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Response and Rationale for Writing Subtest Sample Question #73

Answer: The poet e e cummings is the best poet on Earth!

Rationale: Sentences must begin with a capital letter. The poet e e cummings (who really is a lot of fun, by the way) spelled his name and his poetry without capital letters or periods following his initials, so we need to follow his convention. Normally, of course, such a name would be written “E. E. Cummings.” “Earth” is the proper noun naming the planet on which we live, so it requires a capital as well.

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