CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Preface | [v] | |
| Introduction | [xiii] | |
| I | The Functions of Marks and HowPerformed | [1] |
| REAL AND APPARENT MEANINGS | [6] | |
| II | The Fundamental Purposes of Punctuation—Grouping | [14] |
| THE NAMES OF MARKS | [15] | |
| THE RELATIVE VALUES OF MARKS | [16] | |
| PUNCTUATION OF SERIES | [21] | |
| III | Modified Parenthesis, Explanatoryand Restrictive Terms, Afterthought,and Appositives | [30] |
| IV | Grouping Done by the Semicolon andthe Colon | [50] |
| V | Some Uses of the Dash | [74] |
| VI | Punctuation by Reason and Convention | [91] |
FIRST, SECOND, WHEN, NOW, BECAUSE,ETC. | [94] | |
YES, NO, AGAIN, ETC. | [102] | |
| VII | Comma, Semicolon, Colon, and Period—TheirDifferentiation | [107] |
| COMMA AND SEMICOLON | [121] | |
| VIII | Comma, Dash, and Parentheses—TheirDifferentiation | [131] |
| COMMAS AND PARENTHESES | [136] | |
| DASHES AND PARENTHESES | [137] | |
| IX | Miscellaneous Uses of Marks | [147] |
| ADJECTIVES BEFORE A NOUN | [147] | |
| DOUBLE OBJECT | [147] | |
| A “LONG” SUBJECT | [148] | |
| DOUBTFUL MODIFIERS | [150] | |
| INTERMEDIATE RESTRICTIVE GROUPS | [152] | |
| NOT—BUT | [157] | |
| O AND OH | [159] | |
| X | Conventional Uses of Marks | [163] |
| THE PERIOD | [164] | |
| THE COLON | [169] | |
| THE SEMICOLON | [171] | |
| THE INTERROGATION-POINT | [174] | |
| THE EXCLAMATION-POINT | [174] | |
| ELLIPSIS | [175] | |
| XI | Quotation-Marks | [177] |
| XII | Brackets and Parentheses | [185] |
| XIII | Abbreviation and Miscellany | [194] |
| FORMS OF ADDRESS | [194] | |
| FIRM OR CORPORATION NAMES | [195] | |
| FIGURES | [196] | |
| TIME OF DAY | [196] | |
| TEMPERATURE, ETC. | [196] | |
| BIBLE REFERENCES | [199] | |
| FOOT-NOTES | [199] | |
| STAR, DAGGER, ETC. | [201] | |
PER CENT, ETC., &C., 4TO, I.E., E.G., etc. | [201] | |
| THE APOSTROPHE | [201] | |
| WHEREAS—RESOLVED | [202] | |
| XIV | Compound Words | [203] |
| XV | Close and Open Punctuation | [208] |
Press Notices of the First Edition | [221] | |