Hand-book of Punctuation: With Instructions for Capitalization, Letter-writing, and Proof-readingAmerican Book Company, 1878 - 127 pages |
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... sentence by a comma . 2. But the comma should be omitted , when the relative clause is so closely connected with what precedes that it cannot be dropped without destroy- ing the sense . EXAMPLES . I. “ Men in a corner , who 7.
... sentence by a comma . 2. But the comma should be omitted , when the relative clause is so closely connected with what precedes that it cannot be dropped without destroy- ing the sense . EXAMPLES . I. “ Men in a corner , who 7.
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... sense . 2. Whenever parenthetical words and phrases readily coalesce with the rest of the sentence , it is better to omit punctuation marks ; as , “ I am therefore exceedingly unwil- ling that anything , however slight , which my ...
... sense . 2. Whenever parenthetical words and phrases readily coalesce with the rest of the sentence , it is better to omit punctuation marks ; as , “ I am therefore exceedingly unwil- ling that anything , however slight , which my ...
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... sense . See examples under Rule IV . b . Parenthetical expressions obstruct the flow of the sentence , but can not be omitted without either de- stroying the sense , or changing the meaning intended to be conveyed . See examples given ...
... sense . See examples under Rule IV . b . Parenthetical expressions obstruct the flow of the sentence , but can not be omitted without either de- stroying the sense , or changing the meaning intended to be conveyed . See examples given ...
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... sense or the construction , it should be inclosed in parenthetical marks . EXAMPLES . " Of all sound of all bells ( bells , the music nigh . est bordering heaven ) most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year ...
... sense or the construction , it should be inclosed in parenthetical marks . EXAMPLES . " Of all sound of all bells ( bells , the music nigh . est bordering heaven ) most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year ...
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... sense , and followed by a period . Sometimes a sentence has an interrogation or an exclamation point at its close ; as , — " For of the wholly common is man made , And custom is his nurse ! " - Schiller . 2. Any expression that is ...
... sense , and followed by a period . Sometimes a sentence has an interrogation or an exclamation point at its close ; as , — " For of the wholly common is man made , And custom is his nurse ! " - Schiller . 2. Any expression that is ...
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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
Popular passages
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.