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.
"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.
tr Also," 73, e.

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, 6.
Antithetic or contrasted words and
expressions, 45-47; 79,f; 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

formed, 198, b. Small, or superi-
ors, for references, 240.

Arithmetic, the points to be used in
books of, 141, a.

Arithmetical signs, 301.

"As," signifying in the manner in

which, 89, c; 105, d.

"As-as," as-so," the correla-

tives, 93, a; 94, c.

"As well as," between two words
Between
mutually related, 45, c.

a word and a phrase, or between
two phrases, 46, e.

"As yet,” and similar phrases, 72, a

"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.

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, 231
Brackets, the manner of applying
them, 170, j; 235.
Broken sentences, 175.
"Brothers" in a firm, 41, c.
"But," between two words con-
trasted or mutually related, 45, c.

Between a word and a phrase, or
between two phrases, 46, e. Be.
tween two short clauses, in the
last of which a verb is understood,
104, c. Between two clauses, the
latter being added by way of con-
trast, 113, 114. Commencing sen-
tences, 142, 143. In the sense of
except, 79, g.

"But also," 35, l.

"But has," meaning as not to have,
93, b.

C.

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, ƒ; 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 forin 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, &
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, d
"Church," initial of, 265, e.

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, 1; 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,
8-11.

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, ƒ; 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.