To be able to repeat a rule is of very little importance compared with the ability to apply it intelligently.
The instructor should give the pupils constant practice in the application of these rules.

This should consist of;-- (a) Study of passages taken from all kinds of printed matter.
(b) Rewriting of passages given out without capitalization.
In the first case a wide range of material should be used from the most carefully printed books to the most carelessly printed matter that can be found, including newspapers of varying excellence and pure advertising matter.

The capitalization found should be studied and explained by the rules and the criticisms or changes suggested justified in the same way.
In like manner in the second case every capital used in the rewritten text should be justified by the proper rule.
Without such exercises as these, the book will have comparatively little value.
1.

What is a capital letter?
2.

How many series of letters does an ordinary font of type contain?
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