POLISCI 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Verbosity, United States Constitution
21 Jun 2018
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Grammar Lecture Rules 8 & 9
Rule 8: Capitalization
●What to capitalize:
-Amendments to constitution
-Constitution itself as long as it’s the specific document
i) Examples:
a) The nation is voting on forming a constitution.
b) We have changed the United States Constitution over the past 200
years.
-Regions
i) Examples:
a) Northeast, Midwest
ii) BUT make sure not to capitalize directions
-Specific court
i) Examples:
a) Supreme Court, 9th Circuit Court
-Congress, Senate, House of Reprisentatives
-President
i) BUT only the position
ii) Examples:
a) We really need a good president.
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Document Summary
Constitution itself as long as it"s the specific document: examples, the nation is voting on forming a constitution, we have changed the united states constitution over the past 200 years. Regions: examples, northeast, midwest, but make sure not to capitalize directions. Specific court: examples, supreme court, 9th circuit court. President: but only the position, examples, we really need a good president, the president vetoed the bill. Examples: bad: i ran the last mile panting and out of breath, good: i ran the last mile out of breath, *there is no need to write panting and out of breath. Examples: bad: our last client, sitting in the waiting room, is a wealthy client, good: our last client, sitting in the waiting room, is wealthy, *there"s no need to say client twice. Avoid phrases like: i feel, i think, etc. These phrases are different than phrases like i assert, i claim etc.
