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Vocative Words, Phrases, and Clauses . . . . .
Adjectival, Participial, and Absolute Phrases .
Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases . . . .
Phrases at the End of Sentences or Clauses
Inverted or Transposed Expressions .
One Clause depending on Another . . o
Correlative Words, Phrases, and Clauses . .
Phrases and Clauses in the same Construction
Clauses having a Werb understood . .
Clauses consisting of Short Quotations or Remarks
Numeral Figures and Words . . . . . . . .
SECT. II. — THE SEMICOLON.
A Sentence consisting of Two Conjoined Clauses
Expressions divided into Simpler Parts . . .
A Series of Expressions having a Common Dependence .
Short Sentences slightly Connected . . .
Lists of Words, Phrases, and Numbers . . . .
SECT. III. — THE COLON.
Remarks on the Use and Abuse of the Colon .
Two Clauses not joined by a Conjunction . .
Conjoined Members of Sentences . . . . . .
Quotations, Remarks, &c., formally Introduced .
The Chanting Service in the Liturgy . . . . .
Terms in the Rule of Three . . . . . . . .
Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . .
SECT. IV. — THE PERIOD,
Complete and Independent Sentences . o
Headings, Subheads, Phrases in Titlepages, &c. .
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Names, Titles, and other Words, abbreviated . . . . . . . 148
Marks or Figures used instead of Words . . . . . . . . 150
Letters used for Figures or Words . . . . . . . . . . 150
CHAP. III. — THE GRAMMATICAL AND
RHETORICAL POINTS.
Introductory Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
SECT, I. – NOTES OF INTERRO GATION AN}}
* - EXCLAMATION.
Remarks on the Notes of Interrogation and Exclamation . . 154
Expressions in the Form of Questions . . . . . . . . , 155
Expressions indicating Passion or Emotion . . . . . . . 159
SECT. II. — MARKs of PARENTHESIs.
Observations on Parentheses, and Marks of Parenthesis . . . 167
Words thrown obliquely into the Body of a Sentence . . . . 168
SECT, III. — THE DASH,
Remarks on the Use and Abuse of the Dash . . . . . . . 174
Broken and Epigrammatic Sentences . . . . . . . . . 175
A Concluding Clause on which other Expressions depend . . 178
The Echo, or Words repeated Rhetorically . . . . . . . 182
A Parenthesis coalescing with the Main Passage . . . . . 186
Ellipsis of the Adverb “Namely,” &c. . . . . . . . . . .191
Subheads, &c., to Paragraphs . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Omission of Letters, Figures, or Words . . . . . . . . . 195
CHAP. IV. — LETTER, SYLLABIC, AND
QUOTATION POINTS.
Introductory Observations . . . . . . .
Elision of Letters, or Shortening of Words.
The Genitive or Possessive Case . . . . . . . . . . .
SECT. II. — THE HYPHEN.
Remarks on the Uses of the Hyphen . .
Compound Words . . .
Prefixes in Derivative Words . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Division of Words into Syllables, according to their Pro-
nunciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Division of Words into Syllables, according to their Form,
Derivation, or Meaning . .
SECT. III. — MARKS OF QUOTATION.
Words borrowed from a Speaker or an Author
One Quotation within Another . . . . . .
Extracts composed of Successive Paragraphs .
CHAP. V. — MISCELLANEOUS MARKS.
Brackets, or Crotchets . . . . . . . . . .
A Comma Inverted; Two Commas . . . . . . . .
The Index, or Hand; Three Stars; the Caret; the Brace
Marks of Ellipsis; Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accents; Marks of Quantity; the Cedilla; the Tilde . . .
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232 CHAP. VI. — GENERAL EXERCISES.
Marks of Reference . . . . . . e to e o 'o e o 'o o
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Introductory Observations . . . o
Pride and Humility, by Thomas Brown
Abou Ben Adhem, by Leigh Hunt . .
Panegyric on England, by Edward Everett .
The Pen and the Press, by John Critchley Prince .
A Taste for Reading, by George S. Hillard
Relative Perfection, by John James Tayler
Labor not Lost, by R. C. Trench . . to o
Ancient and Modern Writers, by Charles Sumner .
The True Source of Reform, by E. H. Chapin
Great Men generally Good, by John Logan
A P P E N D I X.
UGES OF CAPITAL LETTERs . . . . .
The First Word of a Book, Tract, &c. .
The First Word after a Full Point .
Appellations of God and Christ
Titles of Honor and Respect . . . .
Names of Persons, Places, &c. . . . .
Nouns and Adjectives derived from Proper Names .
Words of Primary Importance . e
The Pronoun I, and the Interjection 0 .
Commencement of Lines in Verse
Prosopopoeia, or Personification
Quotations, Examples, &c. . . .
Capitals used instead of Figures . .
Titlepages, Inscriptions, &c.
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268 ITALIC CHARACTERs . . . . . . . . .
TERMS RELATING TO Books . . . . . . . . .
Captions, Subheads, Sideheads, and Running Titles
Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Names of Various Sizes of Books . . . . . .
ABBREVIATIONS AND REPRESENTATIVE LETTERs .
Various Modes of Forming Abbreviations . . . .
Table of Abbreviations . . . . . . . . .
MEDICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SIGNs . . go to
ASTRONOMICAL CHARACTERs . . . . . . . . .
The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac . . . . . . .
The Planetary Signs . . . . . . . . . . .
The Lunar Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aspects of the Planets . . . . . . . .
HINTS ON PREPARING CoPY, AND ON READING PRoofs .
EXPLANATION OF PROOF-MARKs . . . . . .
SPECIMEN OF PRoof-8BERT . . . . . . . .
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