A Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors, Printers ... and for the Use of Schools ... With an Appendix, Containing Rules on the Use of Capitals ... EtcPotter, Ainsworth, & Company, 1871 - 334 Seiten |
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... written or printed language , and commonly represents the shortest pause in reading or delivery . REMARK S. a . Agreeably to the principles contended for in the Introduction , it will be noticed that the comma is here said , not to mark ...
... written or printed language , and commonly represents the shortest pause in reading or delivery . REMARK S. a . Agreeably to the principles contended for in the Introduction , it will be noticed that the comma is here said , not to mark ...
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... written language , by keeping the members of sentences from running into each other , and producing ambiguity ; but , when we regard them as guides to pronunciation , they fail us at almost every step . " RULE I. Two Words , of the same ...
... written language , by keeping the members of sentences from running into each other , and producing ambiguity ; but , when we regard them as guides to pronunciation , they fail us at almost every step . " RULE I. Two Words , of the same ...
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... WRITTEN . Write the following sentences , and punctuate those only which , agreeably to the Remarks , should have commas : --- An ellipsis or omission of words is found in all kinds of composi- tion . ( Remarks d and i . ) How many a ...
... WRITTEN . Write the following sentences , and punctuate those only which , agreeably to the Remarks , should have commas : --- An ellipsis or omission of words is found in all kinds of composi- tion . ( Remarks d and i . ) How many a ...
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... , the bright waves flash along . A benevolent man is very much esteemed , respected . Fallen , fallen , is the mighty Babylon ! EXERCISE TO BE WRITTEN . In writing the following sentences TWO WORDS NOT CONJOINED . 35.
... , the bright waves flash along . A benevolent man is very much esteemed , respected . Fallen , fallen , is the mighty Babylon ! EXERCISE TO BE WRITTEN . In writing the following sentences TWO WORDS NOT CONJOINED . 35.
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... WRITTEN . In writing the following sentences , punctuate those words only which require commas , in accordance with the second Rule and the Remarks : -- The young shepherd promised to buy me a pretty brown ribbon . ( Remark f . ) The ...
... WRITTEN . In writing the following sentences , punctuate those words only which require commas , in accordance with the second Rule and the Remarks : -- The young shepherd promised to buy me a pretty brown ribbon . ( Remark f . ) The ...
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abbreviated accent according adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty beginning capital letter character Christian clause colon comma composition compositor compound conjunction dash denoting distinguished divine earth ellipsis English language example exclamation exhibiting expression feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent happiness heart heaven human hyphen imperfect tense inserted Italics JOHN JAMES TAYLER Julius Cæsar Knight of St language margin marks of parenthesis mind mode of punctuation moral nature notes of interrogation nouns occur omission omitted ORAL EXERCISES paragraph parenthetical passage philosopher placed portion preceding prefixed preposition principles printers pron pronoun pronunciation proof-reader proof-sheet proper names racter reference relative pronoun Remark d Remark g rhetorical Rule Rule II SECT semicolon separated small letters Society sometimes soul spirit syllable thee things thou thought thousand anc tion truth verb verse virtue vocative voice vowel writers written or printed
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 172 - When Jesus heard that, he said ; This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
Seite 77 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Seite 53 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Seite 21 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Seite 139 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy impart.
Seite 88 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Seite 158 - Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Seite 159 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Seite 97 - 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.
Seite 173 - For I say unto you, that unto every one which hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.