; Explanation of the pauses and other marks. A comma, requires that the reader stop, while he could pronounce one syllable. A simicolon, requires double the pause of a comma. : A colon, requires that the reader should stop while he could pronounce three syllables. ? ! A period, finishes a sentence, and requires a fall of An interrogation point, is placed after a question; as An exclamation point, is placed after a word or sen- These two points, require a pause equal to that of the period, but no fall of the voice. (A parenthesis, includes an occasional remark, whick serves to illustrate the author's meaning, but is not necessary for the grammatical construction of the sentence :-It should be read quicker and with a - lower tone of voice. 66.99 An apostrophe, marks the possessive case, as,John's book: or, it denotes a contraction, as, us'd for used; I'll for I will. A quotation includes a passage taken from some other author in his own words. A hyphen, shows that the syllables separated by it, belong together; it is used mostly when words are divided at the end of a line. A The caret, is used only in writing; it shows the place where a letter, word, or sentence, omitted by mistake, should be inserted. The accent, shows that the greatest stress of voice An index, points to a remarkable passage. A paragraph, begins a new subject. An asterisk, and other references, point to a note in the margin, at the foot of a page. [] Crotchets, include a word or sentence inserted for explanation. ax is ax es ba sis ba ses cri sis cri ses Irregular Plurals. lan tith e sis an tithe ses ar ca numar ca na cri te ri on cri te ri a in ter cede de ceive con tra dict cre a ting de ceiv ing cre a ted de ceiv ed con tra dict ing con tra dict ed in ter ce ding in ter ce ded Participles from irregular verbs. bring bring ing brought bind bind ing bound be gin be gin ningbe gun build build ing built drive dri ving driv en show show ing shown shine shin ing shone make mak ing made smite smi ting smit ten sink sink ing sunk teach teach ing taught speak speak ing spo ken write wri ting writ ten think think ing spend weave slay spend ing wear ing thought spent wo ven By adding en denoting the matter of which any thing is made, earth earth en oak oak en fruit ful By adding ful denoting abundance. de ceit deceit ful disgrace disgraceful de light de light ful dis trust dis trust ful fruit By adding some denoting fulness. |