Punctuation Practically Illustrated ...P.K. Simmons, 1906 - 192 pages |
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... complete sense when standing alone . The words the , a , or an , when used with a noun , are not supposed to constitute a phrase . * A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and the noun or pronoun that follows it . An adjective ...
... complete sense when standing alone . The words the , a , or an , when used with a noun , are not supposed to constitute a phrase . * A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and the noun or pronoun that follows it . An adjective ...
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... complete extraction of the mental and moral wealth latent in society . 7. - The little stars sat , one by one , Each on his golden throne . ABSOLUTE PHRASES . RULE X. - Absolute Phrases are set The Comma . - Phrases . 41 Sizes of Books ...
... complete extraction of the mental and moral wealth latent in society . 7. - The little stars sat , one by one , Each on his golden throne . ABSOLUTE PHRASES . RULE X. - Absolute Phrases are set The Comma . - Phrases . 41 Sizes of Books ...
Page 43
... complete the proposi- tion , from the remainder of the sentence . EXAMPLES . 1. - Regret for the past , grief at the present , and anxiety for the future , are plagues which affect the majority of mankind . 2. The world is still renewed ...
... complete the proposi- tion , from the remainder of the sentence . EXAMPLES . 1. - Regret for the past , grief at the present , and anxiety for the future , are plagues which affect the majority of mankind . 2. The world is still renewed ...
Page 44
... correlative clauses ; and a clause depending upon another and completing its meaning is called a dependent clause . See page 45 for examples of complex sentences . THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . A complex sentence consists of a Subject Clause.
... correlative clauses ; and a clause depending upon another and completing its meaning is called a dependent clause . See page 45 for examples of complex sentences . THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . A complex sentence consists of a Subject Clause.
Page 66
... complete , yet not sufficiently separated in sense to form an independent sentence . Two clauses , of which the former raises the expectation of the latter , or which express a com- parison or a contrast one with another , but with- out ...
... complete , yet not sufficiently separated in sense to form an independent sentence . Two clauses , of which the former raises the expectation of the latter , or which express a com- parison or a contrast one with another , but with- out ...
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Common terms and phrases
abbreviation adjective adverbs Apostrophe apposition ARABIC NUMBERS beauty begin with capital capital letters clauses or phrases colon Colossus of Rhodes comma complex sentence compound sentence conjunction is omitted connecting word correlative clauses Daniel Defoe dash death denote DEPENDENT CLAUSES DERIVATIVE WORDS dieresis ELLIPSIS ELLIPSIS OF NAMELY EXAMPLES exclamation mark exclamation point explanatory expression followed Greek Guillemet heart honor hyphen III.-Continued immortal imperative sentence inserted interjection Interrogation Point Jonathan Davidson Lake Forest University live Lord marks of parenthesis mind NOTE 1.-When NOTE.-If noun omission Paganini paragraph period philosopher Phrases are set placed portion preceded prefix ends printers pronoun proper names proposition punctuated question quotation marks Roman number RULE 1.-Continued RULE I.-PAGE RULE II.-The RULE III.-When semicolon separated by commas small letter syllables thee things personified thou tion TITLE-PAGES unto virtues vowel woodland brown writers written with capital
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Page 115 - Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach...
Page 71 - A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them; a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate or beg; and a. number of the like. But all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Page 175 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 56 - An hour passed on — the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!
Page 189 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 180 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 67 - All our conduct towards men should be influenced by this important precept " Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you.
Page 92 - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
Page 115 - Edward, lo! to sudden fate (Weave we the woof; The thread is spun;) Half of thy heart we consecrate. (The web is wove; The work is done.) — Stay, oh stay!
Page 112 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 'But not the praise...