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- LESSON 7 PERSONS
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- Use capital letters to identify specific persons or groups:
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- 1. People's names, nicknames, or initials -> Harry S. Truman, Madonna, FDR.
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- 2. People organizations ->
- American Civil Liberties Union, Boy Scouts, MADD
- Phi Beta Kappa, Kiwanis, Methodist's Mens Club,
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- 3. Adjectives derived from people groups (nationality, religion, race, or
- origin) ->
- French, Lutheran, Caucasian, Swiss, Republican
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- 4. Titles (professional, business, or governmental) which PRECEDE the
- name -> Captain Queeg, Chairman Mao, King Arthur, General Howe
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- 5. Titles of high-ranking officials USED IN PLACE Of a name; that is, the
- name is understood ->
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- The President's (of the U.S.) helicopter..., I asked the King (Fahd)...
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- 6. Holy people -> John the Baptist, the Apostles, Christ, Buddah
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- The capital letter alerts the reader that this word is used to refer
- to something more specific than if it were not capitalized.
- Words used to identify a particular person or group are capitalized.
- (Harry, Fred, and Joe joined the Boy Scouts but I did not.)
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- Our first five Presidents were: George Washington, John Adams, Thomas
- Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. Do you know the sixth?
- {Here, "Presidents" is a short form of The Presidents of the U.S.}
- {Being a high ranking title, it is capitalized.}
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- Do you know what the initials represent here: FDR, John F. Kennedy,
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon? Our sixth President
- had the initial Q. in his name.
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- "FDR" stands for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The others initials are
- for David (Eisenhower), Fitzgerald (Kennedy), and Milhouse (Nixon).
- John Quincy Adams was our sixth President.
- Remember these initials must be capitalized!
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- My friend claimed that he was not a "joiner"; he used this
- to explain his not being a Phi Beta Kappa!
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- Before gaining the title of Mr. President, some of the presidents had
- other titles: General Eisenhower, Senator Kennedy, and Vice-President
- Nixon.
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- The conversion of Saul of Tarsus to become the Apostle Paul marks
- a major turning point in Christianity.
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- It was many and many a year ago,
- In a kingdom by the sea,
- That a maiden lived, whom you may know
- By the name of Annabel Lee;
- (Source: "Annabel Lee", poem, Edgar Allan Poe)
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- We all do extol thee, Thou leader triumphant,
- And pray that Thou still our Defender will be.
- Let Thy congregation escape tribulation;
- Thy name be ever praised! Oh Lord, make us free!
- (Source: "We Gather Together", hymn)
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