Why We Punctuate or Reason Versus Rule in the Use of Marks
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WHY WE PUNCTUATE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I THE FUNCTIONS OF MARKS, AND HOW PERFORMED
REAL AND APPARENT MEANINGS
CHAPTER II THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF PUNCTUATION—GROUPING
THE NAMES OF MARKS
THE RELATIVE VALUES OF MARKS
PUNCTUATION OF A SERIES
CHAPTER III MODIFIED PARENTHESIS, EXPLANATORY AND RESTRICTIVE TERMS, AFTER-THOUGHT, AND APPOSITIVES
CHAPTER IV GROUPING DONE BY THE SEMICOLON AND THE COLON
CHAPTER V SOME USES OF THE DASH
CHAPTER VI PUNCTUATION BY REASON AND CONVENTION
FIRST, SECOND, WHEN, NOW, BECAUSE, ETC.
YES, NO, AGAIN, ETC.
CHAPTER VII COMMA, SEMICOLON, COLON, AND PERIOD—THEIR DIFFERENTIATION
COMMA AND SEMICOLON
CHAPTER VIII COMMA, DASH, AND PARENTHESES—THEIR DIFFERENTIATION
COMMAS AND PARENTHESES
DASHES AND PARENTHESES
CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEOUS USES OF MARKS
ADJECTIVES BEFORE A NOUN
DOUBLE OBJECT
A “LONG” SUBJECT
DOUBTFUL MODIFIERS
INTERMEDIATE RESTRICTIVE GROUPS
NOT—BUT
O and OH
CHAPTER X CONVENTIONAL USES OF MARKS
THE PERIOD
THE COLON
THE SEMICOLON
THE INTERROGATION-POINT
THE EXCLAMATION-POINT
ELLIPSIS
CHAPTER XI QUOTATION-MARKS
CHAPTER XII BRACKETS AND PARENTHESES
CHAPTER XIII ABBREVIATIONS AND MISCELLANY
FORM OF ADDRESS
FIRM OR CORPORATION NAMES
FIGURES
TIME OF DAY
TEMPERATURE, ETC.
BIBLE REFERENCES
FOOT-NOTES
STAR, DAGGER, ETC.
MISCELLANEOUS
THE APOSTROPHE
WHEREAS—RESOLVED
CHAPTER XIV COMPOUND WORDS
CHAPTER XV CLOSE AND OPEN PUNCTUATION
INDEX
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