 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 strani
...sentences, 'by points or stops, for the.purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents...that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that ©f the colon. The 'precise t[uantity or duration of each patise, cannot be dcBn«d ; fork varies with... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 strani
...Compiler refers the ingenious student, for more extensive information on the subject. PUNCTUATION.* The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon,...semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon, PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing'a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 526 strani
...sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents...semicolon; and the Period, double that of the colon. PUNCTUATION is a modern art. The ancients were entirely unacquainted with the use of our commas, colons,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 348 strani
...sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents...pause, cannot be defined ; for it varies with the tune of the whole. The same composition may be rehearsed in a quicker or a slower time; but the proportion... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 352 strani
...sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. . The -Comma represents...of the colon. The precise quantity or duration of eacli pause, cannot/ be defined; for it varies with the time qf the whole. The same composition may... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 strani
...th« sense requires. The comma (,) represents the shortest pause; the semicolon (;) a pause doublr that of the comma ; the colon (:) double that of the...the period (.) double that of the colon. The precise duration of these pauses must depend on the degree of slowness or rapidity observed in reading ; but... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 114 strani
...sense and an accurate pronunciation require^ The Comma represents the shortest pause ; th* Seniicclon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Peric J, double that of the colon. The points are marked in the fallowing manner : The Comma ,. The... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 684 strani
...represents the shortest pause; the semicolon (;> a pause doable that of the comma; the colon (:) doable that of the semicolon ; and the period (.) double that of the colon. The precise dotation of these pauses must depend on the degree of slowness or rapidity observed ia readhi).' ;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 322 strani
...sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. , • The Comma represents...shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that oi the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period double that of the colon. The... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 322 strani
...which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents the shortest pause; tk Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma : the...double that of the Colon. The precise quantity or du ration of each pause, cannot be defined; for it varies with the time of the whole. The same composition... | |
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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. The Comma represents the shortest... 
