A. Abbreviations require periods after them, 148, 149. Remarks on the various modes of forming, 272–276. List of, 277-300. Words in copy, not meant to be printed as abbre- viations, should be written in full, 304.
"Above all," as an adverbial phrase, pointed with a comma, 72, a. Absolute phrases, 69, 70. Accents, 239, X.
"Accordingly," 72, a.
Adjectives, two, without a conjunc-
tion between them, 33, 34, d-g. Adjectives in a series, 38, e, f. Con-
solidated with nouns, 215. Adjectival phrases, 22, VI.; 59, 60, j-m; 69, 70.
Adverbs, 29, d; 30, j; 33, d ; 34, e, j ; 38, e, f; 52, g1; 59, i; 72–74; 217, 2 i and j.
Adverbial phrases, 22, VI.; 72–74. Affirmative words quoted in an in- terrogative form, 156, f. Quoted in an exclamatory form, 161, e. "Again," with or without a comma, in accordance with the connection, 72, a, b. Followed by a colon, when referring to several sentences, 131, e.
Algebraic signs, list of, 301. "Also," 73, e.
"And," between two words of the same part of speech, 28-30. Oc- curring in a series of words, 37, 38. Between phrases or clauses in the same construction, 98, 99 Be-
tween two short clauses, a verb understood in the last, 104, c. Between two clauses, the last be- ing added as an explanation, 113, 114. Beginning sentences, 143, e. Antithetic or contrasted words and expressions, 45-47; 79,ƒ; 104, 105; 113, 114.
Apostrophe, rules and remarks on the, with exercises, 198-207. Im- properly used in certain abbrevia- tions, 149, c; 198, 199, c-f; 276. Marks the possessive case, 204, 205; 216.
Appellations of God and Christ, ini- tial letters in the, 259, 260. Appellatives before and after proper names, initials of, 262, c. Apposition, 23, X.; 41-43; 213. Apprentices to the printing business counselled, 11.
Arabic figures, how pointed, 112; 149, e; 150, IV. Dash supplying the place of, 195. Plurals of, how
formed, 198, b. Small, or superi- ors, for references, 240. Arithmetic, the points to be used in books of, 141, a. Arithmetical signs, 301.
"As," signifying in the manner in which, 89, c; 105, d.
"As-as," " as-so," the correla-
"As well as," between two words mutually related, 45, c. Between a word and a phrase, or between two phrases, 46, e.
"As yet," and similar phrases, 72, a.
"As," "namely," &c., 128; 138, d. Asterisk, the uses of the, 240. The
three asterisks, 237, V. Astronomical characters, list of, 302. "At present," 72, a.
Authors, the duty of, to point their manuscripts well, 7, 8; 304, 305. Are assisted in composition by an acquaintance with the art of punc- tuation, 7, 8. If considerate, they prepare copy so as to be per- fectly legible, 304-306. And cor- rect the proof-sheets with all pos- sible care, adopting the precise marks used by printers, 312, 313.
"Because," the comma sometimes
omitted before, 89, e.
"Besides," used as a preposition or
a conjunction, 74, j.
Bible references, how pointed, 100, j; 150, V., 1; 151, b, c. Chapters of the Bible referred to by numeral letters, 151, b.
Blank at the beginning of a poetical quotation, when the first portion is omitted, 195, b.
Blunders in sense caused by a habit of careless punctuation, 3-5, 18. In printing, often caused by ille- gible writing, 306.
Books, terms relating to, 270, 271. Captions, subheads, sideheads, and running titles, 270. Signatures, and names of sizes of volumes, 271. "Boro'," better spelled out, 199, d. "Both-and," the correlatives, 29, g; 94, h.
Brace, for what purpose used, 237. Brackets, the manner of applying them, 170, j; 235.
Broken sentences, 175. "Brothers" in a firm, 41, c.
Between a word and a phrase, or between two phrases, 46, e. Be- tween two short clauses, in the last of which a verb is understood, 104, c. Between two clauses, the latter being added by way of con- trast, 113, 114. Commencing sen- tences, 142, 143. In the sense of except, 79, g.
"But also," 35, l.
"But as," meaning as not to have, 93, b.
Capitals, their uses and applications, 257-269. Used as reference-signs and dominical letters, 149, f. The points put after representative or numeral capitals, 149, f; 151, a. Capitals used instead of Arabic figures, 150, V, 2; 268, XII. In titlepages, inscriptions, &c., 268, XIII. Words wholly in capitals and small capitals, how distin- guished in manuscript, 269. Captions, or headings, 147, 270. Caret, its form and use, 237, VI.; 304. Catalogues, words or phrases in, of- ten followed by a period, 147. Names omitted in, sometimes sup- plied by two commas or by long dashes, 236, III., and 238, VIII. Leaders in, 238, IX. Abbrevia- tions serviceable in, 272.
Clauses, definition of, 21, V. Rela- tive, 57-60. Parenthetical or in- termediate, 64, Vocative, 68. One clause depending on another, 89, 90. Correlative, 93, 94. In the same construction, 98; 100, k, l. One having a verb understood, 104, 105. Clauses preceding quo- tations or remarks, 108, 109; 138. United by conjunctions, 113, 114. Divisible into simpler portions, 100, 7; 116, 117. Series of, having a common dependence, 120, 121. Complete, but followed by a re- mark, inference, or illustration, 130, 131. Constituting members, 134, 135. Interrogative, 155, 156. Exclamatory, 159-161. In paren- theses, 168, 169. Concluding, on which other expressions depend, 178.
