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INDE X.

A.
Abbreviations require periods after
them, 148, 149. Remarks on the
various modes of forming, 272-276.
List of, 277-300. Words in copy,
not meant to be printed as abbre-
viations, should be written in full,
304.

"Above all," as an adverbial phrase,
pointed with a comma, 72, a.
Absolute phrases, 69, 70.
Accents, 239, X.

"Accordingly," 72, a.

Adjectives, two, without a conjunc-

tion between them, 33, 34, d-g.
Adjectives in a series, 38, e, f. Con-

solidated with nouns, 215.
Adjectival phrases, 22, VI.; 59, 60,
j-m; 69, 70.

Adverbs, 29, d; 30, j; 33, d ; 34, e, j;
38, e, f; 52, g1; 59, i; 72–74; 217,
2 i and j.

Adverbial phrases, 22, VI.; 72-74.
Affirmative words quoted in an in-
terrogative form, 156, f. Quoted
in an exclamatory form, 161, e.
66 Again," with or without a comma,
in accordance with the connection,
72, a, b. Followed by a colon,
when referring to several sentences,
131, e.

Algebraic signs, list of, 301.
"Also," 73, e.

"And," between two words of the

same part of speech, 28-30. Oc-
curring in a series of words, 37, 38.
Between phrases or clauses in the
same construction, 98, 99 Be-

tween two short clauses, a verb
understood in the last, 104, c.
Between two clauses, the last be-
ing added as an explanation, 113,
114. Beginning sentences, 143, e.
Antithetic or contrasted words and
expressions, 45-47; 79,ƒ; 104, 105;
113, 114.

Apostrophe, rules and remarks on
the, with exercises, 198-207. Im-
properly used in certain abbrevia-
tions, 149, c; 198, 199, c-f; 276.
Marks the possessive case, 204, 205;
216.

Appellations of God and Christ, ini-
tial letters in the, 259, 260.
Appellatives before and after proper
names, initials of, 262, c.
Apposition, 23, X.; 41-43; 213.
Apprentices to the printing business
counselled, 11.

Arabic figures, how pointed, 112;
149, e; 150, IV.
Dash supplying
the place of, 195.

Plurals of, how

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"As,"

,” “¡ namely,” &c., 128; 138, d.
Asterisk, the uses of the, 240. The

three asterisks, 237, V.
Astronomical characters, list of, 302.
"At present," 72, a.

Authors, the duty of, to point their
manuscripts well, 7, 8; 304, 305.
Are assisted in composition by an
acquaintance with the art of punc-
tuation, 7, 8. If considerate, they
prepare copy so as to be per-
fectly legible, 304-306. And cor-
rect the proof-sheets with all pos-
sible care, adopting the precise
marks used by printers, 312, 313.

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B.

"Because," the comma sometimes

omitted before, 89, e.

"Besides," used as a preposition or

a conjunction, 74, j.

Bible references, how pointed, 100, j;
150, V., 1; 151, b, c. Chapters of
the Bible referred to by numeral
letters, 151, b.

Blank at the beginning of a poetical
quotation, when the first portion
is omitted, 195, b.

Blunders in sense caused by a habit
of careless punctuation, 3-5, 18.
In printing, often caused by ille-
gible writing, 306.
Books, terms relating to, 270, 271.
Captions, subheads, sideheads, and
running titles, 270. Signatures,
and names of sizes of volumes, 271.
"Boro'," better spelled out, 199, d.
"Both-and," the correlatives, 29,
g; 94, h.

Brace, for what purpose used, 237.
Brackets, the manner of applying
them, 170, j; 235.

Broken sentences, 175.
"Brothers" in a firm, 41, c.

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Capitals, their uses and applications,
257-269. Used as reference-signs
and dominical letters, 149, f. The
points put after representative or
numeral capitals, 149, f; 151, a.
Capitals used instead of Arabic
figures, 150, V, 2; 268, XII. In
titlepages, inscriptions, &c., 268,
XIII. Words wholly in capitals
and small capitals, how distin-
guished in manuscript, 269.
Captions, or headings, 147, 270.
Caret, its form and use, 237, VI.; 304.
Catalogues, words or phrases in, of-
ten followed by a period, 147.
Names omitted in, sometimes sup-
plied by two commas or by long
dashes, 236, III., and 238, VIII.
Leaders in, 238, IX. Abbrevia-
tions serviceable in, 272.
"Catholic," the initial letter of,
265, f.

Cedilla, the, 239, XII.

Change of subject, abrupt, preceded
by a dash, 175.

Chanting service in the Liturgy, a

colon inserted in each verse of, 141.
"Chapter," a dash commonly put
after the word and its numeral,
194, d.

Chapters of the Bible referred to by

numeral letters, 150, V., 1; 151, b.
"Church," initial of, 265, e.

Clauses, definition of, 21, V. Rela-
tive, 57-60. Parenthetical or in-
termediate, 64, Vocative, 68. One
clause depending on another, 89,
90. Correlative, 93, 94. In the
same construction, 98; 100, k, l.
One having a verb understood,
104, 105. Clauses preceding quo-
tations or remarks, 108, 109; 138.
United by conjunctions, 113, 114.
Divisible into simpler portions,
100, 7; 116, 117. Series of, having
a common dependence, 120, 121.
Complete, but followed by a re-
mark, inference, or illustration,
130, 131. Constituting members,
134, 135. Interrogative, 155, 156.
Exclamatory, 159-161. In paren-
theses, 168, 169. Concluding, on
which other expressions depend,
178.

