Practical letter writing; a text book giving complete information regarding the construction, forms, punctuation, and uses of the different kinds of ... cards together with exercises for practice - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...the contained quotation come at the end of the sentence, three apostrophes should be used after it. Examples: He began by saying, "The old proverb, 'Well begun is half done,'contains an important truth." The speaker replied, "In the words of the immortal Lawrence, I would say, 'Don't give up the ship.'" Note 2.--A period, colon, semicolon, or comma after the last word of a quotation is placed before the quotation marks. Other punctuation marks are placed before the quotation marks, if they are part of the quotation, and after them if they are used to punctuate the sentence. OTHER MARKS USED IN WRITING AND PRINTING. 432. The apostrophe is used: 1. To mark the omission of a letter or syllable; as, o'er, ne'er, 'tis, they'll. 2. To mark the omission of the century in dates; as, '89, '92. 3. With the s to indicate the plural of a letter, figure, or sign; as, 6's, b's. There is good authority for the use of either of the following rules. Learn erne, and then use it always. 4. To show possession, add the apostrophe and J to all nouns that do not end in s; to them, add the apostrophe only; as, cord's length; hat's rim; hats' rims (more than one hat, hats); James' lesson; Moses' life, etc.; or, 5. To show possession, add the apostrophe and i to all nouns except plurals that end in s; as, cord's length; hat's rim; hats' rims; James's lesson: Moses's life, etc. 433. The hyphen is used between the parts of compound words, and at the end of a line to indicate that a word is divided. It is not always easy to decide whether the hyphen should be used to indicate the compounding of two words. The following directions are abridged from an article written by a practical printer, and published in the National Educator: 1. When two nouns come together and t...
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