| Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon, PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing'a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences,...precise quantity or duration of each pause, cannot be defined ; for it varies with the time of the whole. The same composition may be rehearsed in a quicker... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...extensive information on the subject. ( 257 ) PUNCTUATION.* PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences,...sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon,... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...more extensive information on the subject. PUNCTUATION:* 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.... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1807 - 290 pages
...student, for more extensive information on the subject. PUMCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences,...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 - English language - 1809 - 114 pages
...to the ktsi sound or syllable of another. PUNCTUATION Is the .art of dividing a written 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... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...more extensive information on the subject. PUNCTUATION* PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing 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 an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 346 pages
...more extensive information onlhe subject. PUNCTUATION.* PUHCTU ATjON K the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the pui*pose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. The... | |
| J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...to the last sound or syllable of another. PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences,...purpose of marking the different pauses, which the M'lise and an accurate pronunciation require. The points are marked in the following manner : The Comma... | |
| J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...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... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1817 - 356 pages
...extensive information on the subject. ( 257 ) PUNCTUATION *. PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences,...or stops, for the purpose of marking the different paused which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents the shortest pause... | |
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