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Why We Punctuate or Reason Versus Rule in the Use of Marks

By William Livingston Klein

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Table of Contents

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
FOOTNOTES:

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