Colon, rules and remarks on the,

with exercises, 129–141.

Comma, rules and remarks on the,
with exercises, 27-112. An in-
verted, sometimes used instead of
a small c, 236, II.

Commas, two, used under names to

avoid repetition, 236, III. In-
verted, double or single, as quo-
tation-marks, 228, 230.
Commencement of a broken quota-

tion in verse, blank at the, 195, b.
Complete sentences, 142, 143.
Compositors, a knowledge of punc-
tuation necessary to, in their
business, 8, 9. Their skill in the
art conducive to mental vigor,
9-11.

Compound sentences, what they are,
21, III.

Compound and derivative words,
distinction between, 23, XII.;
208, b.
Compound words, rule and remarks

on, 209-218. Exceptions to the

rule, 211, 212. Compound adjec-
tives and compound nouns, 212.
Nouns and pronouns in apposi-
tion, 213. Nouns used adjectively,
213, 214.
Numeral adjectives,

214. Adjectives consolidated with
nouns, 215. Names of places, 215,
216. The possessive case, 216, 217.
Compound and other phrases, 217,
218. Exercises on, 221-223.
Conjoined members of sentences,
134, 135.

Conjunctions to be pointed, when
separated by other words from the
parts to which they belong, 65, d.
Joining words of the same part
of speech, 28-30; 37, 38. Between
contrasted or related words and
phrases, 45, 46, c, e, f, g, j. Used
as adverbs, 73, h, i. As correla-
tives, 93, 94. Joining phrases and
words, 98, 99. Joining clauses,
89, 90, e, f; 104, c; 108, 109, d, e;
113, 114. Joining sentences, 126, c.
Beginning sentences, 134, b; 143.
"Consequently," how punctuated,
72, a.

Construction of a sentence, what it
is, 23, XIII. Illustrated, 98, a.
Contents of books, chapters, or sec-
tions, how pointed, 148, b.
Contractions and abbreviations, re-
marks on, 272-276. Table of,
277-300.

Contrasted words and expressions,
45-47; 79, f; 104, 105; 113, 114.
Co-ordinate or consecutive clauses,
22, V.; 100, k.

Copy, hints on the preparation of,
303-307.

Corrector of the press, duties of a,
11, 12; 308-315.

Correlative clauses and words ex-
plained, 21-23, V. and IX. Their
punctuation, 93, 94.

Crotchets, or brackets, 170, j; 235.

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Dependent clauses, 21, 22, V.; 89,90;
120, 121.

Derivative words, how distinguished

from compounds, 23, XII.; 208, b.
Prefixes in, 219, 220. Exercises on
derivatives and compounds, 221-
223.

Designations of religious and politi-
cal parties, initial letters of the,
263, a; 265, e-h.

"Devil" and "devils," the initials
of, 262, a.

Diæresis, use of the, 200, g; 219, a;
239, XI.

Divine," "Divine Being," &c.,
the initial letters of, 260, e, f.
Division of words into syllables, ac-
cording to their pronunciation,
224. According to their form,
derivation, or meaning, 225. At
ends of lines, 226.
Exercises on
the, 226, 227.
Dominical letters, pointed not as ab-
breviations, but signs, 149, f.
"Doubtless," 72, a, b.

E.

Echo, or rhetorical repetition, 182,
183. What points are used with
the dash after it, 182, a-c. Echo
of the thought, 183, e.

"Ed," "èd," &c., the terminations
of participles in verse, 199-201,
g-i.

"Either," "even," beginning a final
phrase, 79, c.

"Either-or," the correlatives, 29,

g; 94, h.

Elision of letters in poetry and dia-
logue, 198, 199.

Ellipsis of "namely," "that is,"
&c., 191.
Of letters, figures, or
words, 195; 238, VIII. Of words
at the beginning of poetical quo-
tations, 195, b. Marks of, how
formed, 195; 238, VIII.
Epigrammatic sentences, 175.
"Eternal,” the initial letter of, as an

adjective applied to God, 260, e.
"Ev'ry," the apostrophe in, 199, f.
Example, the punctuation of words

introducing an, 128, 138, 191.
A poetical, marked with inverted
commas, 229, g. The initial letter
of the first word in an, 267, XI.
Exclamation, the note of, rule, and
remarks on, with exercises, 159-
163. Sometimes improperly used,
159, a; 161, d.

Exercises on the definitions, 24, 25.

On the comma, 31, 32; 35, 36; 39,
40; 43, 44; 47-49; 54-56; 61-63;
66, 67; 68; 70, 71; 74-77; 80-82;
86-88; 90-92; 95-97; 100-103; 105
-107; 109-111; 112. On the semi-
colon, 114, 115; 117, 118; 122; 126,
127; 128. On the comma and the
semicolon, 119; 123, 124. On the
colon, 131-133; 136; 139, 140. On
the semicolon and the colon, 137.
On the period, 143-146; 151, 152.
On the notes of interrogation and
exclamation, 157, 158; 162, 163;
164-166. On the marks of paren-
thesis, 171-173. On the dash, 176,
177; 179, 180; 183-185; 188, 189;
192; 195, 196. On the semicolon

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