\nThe O<\/u>nly use for the word capitO<\/u>l with an O<\/u> is when referring to the capitO<\/u>l<\/span><\/span> building\/buildings!<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nYep, you read that caption correctly! Contrary to what many people believe, capitOl does not refer to the head city, a good idea, or money invested. CapitOl Only refers to the capitOl building.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nHere is the rundown:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n1. Capitol<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> a. Only has one use that we widely implement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> b. Means the building or group of buildings in which the functions of government are carried out.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> c. Think. CapitOl Only means Office buildings for gOvernment–that is the Only meaning.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n2. Capital a. All other uses of capital are the a one\u2014capital is for all other uses. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> b. AL<\/span><\/b><\/u>L <\/span>other uses of capitol\/capital are the word capitAL.<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span> <\/span> c<\/span>. Adjectives 1) Upper case letter: capital letter 2) Chief or primary: capital idea or the capital (most important) thing for us to remember 3) Die by the court: capital punishment 4) Primary city: the capital city d<\/span>. Nouns 1) Stock of goods or income: to have capital in the bank 2) Capital used by itself for the city: go to the capital of the state (i.e. the city that is the capital–not the building–the capitol building).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nWatch the blog and Facebook page tomorrow for a quiz over this Wacky Word pair–and over last week‘s vane, vein, and vain! Better start studying!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Only use for the word capitOl with an O is when referring to the capitOl building\/buildings! Yep, you read that caption correctly! Contrary to what many people believe, capitOl does not refer to the head city, a good idea, or money invested. CapitOl Only refers to the capitOl building. Here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[628,640,82,632,183],"tags":[180,163,201,176,173],"yoast_head":"\n
WORDY WEDNESDAY: Capitol vs. Capital - Character Ink<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n