CHAPTER V PUNCTUATION(第1页)
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LindleyMurrayandGooldBrownlaiddownrulesforpunostofthemhavebeenbrokenlohrownintothejunk-heapofdisuse。Theyweretid,toostritsomuiheyweremoreorlessimpracticaltoapplytoordinaryanneroflayleandofexpressionhassiderablygedsiheoldabstruseplexseshiddenmeaningshasbeeheshade,thereislittleofpr-drawn-outphrases,ambiguityofexpressionisavoidedaowardterseyaherefore,punhasbeelysimplified,tosuexteitisnowasmuchamatterofgoodtasteaasadhereoaofrules。herearelawsgitwhiated,theirpriberigidlyandinviolablyobserved。
Thedofpunarkthegrammatiedthedepehepartsofaposition,butualpausesmadeinspeakiesusedtodehedeliveryofapassagedifferfromthoseusedwhenthepassageiswritteheless,severalofthepunarksservetouttherhetoricalforceofexpression。
Theprincipalmarksofpunare:
1。Thea[,]
2。TheSemi[?]
3。The[:]
4。ThePeriod[。]
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7。TheDash[—]
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&ion[""]
Thereareseveralotherpointsormarkstoindicatevariousrelations,butproperlyspeakingsueuheheadingofPrinter'sMarks,someofwhicharetreatedelsewhere。
Oftheabove,thefirstfourmaybestyledthegrammatits,andtheremaiherhetorits。
&heoffimaistoshowtheslightestseparationunatall。Itshouldbeomittedwheneverpossible。Itisusedtomarktheleastdivisioence。
1。Aseriesofwordsorphraseshasitspartsseparatedbyas:—"Lying,trickery,ery,perjury,werenaturaltohim。""Thebrave,daring,faithfulsoldierdiedfagthefoe。"Iftheseriesisinpairs,asseparatethepairs:"Ridpoor,learnedandunlearned,bladwhite,andJew,MohammedanandBuddhistmustpassthroughthesamegate。"
2。Aaisusedbeforeashortquotation:"Itatrirywhosaid,'Givemelibertyivemedeath。'"
&hesubjectofthesentenceisaclausephrase,aaisusedaftersuchsubject:"ThathehasheGodIlove,proveshisiy。""Simulatedpiety,withabladasaniouslook,doesnotproclaima。"
4。Anexpressioheticallyshouldbeinclosedbyas:"Theoldman,asageakesamwalk。"
5。ositiooffbyas:"Mley,thePresident,wasassassi;
&iveclauses,ifive,requireas:"Thebook,whichisthesimplest,isofteprofound。"
7。Ienceseachshouldbefollowedbyaa:&quhtssas,pullscars,traiheenginesofourmillsandfactories。"
8。Whenaverbisomittedaatakesitsplace:"Linwasagreatstatesman?Grasoldier。"
&ofaddressisfollowedbyaa:"John,yoodman。"
10。Iion,asareusedtoexpressperiures:"Mountains25,000feethigh?1,000,000dollars。"
TheSemiarksaslighterthanthea。Itisgenerallyedtthepartsofpouismutrasts:
1。"Gladstoasastatesman?hewassublimeasaman。"
2。TheSemiisusedbetweesofallpouenwhichthegrammaticalsubjectofthesedpartisdifferentfromthatofthefirst:"Theplahewisdomofherstatesmen?thepothofherarmyandnavy。"
3。TheSemiisusedbeforewordsaionswhitroduceparticularsorspesfollowingafter,suamely,as,e。g。,vid。,i。e。,etc。:"Hehadthreedefeamely,ess,laandobstinahisideas。""Anislandisaportionoflairelysurrouer?asCuba。""Theiesshouldalwaysehacapitalletter?e。g。,NewYork,Paris。""Theboyrofionebranch?viz。,Mathematics。""Noma?i。e。,freefromallblemish。"
Theexalusesispracticallyobsolete。
1。Itisgeattheeerodugquotation:"Thecheershavingsubsided,Mr。Bryanspokeasfollows:"
2。Itisplacedbeforeaionorillustratioundersideration:"Thisisthemeanierm:"
3。Adirectquotationformallyintroduerallyprecededbya:"Thegreatoratormadethisfunnyremark:"