A Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors, Printers, and Correctors of the Press, and for the Use of Schools and Academies. With an Appendix, Containing Rules on the Use of Capitals, a List of Abbreviations, Hints on the Preparation of Copy and on Proof-reading, Specimen of Proof-sheet, EtcCrosby, Nichols, and Company, 1856 - 334 страница |
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... Composition and Rhe- toric , " recently published ; in which the writer of it states , that , as Punctuation , " when considered at all in educational text - books , is treated only in the most cursory manner , it was regarded as a ...
... Composition and Rhe- toric , " recently published ; in which the writer of it states , that , as Punctuation , " when considered at all in educational text - books , is treated only in the most cursory manner , it was regarded as a ...
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... composition into sentences , and parts of sentences , by means of points , for the purpose of exhibiting the various combinations , connections , and dependencies of words . And what is this process but a means of facilitating that ...
... composition into sentences , and parts of sentences , by means of points , for the purpose of exhibiting the various combinations , connections , and dependencies of words . And what is this process but a means of facilitating that ...
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... composition ; and useful to the more ready understanding even of those sentences whose construction is not liable to the charge of obscurity . By the omission or the improper insertion of points , not only would the beauties and ...
... composition ; and useful to the more ready understanding even of those sentences whose construction is not liable to the charge of obscurity . By the omission or the improper insertion of points , not only would the beauties and ...
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... composition , in which the writer , the compositor , and the corrector of the press , have , either separately or together , inserted points with taste and propriety . But enough has been said to demonstrate the necessity for an ...
... composition , in which the writer , the compositor , and the corrector of the press , have , either separately or together , inserted points with taste and propriety . But enough has been said to demonstrate the necessity for an ...
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... composition ; and that its essential principles are as fixed and determinate as those canons in syntax , which , though sometimes violated by our best authors , are universally acknowledged to be indisputable . Diversities in the ...
... composition ; and that its essential principles are as fixed and determinate as those canons in syntax , which , though sometimes violated by our best authors , are universally acknowledged to be indisputable . Diversities in the ...
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abbreviated according adjectives apostrophe appear beauty begin called capitals character Christian clauses colon comma common composition compound connected consists construction dash distinguished earth employed example excellence EXERCISE exhibiting expression faith feel figures following sentences genius given hand happiness heart heaven human hundred hyphen indicate inserted introduced kind Knight language laws less letters live look mark means mind mode moral names nature never nouns object occur omitted parenthesis passage period persons phrases placed portion preceding present principles printed proper punctuation quotation reason reference regard Remark Rule semicolon sense sentences separated Society sometimes soul spirit term things thou thought tion true truth usually verb virtue voice words writers written
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