Live and Learn: A Guide for All, who Wish to Speak and Write CorrectlyJ.F. Shaw, 1855 |
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... comma [ , ] , the semicolon [ ; ] , the colon [ : ] , the period [ . ] , the note of interrogation [ ? ] , the note of exclamation [ ! ] , and the dash [ - ] . The comma requires a momentary pause ; the semi- colon , a pause somewhat ...
... comma [ , ] , the semicolon [ ; ] , the colon [ : ] , the period [ . ] , the note of interrogation [ ? ] , the note of exclamation [ ! ] , and the dash [ - ] . The comma requires a momentary pause ; the semi- colon , a pause somewhat ...
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... COMMA . Rule 1. - When a relative and its antecedent are separated from each other by one or more words , a comma should generally be inserted before the rela- tive ; as , " Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity ...
... COMMA . Rule 1. - When a relative and its antecedent are separated from each other by one or more words , a comma should generally be inserted before the rela- tive ; as , " Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity ...
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... comma should be inserted before the following verb . Examples : - " Many of the evils , which occasion our complaints of the world , are wholly imagin- ary . " - " The effect of this universal diffusion of gay and splendid light , was ...
... comma should be inserted before the following verb . Examples : - " Many of the evils , which occasion our complaints of the world , are wholly imagin- ary . " - " The effect of this universal diffusion of gay and splendid light , was ...
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... comma may also be inserted before a conjunction expressed , if either of the words connected is followed by an adjunct consisting of several words ; as , " In- temperance destroys the vigour of our bodies , and the strength of our minds ...
... comma may also be inserted before a conjunction expressed , if either of the words connected is followed by an adjunct consisting of several words ; as , " In- temperance destroys the vigour of our bodies , and the strength of our minds ...
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... comma is sometimes inserted in the place of the word or phrase omitted . Example : -As a companion he was severe and satirical ; as a friend , captious and dangerous ; in his domestic sphere , harsh , jealous , and irascible . " Rule 11 ...
... comma is sometimes inserted in the place of the word or phrase omitted . Example : -As a companion he was severe and satirical ; as a friend , captious and dangerous ; in his domestic sphere , harsh , jealous , and irascible . " Rule 11 ...
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accent additional syllable beginning adjective adverb Æneid ambiguity applied to persons Author Beau belle called clause cloth collective noun comma congé d'élire connected connexion consonant denote Diaeresis double the final Drink Drank Drunk Dug Dug employed ending in silent English envelope Examples:-"The express feminine figure final consonant following sentence Foolscap 8vo form the plural formed by adding governed grammar hyphen imperfect implied inserted interrogatively IRREGULAR VERBS language last syllable Live and Learn Lord Masculine mean never nominative nouns ending object omitted passive past tense Perf perfect participle plural by adding plural number pluralise possessive preceded preposition pronoun propriety reference regular Reverend Right Honorable Royal 32mo rule Sawed Say scholar Scholium second person seen sense Shakspere signification silent e single vowel solecism sometimes superlative termination thee things thou tion transitive verb usage verbal noun Verbs ending vowel Words ending
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 105 - The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through the still lapse of ages.
Seite 106 - The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Seite 106 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
Seite 121 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Seite 120 - The wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Seite 120 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Seite 115 - ship-boy on the high and giddy mast," but also in the cabin, where every menial office fell to my lot : yet if I was restless and discontented, I can safely say, it was not so much on account of this, as of my being precluded from all possibility of reading; as my master did not possess, nor do I recollect seeing during the whole time of my abode with him, a single book of any description, except the...
Seite 121 - O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Seite 96 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Seite 120 - But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign : Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ^ Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew.