A Treatise on Grammatical Punctuation: Designed for Letter Writers, Authors, Printers, and Correctors of the Press : and for the Use of Academies and Schools |
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... exceptions , would partake more of the petulance of presumption , than of the candour of true criticism . There are numerous masterpieces of composition , in which the writer , the compositor , and the corrector of the press , have ...
... exceptions , would partake more of the petulance of presumption , than of the candour of true criticism . There are numerous masterpieces of composition , in which the writer , the compositor , and the corrector of the press , have ...
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... exceptions , no doubt greatly overrated , neither printers nor professional correctors are immaculate : they do not understand all subjects , and consequently cannot point what they are . unable to comprehend . - It was in bygone times ...
... exceptions , no doubt greatly overrated , neither printers nor professional correctors are immaculate : they do not understand all subjects , and consequently cannot point what they are . unable to comprehend . - It was in bygone times ...
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... exceptions and difficulties in examples and exercises or in rules and remarks , illustrative of the diversified functions of the notes of interrogation and exclamation , the marks of parenthesis , the dash , the apostrophe , the hyphen ...
... exceptions and difficulties in examples and exercises or in rules and remarks , illustrative of the diversified functions of the notes of interrogation and exclamation , the marks of parenthesis , the dash , the apostrophe , the hyphen ...
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... exception of the rhetorical stops , - The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semi- colon admits of a pause greater than that of a comma ; while the Colon requires a longer cessation of the voice than either ; and the Period is ...
... exception of the rhetorical stops , - The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semi- colon admits of a pause greater than that of a comma ; while the Colon requires a longer cessation of the voice than either ; and the Period is ...
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... mutually explained . The man of genuine virtue must be endowed with a sagacious judgment and an ardent zeal . - Exception 1. When one of the connected words is 18 THE COMMA . Two Words, of the same sort, connected by a Conjunction.
... mutually explained . The man of genuine virtue must be endowed with a sagacious judgment and an ardent zeal . - Exception 1. When one of the connected words is 18 THE COMMA . Two Words, of the same sort, connected by a Conjunction.
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abbreviated adjectives adverb adverbial expressions apostrophe beauty capital letter character CLASSIFIED EXAMPLES closely connected colon commenced composition compound connected in sense construction dash denote ellipsis employed Exception exclamation EXERCISES explanatory following sentences friends grammatical Gresham College happiness heart Henry lodged honour human hyphen inserted Julius Cæsar marks of parenthesis marks of quotation mind never nominative notes of interrogation noun omission PARTICIPLE passage pause Plutarch poet point the following portions preceding rule preferable preposition Principal Clause principles printers PRONOUNS pronunciation propriety punctuate the following religion REMARK require a comma respect rhetorical mode RULE II SALFORD semicolon sentence consists sentence or clause separated by commas Silvio Pellico simple men simple sentence syllable taste tences thing thou tion truth verb VICTORIA BRIDGE virtue William Boyce wisdom wise Write and point Write and punctuate Write the following written or printed
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