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Question:

Sentence 6: On October 3, 1893, General Roy Stone, a civil war hero and good roads advocate, was appointed special agent in charge of the new Office of Road Inquiry (ORI) within the Department of Agriculture.
Which of the following changes should be made to CORRECT the capitalization ERROR in sentence 6?

A Change \u201Ccivil war\u201D to \u201CCivil War\u201D.
explanation

In order to correct the capitalization error in sentence 6, you would need to change \u201Ccivil war\u201D to \u201CCivil War.\u201D Events in history are capitalized; therefore, you would need to capitalize \u201CCivil War.\u201D You would not capitalize \u201Cspecial agent,\u201D as it is not being used with Roy Stone\u2019s name as part of his title (i.e. \u201CGeneral Roy Stone\u201D is capitalized because \u201CGeneral\u201D is used as part of his title). \u201COffice of Road Inquiry\u201D and \u201CDepartment of Agriculture\u201D are both titles and need to remain capitalized.

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