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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help me pls Which answer corrects the error in capitalization? The ancient Olympic Games were held in honor of zeus. A. Ancient B. Zeus C. olympic D. games

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you have any guesses?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

b or c

OpenStudy (leahhhmorgannn):

Well, zeus is a name and a proper noun...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You're right, it has to be Zeus. It can't be Olympic because it is the name of a competition.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

C.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Its B

OpenStudy (anonymous):

cause Olympia is a state and it should be capitalized

OpenStudy (anonymous):

btw i wasn't correcting you @SavineTwist

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ik

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It's definitely not C. Not capitalizing Olympic would make the sentence incorrect. It's Zeus because, like morgan said, it is a name and a proper noun.

OpenStudy (leahhhmorgannn):

It's B, I'm 99.99% sure.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

why do u think its B. @leahhhmorgannn

OpenStudy (leahhhmorgannn):

As I mentioned before, Zeus is a proper noun and a name. Therefore, according my English education, it's B.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

"Supreme god of the Olympians, Zeus was the father of Perseus and Heracles, the latter of whom once wrestled him to a draw."

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it wasnt asking for a proper noun though

OpenStudy (leahhhmorgannn):

and, as we've mentioned before, not capitalizing Olympics would make the sentence incorrect.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

^, it is asking to correct the ERROR in capitalization.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh.... -facepalms face- im stuped....

OpenStudy (leahhhmorgannn):

it's okay, we all make mistakes lol. the good part is you realized your mistake.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no, you're not. you just made a mistake lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no im stuped...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its b

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its wrong its ancitent

OpenStudy (leahhhmorgannn):

Well, if ancient was included on the Olympic name...then yeah, that'd be right. Sorry about that. Guess I didn't even consider that option.

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