The Elements of PunctuationBoD – Books on Demand, 2023 M11 8 - 180 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. |
Contents
NATURE AND PLAN OF THE WORK | 1 |
THE GRAMMATICAL POINTS | 8 |
Series of Words of the Same Part of Speech | 16 |
Words or Phrases in Apposition | 22 |
Relative Pronouns and Relative Clauses | 29 |
Vocative Words Phrases and Clauses | 37 |
Phrases at the End of Sentences or Clauses | 44 |
One Clause depending on Another | 51 |
SECT II | 99 |
A Concluding Clause on which other Expressions depend | 106 |
Ellipsis of the Adverb Namely | 114 |
Introductory Observations | 118 |
SECT II | 124 |
The Division of Words into Syllables according to their Pronunciation 180 | 130 |
MISCELLANEOUS MARKS | 137 |
Nouns and Adjectives derived from Proper Names | 143 |
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The Elements of Punctuation: With Rules On the Use of Capital Letters: Being ... John Wilson No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
according adjectives adverbs agreeably apostrophe beauty begin with capitals capital letter champagne wine character Christian clauses colon comma composition compound conjunction connected in sense consists construction dash denoting distinguished divine earth ellipsis eloquence EXAMPLES exhibit feelings following sentences genius grammatical grave accent happiness heart heaven honor human hyphen inserted intellectual intermediate expressions live marks of parenthesis MARKS OF QUOTATION mind mode moral nature Neo-Platonic never nominative nouns omission omitted ORAL EXERCISES parenthetical passions period philosopher placed poet poetry Porcius Festus portion preceding predicate prefix preposition principles pronoun pronunciation proper names punctuation pupil racter reason relative clause relative pronoun religion Remark d Remark g Rule II semicolon separated Shakspeare small letter sometimes soul spirit sublime philosophy syllable TEACHER term thing thou thought tion truth unpointed verb verse virtue vowel wisdom word or phrase writers youth