Paragraph Practice 3

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23. Capitalizing with colons, parentheses, and quotations

Paragraph Practice 3

In the following questions decide whether the word should or should not be capitalized.

Kennedy was the fourth president to be assassinated. ( __1__ (The/the) other three were Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.) Since Kennedy's assassination, questions about conspiracy have continued to haunt the country: __2__ (Did/did) Oswald act alone, or was he part of a conspiracy? A recent report concluded, "__3__ (The/the) mystery of Dealey Plaza will never be completely solved."

This activity contains 3 questions.

	The
	the

	Did
	did

	The
	the

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