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Date<br />

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Mechanics <strong>and</strong> Usage: Capitalization<br />

The following editorial is to appear in the morning edition of the Hugeville Post-News-<br />

Gazette. Unfortunately, the entire editorial <strong>and</strong> proofreading staff is home with the flu.<br />

Your job today is to correctly capitalize proper nouns <strong>and</strong> to lowercase common<br />

nouns. There are 40 errors in all. Make your corrections by putting a slanted line<br />

through the incorrect letter <strong>and</strong> writing in the correct one above.<br />

It came to my Attention monday that the belleville Town Board is going to<br />

permit the draining of lake veronica. The Citizens of that town, just Southwest<br />

of hugeville, have long complained to their Mayor that the Lake is an Eyesore.<br />

Instead of setting aside federal funds to clean it up, they are just going to make<br />

it disappear. Thomas penn, the noted hugeville real estate developer, has<br />

announced plans to drain the water from the lake, fill it in, <strong>and</strong> build the lake<br />

veronica mall on the site. He wants to finish by october.<br />

Local residents, led by dr. t. ree hugger, have said that this action is like the<br />

attempts to develop the area around walden pond in massachusetts. That<br />

Pond, as you will recall, was made famous by henry david thoreau in his book<br />

walden. The Developer has argued that the Lake holds no similar importance.<br />

But silent-movie buffs point out that the lake was used as the backdrop for the<br />

1921 film row, row, row your boat. They have taken steps to make the area<br />

around the lake a historic l<strong>and</strong>mark.<br />

<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> School Division<br />

It is the opinion of this editor that a Compromise needs to be reached. The<br />

Lake needs to be restored to its former condition—by Memorial day, I hope—<br />

without making it into a historic l<strong>and</strong>mark. And a new site has to be found for<br />

the Mall.<br />

<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong> Language Arts<br />

Grade 5, Unit 2, Nouns,<br />

pages 96–97<br />

At Home: Read the editorial page of a newspaper in your<br />

community. If you don’t follow the news, you may not<br />

underst<strong>and</strong> the issues. Note the capitalization of nouns.<br />

Critical Thinking<br />

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