PARENTHESIS, use of, 339, 340.
Parenthetic expressions, how punct
uated, 339-341; principle which
requires them to be set off from
rest of sentence may sometimes be
violated to advantage, 340, 341.
Participial expressions, how punctu-
ated, 337.
Pauses, not correspondent to punct-
uation, 328.
Period, use of, at end of every com-
plete sentence, 348; after abbre-
viations, headings, and sub-head-
ings, 348; with Roman numerals,
351.
Plurals, formation of certain, by aid
of apostrophe, 349, 350.
Possessive case, how indicated, 349,
350; substitute for, 349, 350.
Proper names, to begin with capitals,
Punctuation, the guides to correct,
327; varies with thought and ex-
pression, 327; purpose of, 327,
328; spoken and written discourse
not governed by same rules, 328;
absurdity of some of the old rules,
328; points used, and general re-
marks concerning their use, 329
examples giving general idea of
principal uses of the several points,
with remarks on each example,
329-333; in the service of the
eye, 350, 351.
QUOTATION MARKS, use of, 348.
Quotations, how punctuated, 346,
348, 349; should begin with a
capital, 352.
REFERENCES to authorities, how
punctuated, 346-350.
Relative clauses, how punctuated,
338, 339.
Rhetorical emphasis. See Emphasis.
SEMICOLON, use of, between two in-
dependent clauses, 343; between
dependent expressions in a series,
343, 344; to connect successive
short sentences, 344, 345; in com-
pound sentences, 345, 346.
Sentences, a succession of short, how
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