29.Murray's rule for the punctuation of relatives, (a rule which he chiefly copied from Lowth,) recognizes virtually the distinction which I have made above; but, in assuming that relatives "generally" require a comma before them, it erroneously suggests that the resumptive sense is more common than the restrictive.

Yet he memorized the lessons without omitting a comma, although he understood scarcely any part of them.

This may be seen by the first example given us by Murray: "Relative pronouns are connective words, and generally admit a comma before them: as, 'He preaches sublimely, who lives a sober, righteous, and pious life.'

Any editorial office force can insert missing commas and semicolons, and iron out blunders in the English; but it has not the time, if indeed the ability, to instil life into a lifeless manuscript.

'Trunk-hose' wide breeches stuffed with wool, &c. I can make nothing of this verse: the obscurity is not at all removed by putting a comma after 'rules.'

"Placing a comma after each there are eight persons," said Miss Prudence making the commas.

These he read over carefully, adding a comma, a period.

I follow here the punctuation of the Pisan editionwith a comma after 'words,' as well as after 'sky, flowers,' &c.

This reasoning, strictly applied, would exclude the comma before who in the first example above; but, as the pronoun does not "closely" or immediately follow its antecedent, the comma is allowed, though it is not much needed.

Here the number of syllables is unaltered; but foreigner is very improperly called "a verbal noun," and an example which only lacks a comma, is changed to what Wells rightly calls an "anomalous expression," and one wherein that author supposes foreigner and his to be necessarily in the same case.

[FORMULE.Not proper, because the repeated word lend has here no comma.

She scribbled awhile, making a comma and a dash, a parenthesis, an interrogation point, an asterisk and a line of asterisks!

"Placing a comma after each there are eight persons," said Miss Prudence making the commas.

[1878.] [Index] [Missing commas within entries or before sub-entries have been silently supplied.

But the period thus followed by a small letter, has not an agreeable appearance, and some would here prefer the comma, which is, undoubtedly, better suited to the pause, A fitter practice, however, would be, to change the expression thus: "We shall consider these words, 1st, as expressing resolution; and, 2dly, as expressing futurity.

Folio prints a comma after] not.

Thus, notes, which have a tendency toward the acute or shrill, may be raised two commas or more above temperate trueness.

Poland did not gain her liberty, and more than any other country should respect every comma of the treaty.

In good punctuation the defining relative is distinguished (as in the examples above) by never taking a comma before it, whether it be who or which or that.

If the author did not mean to speak of being pious to God as well as faithful to Him, he has written incorrectly: a comma after pious, would alter both the sense and the construction.

Thus he was saying now, pacing up and down the room, plunged in thought: 'Lord Pinkerton is not comma however comma averse to' (Jane wrote 'from') 'entertaining your suggestions comma and will be glad if you can make it convenient to call to-morrow bracket Tuesday close the bracket afternoon comma between three and five stop.'

2. When the members of a compound sentence themselves contain commas, they should be separated from one another by semicolons.

" The authentic Latin copy of the grant to Sir William Alexander, as communicated officially by the British Government, contains no commas, and would read as follows: "Omnes et singulas terras continentis ac insulas situatas et jacentes in America intra caput seu promontorium communiter Cap de Sable appellat.

If the training has failed to give the pupil this power, it will be of little advantage to him to have mastered some of the minor matters of technique, or to have learned how to improve his phrasing, polish his sentences, and distribute his commas.

But performers, to simplify our musical system, have divided this comma into two, making synonymous notes of D flat and C sharp; that is to say, notes having the same sound.