EXAMPLES.
“This said, He form’d thee, Adam; thee, O man,
Dust of the ground.”
“Now Morn, her rosy steps in th’ eastern clime
Advancing, sow’d the earth with orient pearl.”
Milton.
Two Nouns, or two Adjectives, connected by a single Copulative or Disjunctive, are not separated by a Point: but when there are more than two, or where the Conjunction is understood, they must be distinguished by a Comma.
Simple members connected by Relatives and Comparatives are for the most part distinguished by a Comma: but when the members are short in Comparative Sentences; and when two members are closely connected by a Relative, restraining the general notion of the Antecedent to a particular sense; the pause becomes almost insensible, and the Comma is better omitted.