Punctuation and Capital Letters. PUNCTUATION. Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, to mark the different pauses which the sense requires. The principal points are the Comma,... Town's Speller and Definer: Revised and Enlarged - Page 158by Salem Town - 1852 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1821 - 324 pages
...compiler refers fhe ingenious student, for more extensive information on the subject; U2 PTJNCTUATION* PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written com;...sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require.... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Spellers - 1835 - 176 pages
...Punctuation and Capital Letters. PUNCTUATION. Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or..., Interrogation, thus ? Semicolon, ; Exclamation, ! :. • Colon, : Crotchets, ( ) Period, . Dash, A Comma denotes a pause as long as the reader would... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - English language - 1836 - 108 pages
...&c. rest. CHAPTER XXXI. Punctuation. Punctuation is the art of dividing a written compo- j i sition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or...stops, to mark the different pauses which the sense re- 1 i quires. The principal points are the j Comma, thus , Interrogation, thus 1 i Semicolon, ; Exclamation,... | |
| Salem Town - English language - 1841 - 170 pages
...AND CAPITAL LETTERS. PUNCTUATION. Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composi-, lion jnto sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops,...thus , Interrogation, thus ? Semicolon, ; Exclamation ! Colon : Parenthesis, () Period. . Dash A comma denotes a pause as long as the reader would je in... | |
| George Merriam - Reader (Elementary) - 1841 - 308 pages
...instruction in reading. t RULES FOR PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the division of a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, to mark the pauses to be observed in reading, and to show more clearly the meaning of the writer. The principal... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1844 - 234 pages
...sentences, paragraphs, and sometimes a whole discourse. PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing written com position into sentences or parts of sentences, by points or stops, in order to mark the different pauses which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require The Comma... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Spellers - 1858 - 176 pages
...PUNCTUATION AND CAPITAL LETTERS. PUNCTUATION. Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or..., Interrogation, thus ? Semicolon, ; Exclamation, ! Colon, : Crotchets, ( ) Period, . Dash, A Comma denotes a pause as long as the reader would be in... | |
| Education - 1896 - 660 pages
...so firmly that it stays there yet, is the following: "Punctuation is the division of a composition into sentences or parts of sentences, by points or stops, to mark the pauses to be observed in reading and show the connection of the several parts or clauses." These marks... | |
| Education - 1896 - 858 pages
...so firmly that it stays there yet, is the following: "Punctuation is the division of a composition into sentences or parts of sentences, by points or stops, to mark the pauses to be observed in reading and show the connection of the several parts or clauses." These marks... | |
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