A Treatise on English Punctuation: Designed for Letter-writers, Authors, Printers, and Correctors of the Press [etc.]Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1856 |
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... Punctuation does conduce to make written language more effective , by exhibiting with greater precision and definiteness the ideas , feel- ings , and emotions of an author , than could be accom- plished by a mass of words , however well ...
... Punctuation does conduce to make written language more effective , by exhibiting with greater precision and definiteness the ideas , feel- ings , and emotions of an author , than could be accom- plished by a mass of words , however well ...
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... punctuation . Nay , scarcely can a sentence be perused with satisfaction or interest , unless pointed with — The well - known speech of 66 some degree of THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 3.
... punctuation . Nay , scarcely can a sentence be perused with satisfaction or interest , unless pointed with — The well - known speech of 66 some degree of THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 3.
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... a few , which , though distin- guished for elegance of style , accuracy of orthography , or beauty of printing , are unworthy of being held up as models of good taste and judgment in the use THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 5.
... a few , which , though distin- guished for elegance of style , accuracy of orthography , or beauty of printing , are unworthy of being held up as models of good taste and judgment in the use THE IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION . 5.
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... Punctuation , considered as a branch of science ; and that they acquire what they do know of it as an art , chiefly by mechanical habit , or by the correction of innumerable blunders , marked on the proof - sheets . To make these ...
... Punctuation , considered as a branch of science ; and that they acquire what they do know of it as an art , chiefly by mechanical habit , or by the correction of innumerable blunders , marked on the proof - sheets . To make these ...
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... punctuation is generally in proportion to the perspicuity and the good arrange- ment of words . Let authors , therefore , turn a little of their attention to the elements of this art , trifling and undignified as it may seem to be . Let ...
... punctuation is generally in proportion to the perspicuity and the good arrange- ment of words . Let authors , therefore , turn a little of their attention to the elements of this art , trifling and undignified as it may seem to be . Let ...
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abbreviated accent according adjectives adverb apostrophe beauty beginning capital letter character Christian clause colon comma composition compositor compound conjunction construction dash denotes distinguished divine earth ellipsis English language example excellence exclamation exhibiting expression faith feel following sentences genius grammatical grave accent happiness heart heaven honor human hyphen inserted interrogation JOHN JAMES TAYLER Knight Knight of St language live marks of parenthesis mind mode of punctuation moral nature nominative noun omission omitted ORAL EXERCISES parenthetical passage pause philosopher placed poet poetry portion preceding preposition principles printers pron pronoun proper names racter reference relative pronoun religion Remark d Remark g rhetorical Rule Rule II semicolon separated small letters Society Socrates sometimes soul spirit syllable thee things thou thought tion truth verb verse virtue vocative voice word or phrase writers written or printed
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