 | Robert Lowth (bp. of London.) - 1775 - 442 σελίδες
...Т U AT I О N ïs the art of marking in writing the feveral paufes, or irefts, between fentences, and the parts of Sentences, according to their proper quantity or proportion, as they are exprefTed in a juft and accurate pronunciation. As the feveral articulate founds, the fyllables and... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 σελίδες
...systematical, General Idea of the common Doctrine of Punctuation. Dr. LOWTH defines punctuation to be, " the " art of marking in writing the several pauses,...the parts of " sentences, according to their proper quan" tity or proportion, as they are expressed in a " just and accurate pronunciation." Others, as... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 σελίδες
...had he bad ncvtr tuck •pportunitie*." — Bentley, Dluert.on Phalaris, p. 33i. »OHCPUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of marking in writing the several...are expressed in a just and accurate pronunciation. As the several articulate sounds, the syllables and words, of which sentences consist, are marked by... | |
 | John Walker - 1810 - 394 σελίδες
...general Idea of the common Doctrine qfPunctu^ation. SOME grammarians define punctuation to be thfe art of marking in writing the several pauses, or rests,...are expressed in a just and accurate pronunciation. Others, as Sir James Burrow and Dr. Bowles, besides considering the points as marks of rest and pauses,... | |
 | Charles Peirce - 1811 - 266 σελίδες
....occasions properly, correctly , or politely. Q^ What is punctuation ? A. Punctuation is tlve art of making in writing the several pauses or rests between sentences,...are expressed in a just and accurate pronunciation. C^ What are the jnarks used for this purposed A. The period The colon The semicolon The comma The interrogation... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 σελίδες
...taken from subjects which are contrary. Harris. . ON PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of mark ing in writing the several pauses, or rests, between sentences,...are expressed in a just and accurate pronunciation. . As the several articulate sounds, the syllables and words, of which sentences consist, are marked... | |
 | John Dougall - 1815 - 514 σελίδες
...case and mode are not influenced by them, but determined by the nature of the sentence» PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of marking in writing the several...are expressed in a, just and accurate pronunciation. As the several articulate sounds, the syllables and words, of which sentences consist, are marked by... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 σελίδες
...systematical. General idea of the common doctrine of punctuation, Dr. Lowth defines punctuation to be, " the art of marking in writing the several pauses,...are expressed in a just and accurate pronunciation." Others, as Sir James Burrow and Dr. Bowles, besides considering the points as marks of rest and pauses,... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 σελίδες
...systematical. General Idea of the common Doctrine of Punctuation. Dr. LOWTH defines punctuation to be, " the " art of marking in writing the several pauses,...the parts of " sentences, according to their proper quan" tit}' or proportion, as they are expressed in a " just and accurate pronunciation." Others, as... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1828 - 538 σελίδες
...sentences and the who giveth away his treasure N|»isely, givaib. pacts of sentences, according to iheir proper quantity or proportion, as they are expressed in a just and accurate pronunciation. The following are the principal stops or pauses in a sentence ; viz. the comma (,) the semicolon (... | |
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Lowth defines punctuation to be, " the art of marking in writing the several pauses, or rests, between sentences, and the parts of sentences, according to their proper quantity or proportion, as they are expressed in a just and accurate pronunciation. 
