CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
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]