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, ; 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.

punctuation, 93, 94.

Their

Crotchets, or brackets, 170, j; 235.

D.

Dagger, the uses of the, 240.
Dash, rules and remarks on the, with
exercises. 174-196. What points,
if any, are used with dashes, 175,
a, b; 178, a; 182, a-c; 186, 187;
191, c.

Dates. 79, j; 80, k; 100,j; 112; 149, e;

150, 151; 195; 275.

Decimals, pounds and shillings, how

pointed, 150, IV.

Definition of the art of punctuation,
2, 19.

Definitions of terms used in the pre-

sent work, 20-23.

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.

"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,"

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&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, 269, 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

and dash, 181. On the dash and
its accompanying point, 189, 190;
193. On the apostrophe, 201-203;
205-207. On the hyphen, 221-
223; 226, 227. On marks of quota-
tion, 233, 234. General, 241-254.
Explanation of proof-marks, 316-318.
"Expression," meaning of the word,
22, VII.

Expressions, inverted, 83-85. Cor-

relative, 93, 94. Divided into sim-
pler parts, 116, 117. Having a
common dependence, 120, 121; 178.
In the form of questions, 155, 156.
Indicating passion or emotion, 159
-161.

Extracts, consisting of words or
expressions, 228-231. Composed
of successive paragraphs, 232.

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F.

Father,"
," "Fathers," distinctions
made in the initials of, 260, g;
262, c.

Figures, Arabic, how punctuated,

112; 150, IV. Not abbreviations,
149, e; 150, IV.

Final phrases, 70, g; 78-80. Clauses,
89, 90.

"" First," "finally," "for the most
part," often pointed with commas,
72, a.

"First Cause, Father of mercies,"
the initials of, 260, f, g.

First word in a book, tract, &c.,
258, I. In phrases or clauses
separately numbered, 258, I., b.
After a period, or note of interro-
gation or exclamation, 258, II. b;
259, c.

"For," between two clauses, the
latter being explanatory, 113, 114.
Beginning sentences, 134, b; 143, e.
Foreign words that have been Aug-
licized by contraction, 149, d.

Formerly," often unpointed, 72, c.

G.

General exercises, 241-254.
Genitive case, rule and remarks ou
the sign of the, with exercises,
204-207.

Geographical and geometrical signs,
301.

"God," when used with a capital,
and when with a small initial,
259, a.

"Gospel," initial of, varied in ac-

cordance with its meaning, 264, d.
Governing words, the last of two or
more, 33, d; 34, e; 38, g.
Grammar, some acquaintance with,
necessary to a knowledge of punc-
tuation, 20.
Grammatical punctuation different
from rhetorical, 15-17; 27, 28.
Grammatical points, rules and re-
marks on the, with exercises, 26-
152.

Grammatical and rhetorical points,
rules and remarks on the, with
exercises, 153-196.

H.

Hand, or index, 237, IV.

Headings and subheads, 147, 270.
Heads of chapters, sections, articles,
put entirely on capitals or small
capitals, 268, XIII.

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Heaven," not to be printed heav'n,
199, f. The initial letter of, 260, d;
262, b.
"Heavenly" should have a small
initial, 260, e.

"Hence," "here," 73, e, f.
"However," the pointing of, as a
conjunction and an adverb, 73, h.
Hints on the preparation of copy,
and on proof-reading, 303-315.
"Holy Spirit," "Holy Ghost," the
initials of, usually put in capitals,
260, i.

66 How,"
," 109, g; 160, b.

แ

Mathematical signs, 301.

Medical signs, 301.

Members of sentences, explanation
of, 21, IV. Conjoined, 134, 135.
Miscellaneous abbreviations, list of,
277-300.

Miscellaneous marks, 235-240.
"More, greater, &c.,-than," the
correllatives, 93, a; 94, d, e.
"More, the,-the better," the cor-
relatives, 93, a.

"Most High," "Highest," applied
to God, begin with capitals, 260, f.

N.

Ň, the Spanish, 239, XIII.
Namely,"
," 128; 138, d; 191.
Names of the grammatical points,
and whence borrowed, 26. Of in-
terlocutors, the dash unnecessary
after, 194, c. Of persons and places
begun with capital letters, 262.
Compound, of places, 215. Names
of sizes of books, 271.

66 Nature," with a capital or a small
n, 260, c.

"Neither-nor," the correlatives,
29, g; 93, a; 94, h.

"No," when equivalent to a sen-
tence, 130, d.

Nominative and verb, 50-54. Abso-
lute or independent, 69, a, c.
Nominative clause, what it is, 21, V.;
50, a. Phrase, 22, VI.; 50, a.
"Nor," between two words of the
same part of speech, 28, 29. In a
series of words, 37, 38. As a cor-
relative, 93, a; 94, h. Between
phrases and words in the same
construction, 98, b; 99, g. Be-
tween two short clauses, a verb
being understood in the latter,
104, c.

"Not," between two words con-
trasted or mutually related, 46, d.
Preceding the first of two con-

"O" and "oh," in what they differ,
and how pointed, 160, c.
Obelisk, or dagger, 240.
Objections to the study of punctua
tion answered, 12-14.
Objective absolute or independent,
69, f.

"Of," having before it a verb under-
stood, 105.'e.

"Of late," of course," &c., 72, a.
"Of which," of whom," 59, h.
Omission of "namely" or "that
is," 191.
Of letters, figures, or
words 195; 238, VIII. Of words
in the first line of a poetical quo-
tation, 195, b.

"On the one hand," "on the con-
trary," &c., 72, a.

"Once more," put at the beginning
of several sentences, 131, e.
"Or," 28-30; 37, 38; 94, h; 98-100,
b, g, i; 104, c.

"Orthodox," initial of. 265, g.