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- LESSON 8 PLACES
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- Use capital letters to identify specific places:
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- 1. A POLITICAL (man-made) geographical division and any accompanying
- generic term (e.g. city, county, commonwealth) included in the name ->
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- Japan, Utah, New York City, Dade County, Virginia Commonwealth
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- 2. A PHYSICAL geographical division and any accompanying generic term
- included in the name (e.g. ocean, street, avenue) ->
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- Middle East, Yukon Territory, Lake Huron, Walden Pond, Indian Ocean
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- 3. Names of streets, avenues, trails ->
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- Park Avenue, Bourbon Street, the Wilderness Trail
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- 4. Names of parks, land marks, well-known public places ->
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- Central Park, Lincoln Memorial, Chrysler Building, Plymouth Rock
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- 5. Popular alternative names for places -> The Eternal City, Tinsel Town
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- The capital letter alerts the reader to the intended meaning of the word:
- I saw Buffalo (the city) from the airplane.
- I saw buffalo (the animals) from the airplane.
- Are there buffalo in Buffalo?
- Capitalization does make a difference!
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- The Andes Mountains extend over 5000 miles along the Pacific
- Ocean.
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- Belfast is the largest city and the major port of Northern
- Ireland.
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- When do you capitalize the word "capital"? I drove to the Capital
- to visit my representative. (The use here means a specific city
- and depends on the understanding between writer and reader.) The
- capital of a state may not be the largest city in the state.
- (Here, the use means any capital in general.)
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- Do you know the capital city of South Dakota? of Maine? of New
- Mexico? If you answered Pierre, Augusta, and Santa Fe you would
- be correct.
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- We tour The Wharf whenever we visit San Francisco.
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- Ancient Rome is often called the "City of Seven Hills"
- because it was built on seven hills so it could be better
- defended.
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- The Oregon Trail extended from Missouri to Oregon.
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- From the Halls of Montezuma
- To the shores of Tripoli,
- We will fight our countries battles
- On the land as on the sea.
- (Source: "The Marines Hymn")
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