199. Writing and Printing
are substitutes for oral communication; and correct punctuation is essential to convey the meaning intended, and to give due force to such passages as the author may wish to impress upon the mind of the person to whom they are being communicated.
Wines were First Made in Britain A.D. 276.
200. The Points are as follows:
| comma | , |
| semi-colon | ; |
| colon | : |
| Period, or Full Point | . |
| Apostrophe | ' |
| Hyphen | - |
| Note of Interrogation | ? |
| Note of Exclamation | ! |
| Parenthesis | ( ) |
| Asterisk, or Star | * |
As these are all the points required in simple epistolary composition, we will confine our explanations to the rules which should govern the use of them.
201. The Other Points
however, are: