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... dash to the comma , which may not be unnecessary before emphatic passages ; as , " It hurts a man's pride to say , I do not know . " Excep . If the members succeeding each other , are very closely connected , the comma is superfluous ...
... dash to the comma , which may not be unnecessary before emphatic passages ; as , " It hurts a man's pride to say , I do not know . " Excep . If the members succeeding each other , are very closely connected , the comma is superfluous ...
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... dash is added , by many writers , to the colon ; but the practice seems to be wearing gradually away . When the quotation includes several sentences , it is not unusual to commence it by a new paragraph . For short quotations and ...
... dash is added , by many writers , to the colon ; but the practice seems to be wearing gradually away . When the quotation includes several sentences , it is not unusual to commence it by a new paragraph . For short quotations and ...
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... dash , ought to be rejected in works where their observance would occasion ambiguity ; as in books of arithmetic , where colons are used for Proportion , and where the dash is inserted as a mark for Subtraction . Should these marks ...
... dash , ought to be rejected in works where their observance would occasion ambiguity ; as in books of arithmetic , where colons are used for Proportion , and where the dash is inserted as a mark for Subtraction . Should these marks ...
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... DASH , in recent publications , is frequently used as a mark of parenthesis ; and is very necessary in passages where one long parenthetical clause is contained within another : thus , " Sir Smug ... DASH . The DASH , [ — ] though often 20.
... DASH , in recent publications , is frequently used as a mark of parenthesis ; and is very necessary in passages where one long parenthetical clause is contained within another : thus , " Sir Smug ... DASH . The DASH , [ — ] though often 20.
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John Graham (compositor.) DASH . The DASH , [ — ] though often used improperly by hasty and incoherent writers , may be used when the sentence breaks off abruptly , when a significant pause is required , or when there is an unexpected ...
John Graham (compositor.) DASH . The DASH , [ — ] though often used improperly by hasty and incoherent writers , may be used when the sentence breaks off abruptly , when a significant pause is required , or when there is an unexpected ...
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Popular passages
Page 9 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 6 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Page 36 - Shrink, Shred, Shut, Sing, Sink, Sit, Slay, Sleep, Slide, Sling, Slink, Slit, Smite, Sow, Speak, Speed, Spend, Spill, Spin, Spit, Split, Spread, Spring, Stand, Steal, Stick, Sting, Stink, PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES 1ft Imperfect.
Page 16 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these. "The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Page 24 - Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Page 37 - Swing, swung, swung. Take, took, taken. Teach, taught, taught. Tear, tore, torn Tell, told, ' told. Think, thought, thought. Thrive, throve, R.
Page 21 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ;—no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ;— no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the...
Page 14 - The semicolon is used for dividing a compound sentence into two or more parts, not so closely connected as those which are separated by a comma, nor yet so little dependent on each other, as those which are distinguished by a colon. " The semicolon is sometimes used, when the preceding member of the sentence does not of itself give a complete sense, but depends...
Page 73 - Person so offending shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for the Term of his or her natural Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without hard Labour, as the Court shall direct.
Page 34 - Bid, bid, bade, bidden, bid. Bind, bound, . bound. Bite, bit, bitten, bit. Bleed, bled, bled, Blow, blew, blown, Break, broke, broken, Breed, bred.