This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX A. PUNCTUATION AND OTHEB KINDS OF NOTATION (301) Punctuation is the method of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of regulating the movement of the reader both in time and in modulation. The Comma is the lightest note, then ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX A. PUNCTUATION AND OTHEB KINDS OF NOTATION (301) Punctuation is the method of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of regulating the movement of the reader both in time and in modulation. The Comma is the lightest note, then the Semicolon, thirdly the Colon, and the fullest is the Period. The points are marked in the following manner: The Comma (, ), The Semicolon (;), The Colon (: ), The Period (.). The Comma indicates the shortest pause that has a note; the Semicolon a pause double that of the Comma; the Colon, double that of the Semicolon; the Period, double that of the Colon. These points mark the pauses of the movement, but there are others which suggest a peculiar modulation of voice, in harmony with the sense. These are-- The note of Interrogation (?), as: 'Are you sincere?' The note of Exclamation (!), as: 'How awful!' The Parenthesis (), as: ' The occurrence of meteorites (which in past times has more than once been questioned) is now beyond all dispute.' Instead of these parenthetic curves, the double dash is now very generally employed. Thus: 'I told him--it is the way of society--that we should be glad to see him, and we parted ' (F. B. Stockton, 'Kudder Grange '). (302) The following signs are also useful to know: The mark of Elision, thus ('), indicates the omission of a letter, or letters, as tl1o', judyd. The Caret, marked thus (a); as ' I " DEGREES sorry.' The Acute Accent, marked thus ('); as 'Fancy.' The Grave Accent, thus ('); as ' Enthroned in thy sovereign sphere' (Keble). Both Accents are exemplified in the following line: They spied a knight that towards pricked fair. 'Faery Queene, ' in. i. 4. In this example we see the chief use that is now.
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