7. Speak little and speak well briefly and to the point if you wish to be considered wise. 8. Although he thought he knew everybody in the village he could not find one friendly face. 9. As Cæsar loved me I weep for him. 10. To take the field openly against his rival and make frequent visits to the farmhouse seemed to him madness. II. He expected to be home the last of the week but finds that he must stay a few days longer. 12. He dashed down the street crying Fire Fire 13. The wind blowing strongly from the east brought on a cold drizzling rain. 14. Seek the good in your friends not their faults 15. I hurried her on deck over the bulwark down the gangplank and into the coach. SEMICOLON AND COLON 351. Coördinate Clauses.-The semicolon is used to separate coördinate clauses, unless they are very short and very closely connected. EXAMPLES 1. New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth. 2. He and his companions labored on in silence; for there was something in the latter that checked curiosity. 3. We whistled after him and shouted his name; but the echoes only repeated the echo and the shout. 352. Explanatory Clauses with a Conjunction.-A clause that is added to a complete sentence by way of explanation, should be preceded by a semicolon, if the clause is introduced by a conjunction. EXAMPLES 1. He and his companions labored on in silence; for there was something in the latter that checked curiosity. 2. I always feel so well in the mountains; for the air is so invigorating. 353. Explanatory Clauses without a Conjunction.A clause that is added to a complete sentence by way of explanation, is preceded by a colon, if the clause is not introduced by a conjunction. EXAMPLES 1. I like this place very much: the scenery is so beautiful. 2. He has gone back to the city: his work begins on next Monday. 354. Particulars in Apposition.-The colon should precede particulars which are in apposition with a general term. EXAMPLES 1. The age of Elizabeth produced two great poets: Shakespeare, the greatest of dramatists, and Spencer, the author of the Faerie Queene. 2. Three properties belong to wisdom: nature, learning, and experience. 355. Formal Quotations.-Quotations and other expressions formally introduced are preceded by a colon. EXAMPLES 1. The play opens with the sentence: "In sooth, I know not why I am so sad." 2. The proposition to be proved is: That Mars is inhabited. EXERCISE A 356. Explain the punctuation used in the following sentences: 1. My name is Lynette; my need, a knight to battle for my sister, Lyonors. 2. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been!" 3. I wandered by the brookside, I wander'd by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still: But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard. 4. Thus, Brutus, did my master bid me kneel; I would have worked; God bade me rest. Some pious drops the closing eye requires; 7. Not wholly lost, O Father! is this evil world of ours; 8. My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! 9. Three poets, in three distant ages born, EXERCISE B 355. Punctuate the following sentences, and give reasons for the marks you use: 1. Mary could not go to school on Monday the weather was too bad. 2. My sled is broken consequently I cannot go coasting with you. 3. Send me the following five lbs of sugar one doz eggs and one qt of milk. 4. I refused to go with him for the danger was too great. 5. Sentences are of three kinds simple compound and complex. 6. Be sure to reject his offer it is the only wise plan. 7. I like this story very much it contains so much genuine human nature. 8. We'll take the dogs with us to-day for we may start some rabbits. 9. Sometimes they seemed to approach at others to recede at others still to melt into a sultry haze. 10. Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor. 356. The Dash.-The dash is used to indicate a sudden change in construction. EXAMPLES 1. You are going-are you not? 357. Quotation Marks. All direct quotations, short or long, should be included in quotation marks. EXAMPLES 1. "Make way for liberty!" he cried. 2. He shouted but once more aloud, "My father, must I stay?" CAPITALS 358. The First Word.-Capitals are used for the initial letter of a sentence, of a line of poetry, of a direct question or quotation. 359. Names of Deity.-All names and titles of the Deity and personal pronouns referring to Him begin with capitals. 360. Proper Names.-All proper nouns and proper adjectives, including names of days, months, streets, rivers, nations, races, sects, political parties, and parts of the country begin with capitals. NOTE.-The words street, river, mountain, etc., begin with capitals when used in connection with their names. The names of seasons are not written with capitals. 361. Official Titles.-Official titles and titles of honor or office begin with capitals. 362. Titles of Books.-In the titles of books, essays, works of art, etc., the first word and every other prominent word, including nouns, adjectives, verbs, and sometimes pronouns and adverbs, begin with capitals. 363. Important Events.-The names of important events, epochs, and bodies of men, begin with capitals. |