 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1841 - 204 pages
...because their chief use is to diversify the numbers, and to improve the verse. PUNCTUATION. PCNCTDATIOS is the art of dividing a written composition into...the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon 3 and the Period double that of the colon. _ OF THE COMMA. The Comma usually separates those parts... | |
 | William Savage - Documents, Printing of - 1841 - 836 pages
...high authority. " 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 - 1841 - 144 pages
...the Revolution. 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 points are marked in the following manner : The Comma... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1841 - 202 pages
...the verse. PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATIOX is the art of dividing a written coinpfbtition into sen teiicea. by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses wh'cli the sense and an accurate pronunciation require. The Commit represents the shortest pause; the... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1844 - 234 pages
...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...the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double tnat of the comma ; the Colon, double that of (he semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon.... | |
 | Charles Dawson (writer on music.) - 1845 - 96 pages
...language. As in language it is necessary to divide a written composition into sentences or parts of sentences by points or stops, for the purpose of marking...which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require, so in music the different sentences or parts of sentences must be marked, which is done by particular... | |
 | Peter Bullions - English language - 1846 - 252 pages
...the note of interroga tion (?) the note of exclamation ( ! ) the parenthesis ( ) and the dash ( — ) The comma represents the shortest pause ; the semicolon...the comma ; the colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the period, double that of the colon. The duration of the pauses must be left to the taste of... | |
 | Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...PUNCTUATION treats of the division of a discourse into sentences, clauses, and members, by means of points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different...sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. The principal stops are the comma (,), the semicolon (;), the colon (:), the period or full stop (.), the... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Israel Alger (Jun.) - Readers - 1846 - 180 pages
...naturally expresses his per-cep'tions, 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... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 276 pages
...( ? ], the Note of Exclamation [ ! ], the Dash [ — ], and the Parenthesis [( )]. The comma marks the shortest pause ; the semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the colon, a pause double that of the semicolon ; and the period, the longest pause. Note.— The duration of... | |
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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... 
