11. Which of the following italicized words is correctly capitalized?
A. Jim must drive to the North to study the northern lights.
B. Mount mckinley is the tallest mountain in North America.
C. The most beautiful State is Hawaii.
[D. Marsha speaks excellent german.]
I disagree. One of the sentences is wrong.
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is A correct
Yes. A is correct.
To determine which of the italicized words is correctly capitalized in the given options, we need to understand the rules of capitalization.
In English, proper nouns, which are specific names of people, places, or things, are capitalized. Proper nouns include names, titles, specific locations, companies, and more.
Let's analyze each option:
A. Jim must drive to the North to study the northern lights.
- In this sentence, "North" and "northern" are not proper nouns. "North" is referring to a direction, not a specific location, and "northern" is an adjective describing the lights. Therefore, neither of them is correctly capitalized.
B. Mount mckinley is the tallest mountain in North America.
- Here, "mckinley" is written entirely in lowercase, which means it is not a proper noun. It should be capitalized as "McKinley" since it is the name of the mountain. Therefore, this option does not have the correctly capitalized word.
C. The most beautiful State is Hawaii.
- In this sentence, "State" and "Hawaii" are both correctly capitalized. "State" is capitalized because it is part of the formal name of a specific region within the United States, and "Hawaii" is capitalized because it is the name of a state. Thus, this option has the correctly capitalized words.
[D. Marsha speaks excellent german.]
- In this sentence, "german" is not capitalized. Since it refers to the language spoken in Germany, it should be capitalized as "German." Therefore, this option does not have the correctly capitalized word.
In conclusion, the correctly capitalized word is in option C: The most beautiful State is Hawaii. Both "State" and "Hawaii" are correctly capitalized.