The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

[Now, if you please, you may correct orally, according to the formules given, some or all of the various examples of False Punctuation, which are arranged under the rules for the Semicolon in Section Second.]

LESSON V.—­OF THE COLON.

1.  What is the general use of the Colon? 2.  How many rules are there for the Colon? 3.  What are their heads? 4.  What says Rule 1st of Additional Remarks? 5.  What says Rule 2d of Greater Pauses? 6.  What says Rule 3d of Independent Quotations?

[Now, if you please, you may correct orally, according to the formules given, some or all of the various examples of False Punctuation, which are arranged under the rules for the Colon in Section Third.]

LESSON VI.—­OF THE PERIOD.

1.  What is the general use of the Period? 2.  How many rules are there for the Period? 3.  What are their heads? 4.  What says Rule 1st of Distinct Sentences? 5.  What says Rule 2d of Allied Sentences? 6.  What says Rule 3d of Abbreviations?

[Now, if you please, you may correct orally, according to the formules given, some or all of the various examples of False Punctuation, which are arranged under the rules for the Period in Section Fourth.]

LESSON VII.—­OF THE DASH.

1.  What is the general use of the Dash? 2.  How many rules are there for the Dash? 3.  What are their heads? 4.  What says Rule 1st of Abrupt Pauses? 5.  What says Rule 2d of Emphatic Pauses? 6.  What says Rule 3d of Faulty Dashes?

[Now, if you please, you may correct orally, according to the formules given, some or all of the various examples of False Punctuation, which are arranged under the rules for the Dash in Section Fifth.]

LESSON VIII.—­OF THE EROTEME.

1.  What is the use of the Eroteme, or Note of Interrogation? 2.  How many rules are there for this mark? 3.  What are their heads? 4.  What says Rule 1st of Questions Direct? 5.  What says Rule 2d of Questions United? 6.  What says Rule 3d of Questions Indirect?

[Now, if you please, you may correct orally, according to the formules given, some or all of the various examples of False Punctuation, which are arranged under the rules for the Eroteme in Section Sixth.]

LESSON IX—­OF THE ECPHONEME.

1.  What is the use of the Ecphoneme, or Note of Exclamation? 2.  How many rules are there for this mark? 2.  What are their heads? 4.  What says Rule 1st of Interjections? 5.  What says Rule 2d of Invocations? 6.  What says Rule 3d of Exclamatory Questions?

[Now, if you please, you may correct orally, according to the formules given, some or all of the various examples of False Punctuation, which are arranged under the rules for the Ecphoneme in Section Seventh.]

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