula.
6. The north carolina Museum of Art has one of the finest art collections.
7. The diomede islands lie in the bering strait between alaska and siberia.
8. When visiting dublin, ireland, you will want to see the monuments on o'connell street.
9. At the Geneva Conference, france granted independence to cambodia and laos.
10. My favorite holidays are thanksgiving and Christmas.

Practice 15B: Capitalization and End Marks. Type each sentence capitalizing correct words and add end
marks.

1. jim speaks french, spanish, and german
2. frank is a baptist, and john is a methodist; they are both christians
3. charles haddon spurgeon was one of the best british preachers of all time
4. some african and asian antelope have straight horns that are four fee long
5. we expect uncle tom and aunt alice to arrive tomorrow
6. did you brother david graduate from the ambassador international university of zambia
7. in thee, o lord, do i put my trust
8. many in the far east still believe in the false gods of pagan religions because they have
not heard about the son of god, jesus Christ
9. the book of obadiah in the bible contains only one chapter
10. his answers on the essay exam were very biblical

Practice 15C: Capitalization and End Marks. The following paragraph is missing punctuation and
capitalization.
Retype it correcting all missing punctuation and capitalization.

pastor edward taylor was one of the first great poets produced in the united states he was

born in england taylor came to america in 1688 he was suffering persecution in his
homeland he graduated from harvard university he became a pastor and physician in

westfield massachusetts his poetry was the best produced in America at the time his poems
are imaginative and filled with many illustrations pastor taylor produced his poetry in the

late 1600s it was not discovered and published until the 1930s he was not known for many
years he is now considered one of the best puritan poets

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