A Handbook of Composition. By Edwin D. Woolley. D. C. Heath, Boston.
Punctuation. With Chapters on Hyphenization, Capitalization and Spelling. By F. Horace Teale. Appleton & Co., New York.
QUESTIONS
As the subject matter of this book is such that many of the questions will serve only to bring out the accuracy of the pupil’s memory of rules it is very desirable that care should be taken to insure intelligent use and application of the rules. 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.