; 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 voice, and a pause equal to the time of pronouncing four syllables. ? An interrogation point, is placed after a question; as Explanation of the pauses and other marks. A comma, requires that the reader stop, while he could pronounce one syllable. ! An exclamation point, is placed after a word or sentence expressing wonder, surprise, joy, or any sudden and violent emotion of the mind. These two points, require a pause equal to that of the period, but no fall of the voice. (A parenthesis, includes an occasional remark, which 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. 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. 6699 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 should be on the syllable over which it is placed. A dash, placed before a quotation, shows that only a part of a sentence is quoted; between letters, it shows that a part of the word is omitted, as, K-g for king at the end of a sentence, it denotes an abrupt pause. 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. @hain spear leak sail sheaf leaf wife thief beau ty fly cry duty ju ry brush grace price fish ax is ba sis cri sis calx da tum louse mouse man foot goose OX tooth sheaves leaves wives thieves beau ties flies cries du ties ju ries brush es gra ces pri ces ax es ba ses cri ses cal ses da ta Irregular Plurals. lice mice grave plank snare men feet life knife half calf lives knives halves calves pen al ty pen al ties sen tries horse hor ses noise noi ses church es church box box es graves streets planks snares lan tith e sis an tithe ses " ar ca numar ca na cri te ri on cri te ri a child em pha sis jer ra tum geese oxen Istra tum teeth child ren em pha ses ef flu vi a er ra ta ge nus gen e ra hypothesis hypotheses ra di-us ra di i phenomenonphenomena stra ta Pos. bold Comparison of Adjectives by er, and est. Com. Sup. bold est bright est cold est clean est bra vest wis est bright cold clean brave wise warm verb. love be tray cre ate de ceive con tra dict in ter cede bring bind be gin build drive show shine make smite sink warm est Formation of Participles from regular verbs, pr. par. de ceiv ing teach speak write think spend 'bold er weave slay bright er cold er clean er bra ver wis er warm er bring ing bind ing per. par. lov ed con tra dict ing con tra dict ed in ter ce ding in ter ce ded Participles from irregular verbs. brought be tray ed de ceiv ed smi ting sink ing teach ing speak ing wri ting be gin ningbe gun dri ving shin ing mak ing think ing spend ing slay ing 11 built driv en shown shone made smit ten sunk taught spo ken writ ten thought spent wo ven slain Adjectives derived from nouns formed by adding y. [ chill y chalk y grass frost snow storm health flax lead grass y frost y By adding en denoting the matter of which any thing is made, earth earth en oak oak en great week snow y storm y man brave pa rent per son na tion flax en glad glad some loath loath some toil toil some chill chalk ice worth wealth de ceit deceit ful disgrace disgrace ful de light de light ful dis trust dis trust ful | fruit fruit ful wood By adding ful denoting abundance. great ly By adding some denoting fulness. By adding al pa ren tal per son al nation al i cy wor thy wealth y wood en wool len | de light de light some frol ick frol ick some troub le some By adding ly denoting likeness, troub le denoting quality. | By adding less denoting want. art less care less need need less grace grace less art care frac tion fraction al doc trine doc trin al crime crim in al worth worth less measure measure less num ber number less mo tion mo tion less Ish added to adjectives, denotes a slight quality: added to nouns, it denotes similarity. good great self ish grace space vice price child thief fool clown good ly fa vour a ble fa vour a bly fa vour a ble ness coarse coarse ly coarse ness move sport feast plaint child ish thiev ish fool ish clown ish good ness great ness gra cious vi cious mo tive spor tive fes tive pa rent pa rent age re mit re mit tance perform performance pat ron pat ron agere pent re pentance a base a gree a bridge em bar rass em bel lish glo ry glo ri ous beauty beau te ous va ry va fi ous boun ty boun te ous 27. a buse a bu sive de cide de ci sive in trude in tru sive in vade in va sive a base ment a gree ment |
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