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... not connected in construction with a subse- quent Sentence . " The Colon , or Member , is a chief constructive part , or greater division , of a Sentence . The Semicolon , or Half - member , is a less constructive part , 2 AN ESSAY ON.
... not connected in construction with a subse- quent Sentence . " The Colon , or Member , is a chief constructive part , or greater division , of a Sentence . The Semicolon , or Half - member , is a less constructive part , 2 AN ESSAY ON.
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... greater number , of works printed during the past two centuries , the practice has been to leave the pointing mainly to the printer . And I will conclude this section by saying , that I believe the historical part of it to be correct ...
... greater number , of works printed during the past two centuries , the practice has been to leave the pointing mainly to the printer . And I will conclude this section by saying , that I believe the historical part of it to be correct ...
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... greater force and distinction . EXAMPLE : " The principle may be defective or faulty ; but the consequences it produces are so good , that , for the benefit of mankind , it ought not to be extinguished . ” — Addison , ibid . A Member of ...
... greater force and distinction . EXAMPLE : " The principle may be defective or faulty ; but the consequences it produces are so good , that , for the benefit of mankind , it ought not to be extinguished . ” — Addison , ibid . A Member of ...
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... greater pause than a Semicolon , yet is followed by an additional part making a more full and perfect Sense , may be distinguished by a Colon . EXAMPLE : " Were all books reduced to their quintessence , many a bulky author would make ...
... greater pause than a Semicolon , yet is followed by an additional part making a more full and perfect Sense , may be distinguished by a Colon . EXAMPLE : " Were all books reduced to their quintessence , many a bulky author would make ...
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... greater than that of a comma , and less than that of a period . Its use is not very exactly fixed ; nor is it very necessary , being confounded by most with the semicolon . It was used , before punctuation was refined , to mark almost ...
... greater than that of a comma , and less than that of a period . Its use is not very exactly fixed ; nor is it very necessary , being confounded by most with the semicolon . It was used , before punctuation was refined , to mark almost ...
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An Essay on Punctuation With Incidental Remarks on Composition (Classic Reprint) F. Francillon No preview available - 2017 |
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ancient Archbishop of Dublin ARISTOPHANES Of Byzantium Aristotle Art of Pointing BANBURY Belles Lettres Bishop Lowth Blair's Lectures Brutum Orator century Cicero clause Cobbett's colon and comma colon-point comma-point dash denote discourse distinguish divided edition ence ESSAY ON PUNCTUATION example express extract full-point gives Grammarians greater pause Greek Greek Language hearer idea Imperfect Phrase incisum interjection interpungendi interrogatif interrogation interrogative-point James Burrow language letter Lindley Murray loose sentence Lucius Mummius manuscripts Matthæi members and fragments mind note of admiration parathesis parenthesis parenthesis-points pars periodi passion perfect Persian Emperor perspicuity Philosophy and Belles Philosophy of Rhetoric Port Royal Latin poynt principal constructive printed printer pronouns proposition quæ Quinctilian quotation reader Rhetoricians Royal Latin Grammar ruminate secondary meanings semi-colon semi-colon-points sense Sentence or Member Simple Sentence sometimes thing thiswyse Thoughts upon Pointing Verb virgil Vossius says Vulgate Whateley words colon writers Wynkyn de Worde
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