Composition and punctuation familiarly explainedVirtue Bros. & Company, 1865 - 122 pages |
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... allowed , however , for the influence of old authority . The examples of former teachers are only partially exploded , and too many follow the spirit of the explanation in our old spelling - books , " I gave all I have ( except my watch ) ...
... allowed , however , for the influence of old authority . The examples of former teachers are only partially exploded , and too many follow the spirit of the explanation in our old spelling - books , " I gave all I have ( except my watch ) ...
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... allow which after terms . " There would still be three thats , " said he . Yes , said I , and you must also put at least two commas - one after stating , and another after proposed . He smiled at my platitude , and punningly remarked ...
... allow which after terms . " There would still be three thats , " said he . Yes , said I , and you must also put at least two commas - one after stating , and another after proposed . He smiled at my platitude , and punningly remarked ...
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... allow its admissibility . Mr. Walker himself says , that " One has sometimes a plural , when it stands for persons indefinitely , as the great Ones of this world . " This is but a poor evasion of fact . Every reader knows , that the ...
... allow its admissibility . Mr. Walker himself says , that " One has sometimes a plural , when it stands for persons indefinitely , as the great Ones of this world . " This is but a poor evasion of fact . Every reader knows , that the ...
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... allowed . The most uniform punctuator will be sometimes , one might almost say , forced into deviations , and , according as he feels , so will his pointing change . The following sentence may explain : - : Having shown this to be ...
... allowed . The most uniform punctuator will be sometimes , one might almost say , forced into deviations , and , according as he feels , so will his pointing change . The following sentence may explain : - : Having shown this to be ...
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... allowed , the dash may indeed be " a perilous thing for a young grammarian to handle . " But let no such absurd misapplications deter you . I have shown that the use of the dash is , not only very easy but uncommonly simple . Mr. Murray ...
... allowed , the dash may indeed be " a perilous thing for a young grammarian to handle . " But let no such absurd misapplications deter you . I have shown that the use of the dash is , not only very easy but uncommonly simple . Mr. Murray ...
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