Hand-book of Punctuation: With Instructions for Capitalization, Letter-writing, and Proof-readingAmerican Book Company, 1878 - 127 pages |
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... frequently asserted that even good writers differ so much in their use of punctuation marks that it is impossible to lay down any general rules , and that it is better for each one to consult his own taste and judgment . With equal ...
... frequently asserted that even good writers differ so much in their use of punctuation marks that it is impossible to lay down any general rules , and that it is better for each one to consult his own taste and judgment . With equal ...
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... frequently used , and most readily understood rules . 3. Advance slowly , remembering that a few simple prin- ciples clearly understood , are of much more practical benefit than a number of misty rules hastily committed to memory . In ...
... frequently used , and most readily understood rules . 3. Advance slowly , remembering that a few simple prin- ciples clearly understood , are of much more practical benefit than a number of misty rules hastily committed to memory . In ...
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... frequently connected by and , or , nor , but . 2. When the clauses are short and closely united , the comma may be omitted ; as , " Death had lost its terrors and pleasure its charms . ” 3. When the clauses are long and divided into ...
... frequently connected by and , or , nor , but . 2. When the clauses are short and closely united , the comma may be omitted ; as , " Death had lost its terrors and pleasure its charms . ” 3. When the clauses are long and divided into ...
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... frequently separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma . EXAMPLES . " In everything that relates to science , I am a whole Encyclopædia behind the rest of the world . " -Lamb . " In all unhappy marriages I have seen , the great ...
... frequently separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma . EXAMPLES . " In everything that relates to science , I am a whole Encyclopædia behind the rest of the world . " -Lamb . " In all unhappy marriages I have seen , the great ...
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... frequently preceded by a comma ; as , " Tacitus says of Agricola , that he governed his family , which many find to be a harder task than to govern a province . ” — Arthur Helps . 3. When single words or a part of a sentence are quoted ...
... frequently preceded by a comma ; as , " Tacitus says of Agricola , that he governed his family , which many find to be a harder task than to govern a province . ” — Arthur Helps . 3. When single words or a part of a sentence are quoted ...
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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.