Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Charles W. Sanders
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fall. Sometimes the voice should rise, as the sense may require.
, The Comma is the shortest pause; as, Jane goes to school', and learns to read. Pause the time of counting _one_, and keep the voice up. -- The Dash denotes a sudden pause or change of subject; as, I saw him--but what a sight! When the dash is used after any other pause, the time of that pause is doubled. * * * * * EXPLANATION OF OTHER MARKS. ' The Apostrophe has the form of the comma. It denotes the possessive case; as, John's book; also, that one or more letters have been left out of a word; as, lov'd for loved. " " The Quotation includes a passage that is taken from some other author or speaker; as, John said: "See my kite." ( ) |
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