 | James N. Patrick - 1898 - 234 σελίδες
...using the comma, one separating the words used in regard to the same subject, the other separating the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence. EXAMPLES. 1. I have seen large, square, brick houses. 2. She can read, write, and spell. 3. Sam is... | |
 | John Morrow, Andrew Curtin McLean, Thomas Charles Blaisdell - 1903 - 268 σελίδες
...is used after interrogative sentences. The Comma. after yes and no when connected with other words. to separate the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence. after each word of a series, except the last. to set off the words that divide a quotation. The Hyphen.... | |
 | Edward Archibald Allen, William John Hawkins - 1903 - 186 σελίδες
...first sentence ? Who is addressed in the second sentence ? Who in the third ? What marks of punctuation separate the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence ? The name of a person addressed is always separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma, or commas.... | |
 | David Gibbs - 1908 - 602 σελίδες
...each of these sentences. 8. Children, do not talk so loudly. . COMPOSITION 63. Comma in address. Use a comma to separate the name of the person addressed from the remainder of the sentence. Copy these sentences : — 1. Father, may I go with you to-day ? 2. Pardo,... | |
 | 1910 - 608 σελίδες
...your punctuation. Put periods at the end of declarative and imperative sentences. Use the comma (a) to separate the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence ; as, Mary, come to me. (b) To separate a very long subject from its verb; as, What she said to me... | |
 | 1912 - 502 σελίδες
...each, tell yourself why it is used. Be very careful to tell yourself about the commas that are used to separate the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence and the exclamation marks that are used to show that the animals were frightened. After you have finished... | |
 | Frank Ellsworth Spaulding - 1913 - 296 σελίδες
...feeling." The story contains two new forms of punctuation that must stand as types to the pupils: (i) the use of commas to separate the name of the person...be separated from the rest of the sentence ? Do it I If a pupil has omitted the exclamation mark, read the quotation which precedes the omitted mark,... | |
 | Catherine Turner Bryce, Frank Ellsworth Spaulding - 1913 - 296 σελίδες
...each, tell yourself why it is used. Be very careful to tell yourself about the commas that are used to separate the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence and the exclamation marks that are used to show that the animals were frightened. After you have finished... | |
 | Frank Ellsworth Spaulding, Catherine Turner Bryce - 1914 - 204 σελίδες
...the use of a capital to begin each line; and (3) the use of one or two commas, as may be necessary, to separate the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence. II (73). Oral Reproduction of the Fable In preparation for the oral reproduction, first have the rhyme... | |
 | Henry Carr Pearson, Mary Frederika Kirchwey - 1914 - 332 σελίδες
...off from the rest of the sentence by commas, and in the other case it is not. In writing, we set off the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence by commas. The name of the person addressed, or the title by which he is addressed, should be separated... | |
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Be careful about the correction of the pupils' papers ; this is the most important part of the exercise. If a pupil has omitted a comma to separate the name of the person addressed from the rest of the sentence, question and direct as follows: Who is... 
