The New Century Book of FactsContinental., 1928 |
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... close to the periods , the less significant close to the lesser marks of punctua- tion , the least significant in those unbroken stretches of discourse where there is nothing but words to arrest the eye . " Coherence is the law of ...
... close to the periods , the less significant close to the lesser marks of punctua- tion , the least significant in those unbroken stretches of discourse where there is nothing but words to arrest the eye . " Coherence is the law of ...
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... close : as fail , rail , feel . Derivatives of monosyllables ending in formed by adding one or more syllables generally retain both l's : as skillful , skillfulness , willful , willfulness . So also in installment , thralldom and ...
... close : as fail , rail , feel . Derivatives of monosyllables ending in formed by adding one or more syllables generally retain both l's : as skillful , skillfulness , willful , willfulness . So also in installment , thralldom and ...
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... close punctuation . Fifty years ago the pages of ordinary books were lavishly sprinkled with punctuation marks , in strange contrast to those of the present day . Punctuation Marks : - Comma : - Period Semicolon Colon : Interrogation ...
... close punctuation . Fifty years ago the pages of ordinary books were lavishly sprinkled with punctuation marks , in strange contrast to those of the present day . Punctuation Marks : - Comma : - Period Semicolon Colon : Interrogation ...
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... close parenthetical matter thrown into a sen- tence , which may be omitted without destroying the sense or the grammatical construction . We have nothing to do with what is happening in space ( or possibly may happen in time ) : we have ...
... close parenthetical matter thrown into a sen- tence , which may be omitted without destroying the sense or the grammatical construction . We have nothing to do with what is happening in space ( or possibly may happen in time ) : we have ...
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... close of the last . ( 4 ) When especial attention is called to a long quotation , single quotation marks may be used at the first of each line quoted . Apostrophe .- ( 1 ) The apostrophe is used to denote the possessive case , as ...
... close of the last . ( 4 ) When especial attention is called to a long quotation , single quotation marks may be used at the first of each line quoted . Apostrophe .- ( 1 ) The apostrophe is used to denote the possessive case , as ...
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