| Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pągines
...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 - 1805 - 350 pągines
...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 - 1805 - 348 pągines
...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 - 1807 - 290 pągines
...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 - 1809 - 330 pągines
...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 - 1809 - 114 pągines
...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 - 1810 - 322 pągines
...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 - 1811 - 322 pągines
...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 - 1814 - 234 pągines
...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 pągines
...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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