A because you have experience watching older adults
A. The phrase "tattered and fragile" modifies the word <em>book</em>.
The correct answer is the first word because it should always be capitalized, regardless of whether or not it normally would be.<span />
As a writer and reader I disagree with this. Perhaps if you are writing for a scientific journal or business report, long blocks of text can seem like you have a lot of info. Generally speaking, especially in fiction and non fiction i think unbroken pages of text will best case scenario bore a reader, worst case scenraio burden and overwhelm them with a lot of info so the feel daunted about continuing.