Hand-book of Punctuation: With Instructions for Capitalization, Letter-writing, and Proof-readingAmerican Book Company, 1878 - 127 pages |
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... give some of the differences in usage that exist even among the best of writers . It is 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 ...
... give some of the differences in usage that exist even among the best of writers . It is 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 ...
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... give a pupil a rule to learn , unless it is clearly founded upon examples taken from what he himself has written . 2. Take , at first , the simplest , most frequently used , and most readily understood rules . 3. Advance slowly ...
... give a pupil a rule to learn , unless it is clearly founded upon examples taken from what he himself has written . 2. Take , at first , the simplest , most frequently used , and most readily understood rules . 3. Advance slowly ...
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... give up their dead . " - Macaulay . It will be easily seen that clauses will be more readily recognized with the eye , and more easily comprehended , if they are separated from each other by punctuation marks . This will be especially ...
... give up their dead . " - Macaulay . It will be easily seen that clauses will be more readily recognized with the eye , and more easily comprehended , if they are separated from each other by punctuation marks . This will be especially ...
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... , " The world generally gives its admiration , not to the man who does what nobody else even attempts to do , but to the man who does best what multitudes do well . " -Macaulay . If , however , a finite verb immediately precedes the 21.
... , " The world generally gives its admiration , not to the man who does what nobody else even attempts to do , but to the man who does best what multitudes do well . " -Macaulay . If , however , a finite verb immediately precedes the 21.
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... give it life ; to mould an intelligence and instil truth therein is still more beautiful . ” — Hugo . " There are on every subject a few leading and fixed ideas ; their tracks may be traced by your own genius as well as by reading ...
... give it life ; to mould an intelligence and instil truth therein is still more beautiful . ” — Hugo . " There are on every subject a few leading and fixed ideas ; their tracks may be traced by your own genius as well as by reading ...
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Common terms and phrases
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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