 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...PUNCTUATION.* PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of...the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon. The precise quantity or duration of each pause, cannot... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...dividing'a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, 'by points or stops, for the.purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and...the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that ©f the colon. The 'precise t[uantity or duration of each patise, cannot... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...of the colon, PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing'a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of...sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. ) The precise quantity or duration of each pause, cannot be defined ; for it varies with the time of the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1807 - 290 pages
...on the subject. PUMCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of...different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pro* nunciatiou require. The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose ol marking the different pauses which, the sense, and...pronunciation require. The Comma represents the shortest pause ; tte Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon; and the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 114 pages
...composition sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the difterent pauses, -which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require^ The Comma represents the shortest pause ; th* Seniicclon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 322 pages
...PUNCTUATION.* PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of...shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that oi the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period double that of the colon. The... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1811 - 322 pages
...P UMCTUATION* PUXCTPATIOX is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of...require. The Comma represents the shortest pause; tk Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma : the Colon, double that of the Semicolon; and the Period,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1814 - 234 pages
...judgment naturally expresses his pereeptions, emotions and passions, in common discourse. The comma marks the shortest pause ; the semicolon, a pause double...the comma; the colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the period, double that of the colon. A dash following a stop, shows that the pause is to be... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, b)' points or Mops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require. _ The points are marked in the following manner Tin: Comma , The Colon : The Semicolon ; The Period... | |
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PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into 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. The Comma represents the shortest... 
