ABBREVIATIONS, how punctuated,
274.

Absolute expressions, how punctuated,

261.

Adjectival expressions, how punctu-
ated, 261.

Adverbial expressions, how punctu-
ated, 261.

Adverbs, how punctuated when used
as conjunctions, 262.

Also, examples of, how punctuated,
268, 270, 271, 278.

And, when to be preceded by punctua-
tion marks and when not, 257-259,
268.

Apostrophe, use of, 276.

Apposition, words or phrases in, how
punctuated, 260.

Authorities. See References.

BRACKETS, use of, 264.

But, when to be preceded by punctua-
tion marks, and when not, 257-259,

268.

CAPITAL LETTERS, at beginning of
sentence or line of poetry, 279;
at beginning of quotations, 279; in
proper names, 279, 280; in titles,
prefaces, &c., 280; at beginning of
separately numbered clauses, 280;
O and oh, 281; in letters, 281, 282.
Citations of authorities, 277.
Colon, use of, to indicate an ellipsis,

266; between two ir dependent clau-
ses, 268; to connect successive short
sentences, 270; in compound sen-
tences, 271; before formal state-
ments and quotations, 272.
Comma, use of, with words in a se-

ries, 257-259; between words or
phrases in apposition, 260; with
vocative words or expressions, 261;
with adverbs, adverbial, participial,
adjectival, and absolute expressions,

GENTLEMEN, when to begin with
small letter, and when with capital,
280; examples, 252, 285, 287.

HEADINGS, how punctuated, 274.
However, how punctuated, 262.
Hyphen, use of, 275.

INDEED, how punctuated, 262.
Independent clauses, two connected
by a conjunction, how punctuated,
268.

Interrogation point, use of, 274.
Italics, as substitute for quotation
marks, 275; for emphasis, 280.
Its, and similar words, not to be writ-
ten with apostrophe, 276.

LETTERS, punctuation and capitalizing
of, 281, 282. See Capitals.

NAMELY, ellipsis of, 266.

Nor, when to be preceded by punctua-
tion marks, and when not, 257-259,
268.

Now, how punctuated, 262.

Numerals, Roman, how punctuated,
277.

PARENTHESIS, use of, 264.
Parenthetic expressions, how punctu-
ated, 264, 265; principle which re-
quires them to be set off from rest
of sentence may sometimes be vio-
lated to advantage, 265.

Participial expressions, how punctu-
ated, 261.

Pauses, not correspondent to punctua-
tion, 250.

Period, use of, at end of every com-
plete sentence, 274; after abbrevia-
tions, headings, and sub-headings,
274; with Roman numerals, 277.
Plurals, formation of certain, by aid of
apostrophe, 276.

Possessive case, how indicated, 276;
substitute for, 276.

Proper names, to begin with capitals,

279.

Punctuation, the guides to correct,

249; varies with thought and ex-
pression, 249; purpose of, 249, 250;

spoken and written discourse not
governed by same rules, 250; ab-
surdity of some of the old rules,
250, 251; points used, and general
remarks concerning their use, 251:
examples giving general idea of
principal uses of the several points.
with remarks on each example, 252-
257; in the service of the eye, 277,
278.

QUOTATION MARKS, use of, 275.
Quotations, how punctuated, 272, 275;
should begin with a capital, 279.

REFERENCES to authorities, how punc-
tuated, 273, 275, 277.

Relative clauses, how punctuated, 263.
Rhetorical emphasis. See Emphasis.

SEMICOLON, use of, between two inde-
pendent clauses, 268; between de-
pendent expressions in a series,
269; to connect successive short sen-
tences, 270; in compound sentences,
271.

Sentences, a succession of short, how
punctuated, 270; compound, how
punctuated, 271; how to begin, 279;
how to end, 274.

Series, words or expressions in a, how
punctuated, 257-259; dependent ex-
pressions in a, how punctuated, 269.
Sir, when to begin with small letter,
and when with capital, 280, 281;
examples, 250, 261, 281.

TASTE, a guide to punctuation, 249,

251.

Dépôt, 8.

tive), 79.

Fictitious, 54.

Eliminate, 56.

Fierce, Fiercely, 47.

Elsass, 26.

Depreciate, 8.

Derailment, 8.

Derived from sources, 95.
Devouring element, 79.
Dian, 27.

Differentiate, 8.
Different to, Different
Difficulty, 15. [than, 47.
Diggings (these), 8.
Dilly-dally, 4.
Ding-dong, 99.
Dint of (by), 4.

Diocese, Diocess, 17. [31.
Directly, for as soon as,
Disannul, 13.
Discomfortable, 21.
Discover, 52.

Discusses the repast, 79.

Disembowel, 13.

Eliminating, 57.

Embargo, 21.

Embezzlement, 83.
Embowel, 13.
Emeute, 8.

Employ means, 95.
End and aim, 114.
En grande toilette, 23.
Enormity, 51, 58.
Enormousness, 51.
Entail, 8, 53, 59.
Entire (the), 59.
Entirely engrossed, 61.
Entirety, 79.

Errata (an), 32.

Esculent succulent, 123.

Envoy, 21.

Ere, 10.

Erst, 10.

Dispeace, 25.

Disposable, 16.

Disremember, 7.

Distantest, 15.

Docket (on the), 8.

Espouse a side, 95.
Etiquette, 21.

Even, 136.

Fig, 28.

Fill up, 14.

Finds its own level, 94.

Fire's devastation, 48.

First (the), 49.
First aggressor, 60.
Firstly, 25.

Flit, Flitting, 7.
Flowing, 94.

Flowing style, 158.
Flimsy, 28.

Folks, 7.

Follow after, 14.

Foot, 77, 88.

For, 108.

Forgot, Forgotten, 13.
Former (the), 49, 72.
For my sake, 48.

Forward, Forwards, 15.
Fracas, 8.

Freshen up, 14.
Fro (to and), 4.

From whence, 14, 115.
Fun, 17, 28.

Funeral obsequies, 60.

GAIN CELEBRITY, 95.
Gamin, 8.
'Gan, 28.

Gaol, 16.

Gas, Gaseous, 24.

Gasometer, 24.
Generousest, 15.
Genteeler, 15.

Gent, Gentleman, 27.
Gerrymander, 28.
Get down to bed-rock, 8.
Gifted, 24.

Gives upon, 55, 59.