Hand-book of Punctuation: With Instructions for Capitalization, Letter-writing, and Proof-readingAmerican Book Company, 1878 - 127 pages |
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... fact , the author has aimed , — 1. To state such general rules as are recognized by most writers of good English . 2. To illustrate these rules by examples taken from many of our best English classics . 3. To give some of the ...
... fact , the author has aimed , — 1. To state such general rules as are recognized by most writers of good English . 2. To illustrate these rules by examples taken from many of our best English classics . 3. To give some of the ...
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... fact that the rules are wanting in clearness , and are not sufficiently illustrated by examples . The aim of this volume is to remedy , in some measure , these evils , and to secure more attention to what ought to be a prominent part of ...
... fact that the rules are wanting in clearness , and are not sufficiently illustrated by examples . The aim of this volume is to remedy , in some measure , these evils , and to secure more attention to what ought to be a prominent part of ...
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... consequently , 2. Phrases used parenthetically , — moreover , nevertheless , & c . in short , in fact , in reality , in truth , in a word , no doubt , of course , you know , as it were , & c . EXAMPLES . 1. " As an orator , indeed , 9.
... consequently , 2. Phrases used parenthetically , — moreover , nevertheless , & c . in short , in fact , in reality , in truth , in a word , no doubt , of course , you know , as it were , & c . EXAMPLES . 1. " As an orator , indeed , 9.
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... fact that the use and value of capitals has been subject to a rise and fall in the literary market , written productions during some centuries abounding in them , while in other centuries they have , in a great measure , been dis ...
... fact that the use and value of capitals has been subject to a rise and fall in the literary market , written productions during some centuries abounding in them , while in other centuries they have , in a great measure , been dis ...
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... than Dear Sir , & c . 3. To Friends or Relatives . Dear Friend , My dear Father , Dear Henry , & c . 4. To Business Firms or Corporate Bodies . Sirs , Gentlemen , Ladies . Salutations to Young Ladies . - Owing to the fact 92.
... than Dear Sir , & c . 3. To Friends or Relatives . Dear Friend , My dear Father , Dear Henry , & c . 4. To Business Firms or Corporate Bodies . Sirs , Gentlemen , Ladies . Salutations to Young Ladies . - Owing to the fact 92.
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215 Prospect 36 Madison St A. S. Barnes abbreviation Adrian apostrophe apposition Arpinum brackets business letters caret close colon comma commence with capitals compound word connected corrections dash is frequently Dead Letter Office Dear Sir definition Deity Dependent clauses diæresis diphthong divisions double marks draw a line envelope EXAMPLES exclamation point Father George Eliot given heading hyphen inclosed interrogation point introduced introductory words inverted italics kings Letter-form line immediately following Lord Madame margin married lady meaning mence Miss necessary nouns oration paragraph parenthesis parenthetical expressions parenthetical marks parenthetical words period person person's name preceded printed printer pronouns proof proof-readers properly punctuation marks quotation marks relative clause REMARKS RULE salutation semicolon sentence signature sloping line small letters sometimes tence things thou tion title and name town or village usually verb William K words and phrases words of respect written with small
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Page 37 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it— the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross* the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 64 - At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father : for so it seemed good in Thy sight.
Page 23 - Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.
Page 58 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
Page 29 - And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
Page 113 - YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope ; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.
Page 7 - If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
Page 114 - The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes, was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang the middle part.
Page 58 - There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night ; And Grief may bide, an evening guest, But Joy shall come with early light.
Page 11 - She was tumbled early, by accident or design, into a spacious closet of good old English reading, without much selection or prohibition, and browsed at will upon that fair and wholesome pasturage. Had I twenty girls, they should be brought up exactly in this fashion.