Colon, rules and remarks on the,
with exercises, 129–141.
Comma, rules and remarks on the, with exercises, 27-112. An in- verted, sometimes used instead of a small c, 236, II. Commas, two, used under names to
avoid repetition, 236, III. In- verted, double or single, as quo- tation-marks, 228, 230. Commencement of a broken quota-
tion in verse, blank at the, 195, b. Complete sentences, 142, 143. Compositors, a knowledge of punc- tuation necessary to, in their business, 8, 9. Their skill in the art conducive to mental vigor, 9-11.
Compound sentences, what they are, 21, III.
Compound and derivative words, distinction between, 23, XII.; 208, b. Compound words, rule and remarks
on, 209-218. Exceptions to the
rule, 211, 212. Compound adjec- tives and compound nouns, 212. Nouns and pronouns in apposi- tion, 213. Nouns used adjectively, 213, 214. Numeral adjectives,
214. Adjectives consolidated with nouns, 215. Names of places, 215, 216. The possessive case, 216, 217. Compound and other phrases, 217, 218. Exercises on, 221-223. Conjoined members of sentences, 134, 135.
Conjunctions to be pointed, when separated by other words from the parts to which they belong, 65, d. Joining words of the same part of speech, 28-30; 37, 38. Between contrasted or related words and phrases, 45, 46, c, e, f, g, j. Used as adverbs, 73, h, i. As correla- tives, 93, 94. Joining phrases and words, 98, 99. Joining clauses, 89, 90, e, f; 104, c; 108, 109, d, e; 113, 114. Joining sentences, 126, c. Beginning sentences, 134, b; 143. "Consequently," how punctuated, 72, a.
Construction of a sentence, what it is, 23, XIII. Illustrated, 98, a. Contents of books, chapters, or sec- tions, how pointed, 148, b. Contractions and abbreviations, re- marks on, 272-276. Table of, 277-300.
Contrasted words and expressions, 45-47; 79, f; 104, 105; 113, 114. Co-ordinate or consecutive clauses, 22, V.; 100, k.
Copy, hints on the preparation of, 303-307.
Corrector of the press, duties of a, 11, 12; 308-315.
Correlative clauses and words ex- plained, 21-23, V. and IX. Their punctuation, 93, 94.
Crotchets, or brackets, 170, j; 235.
Dagger, the uses of the, 240. Dash, rules and remarks on the, with exercises, 174-196. What points, if any, are used with dashes, 175, a, b; 178, a; 182, a-c; 186, 187; 191, c.
Dates, 79, j; 80, k; 100, j; 112; 149, e;
150, 151; 195; 275.
Decimals, pounds and shillings, how
Definition of the art of punctuation, 2, 19.
Definitions of terms used in the pre-
Dependent clauses, 21, 22, V.; 89,90; 120, 121.
Derivative words, how distinguished
from compounds, 23, XII.; 208, b. Prefixes in, 219, 220. Exercises on derivatives and compounds, 221- 223.
Designations of religious and politi- cal parties, initial letters of the, 263, a; 265, e-h.
"Devil" and "devils," the initials of, 262, a.
Diæresis, use of the, 200, g; 219, a; 239, XI.
"Divine," "Divine Being," &c., the initial letters of, 260, e, f. Division of words into syllables, ac- cording to their pronunciation, 224. According to their form, derivation, or meaning, 225. At ends of lines, 226. Exercises on the, 226, 227. Dominical letters, pointed not as ab- breviations, but signs, 149, f. "Doubtless," 72, a, b.
Echo, or rhetorical repetition, 182, 183. What points are used with the dash after it, 182, a-c. Echo of the thought, 183, e.
"Ed," "èd," &c., the terminations of participles in verse, 199–201, g-i.
"Either," "even," beginning a final phrase, 79, c.
"Either-or," the correlatives, 29,
Elision of letters in poetry and dia- logue, 198, 199.
Ellipsis of "namely," "that is," &c., 191. Of letters, figures, or words, 195; 238, VIII. Of words at the beginning of poetical quo- tations, 195, b. Marks of, how formed, 195; 238, VIII. Epigrammatic sentences, 175. "Eternal," the initial letter of, as an
adjective applied to God, 260, e. "Ev'ry," the apostrophe in, 199, ƒ. Example, the punctuation of words introducing an, 128, 138, 191. A poetical, marked with inverted commas, 229, g. The initial letter of the first word in an, 267, XI. Exclamation, the note of, rule and remarks on, with exercises, 159- 163. Sometimes improperly used, 159, a; 161, d. Exercises on the definitions, 24, 25.
On the comma, 31, 32; 35, 36; 39, 40; 43, 44; 47-49; 54-56; 61-63; 66, 67; 68; 70, 71; 74-77; 80-82; 86-88; 90-92; 95-97; 100-103; 105 -107; 109-111; 112. On the semi- colon, 114, 115; 117, 118; 122; 126, 127; 128. On the comma and the On the semicolon, 119; 123, 124. colon, 131-133; 136; 139, 140. On the semicolon and the colon, 137. On the period, 143-146; 151, 152. On the notes of interrogation and exclamation, 157, 158; 162, 163; 164-166. On the marks of paren- thesis, 171-173. On the dash, 176, 177; 179, 180; 183-185; 188, 189; 192; 195, 196. On the semicolon
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