Punctuation Practically Illustrated ...P.K. Simmons, 1906 - 192 pages |
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... Dash - Broken Sentence .. Dash - Change of Meaning . Dash - Ellipsis of Letters . 103 102 98 25 97 66 Dash - Ellipsis of Namely , " etc .. 10 Contents .
... Dash - Broken Sentence .. Dash - Change of Meaning . Dash - Ellipsis of Letters . 103 102 98 25 97 66 Dash - Ellipsis of Namely , " etc .. 10 Contents .
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Kate O'Neill. 66 Dash - Ellipsis of Namely , " etc .. Dash - Question and Answer .. Dash - Title and Subject Matter . Days of the Week ..... Declarative Sentence .. Dependent Clauses ... Dieresis ..... ELLIPSIS . Etymological Marks ...
Kate O'Neill. 66 Dash - Ellipsis of Namely , " etc .. Dash - Question and Answer .. Dash - Title and Subject Matter . Days of the Week ..... Declarative Sentence .. Dependent Clauses ... Dieresis ..... ELLIPSIS . Etymological Marks ...
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... Dash ( - ) The Parenthesis ( ) The Quotation ( " " ) The Apostrophe ( ' ) The Bracket [ ] There is also quite a large number of diacriti- cal , accentual , and reference marks , all interesting to the student and necessary for the ...
... Dash ( - ) The Parenthesis ( ) The Quotation ( " " ) The Apostrophe ( ' ) The Bracket [ ] There is also quite a large number of diacriti- cal , accentual , and reference marks , all interesting to the student and necessary for the ...
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... dash may be used with the comma . EXAMPLES . 1. - Energy and audacity will characterize all ruling men , -statesmen , formers , orators . generals , re- 2. The prospect before him is a sad one , — misery , pain and death . 3. The great ...
... dash may be used with the comma . EXAMPLES . 1. - Energy and audacity will characterize all ruling men , -statesmen , formers , orators . generals , re- 2. The prospect before him is a sad one , — misery , pain and death . 3. The great ...
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... dash . EXAMPLE . At the close of the meeting the president arose and said : - " Ladies and gentlemen , it is with ex- treme reluctance that I address you on this occasion , etc. " NOTE 2. - If the quotation is short and informal , the ...
... dash . EXAMPLE . At the close of the meeting the president arose and said : - " Ladies and gentlemen , it is with ex- treme reluctance that I address you on this occasion , etc. " NOTE 2. - If the quotation is short and informal , the ...
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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
Popular passages
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...