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A Shorter Course in English Grammar and Composition by W. H. Wells. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1880 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...are thy beams, O Sun!" Short passages of special importance, cards, titles, headings, etc., are often composed entirely of capitals. For examples see title-pages, heads of chapters, and sections, cards, etc. Open your reading books and point out examples of words commencing wi'.h capitals at the beginning of sentences;--lines of poetry commencing with capitals;--names of the Supreme Being commencing with capitals;--examples of proper names and honorary titles commencing with capitals;--examples of important words in titles or headings commencing with capitals;--examples of the pronoun I and the interjection O;--examples of titles, headings, etc., printed entirely in capitals. Italic Letters. 116. Italic letters are those which stand inclining. This sentence is printed in Italics. When an author wishes to distinguish a particular word or phrase for the sake of emphasis, or for any other purpose, it is generally printed in Italics: "I'll keep them all; he shall not have a Scot of them." In writing it is customary to underline such words as would be italicized in printing: This is also called underscoring. When a word is used merely as a word, it should generally be printed in Italics: "Wlio is applied to persons, and which to animals and inanimate things."--Murray. Sentences of special importance are often printed entirely in Italics. When a word or phrase embodied in an Italic sentence is to be distinguished from the rest, it is sometimes printed in Roman letters and sometimes in full-face type: "The grand clue to all syntactical parsing is the sense."--G. Brown. "The grand clue to all syntactical parsing is the sense." Turn to any of your school books and point out words that are printed in...