I asked for money, not advice.
’Twas fat, not fate, by which Napoleon fell.
Although Prince Hohenlohe was far more specific in pointing out what ought to be avoided than in showing what ought to be done, yet there could be no mistaking the course which the government was intending to pursue.
They are charitable, not to benefit the poor, but to court the rich.
OBS. 11. Two contrasted words having a common dependence, and connected by but, though, yet, or as well as, should not be separated; as, There are springs of clear but brackish water.
b. Terms having a common relation to a succeeding term.
Ordered, That the Committee on Banking be, and they hereby are, instructed to report a bill. {p104}
That officer was not in opposition to, but in close alliance with, thieves.
OBS. 12. Some proof-readers, however, omit the second comma, when but a single word follows the latter proposition; as, “Many states were in alliance with, and under the protection of Rome.” The better method is to insert the point. “[Bonner was] an accomplished Italian, and probably also a Spanish, scholar.”—Froude.
18. Correlative terms, or expressions having a reciprocal relation, are separated by a comma.