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Figure 9: Capital letters used correctly for proper nouns
2.5
2.0
Mean No.
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
G F E D C B A A*
Grade
2004 2007 2014
Figure 10: Capital letters omitted from proper nouns
1.4
1.2
1.0
Mean No.
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
G F E D C B A A*
Grade
2004 2007 2014
Figure 11: Capital letters used for non-proper nouns
3.0
2.5
Mean No.
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
G F E D C B A A*
Grade
2004 2007 2014
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