n, china cup, india rubber,
cashmere shawl, half russia, morocco leather, epsom salts,
japanned ware, plaster of paris, brussels and wilton carpets,
valenciennes and chantilly lace, vandyke collar, valentine,
philippic, socratic, herculean, guillotine, derby hat, gatling
gun.

=6. Punctuation:=

Omit periods after nicknames: Tom, Sam, etc.

Always use a period between dollars and cents and after per cent.,
but never after c, s, and d, when they represent cents, shillings,
and pence: $1.23, 10 per cent., 2s 6d.

Punctuate the votes in balloting thus: Yeas, 2; nays, 3.

Punctuate lists of names with the cities or states to which the
individuals belong thus: Messrs. Smith of Illinois, Samson of West
Virginia, etc. If the list contains more than three names, omit
the "of" and punctuate thus: Smith, Illinois; Samson, West
Virginia; etc. Where a number of names occurs with the office
which they hold, use commas and semicolons, thus: J. S. Hall,
governor; Henry Overstoltz, mayor; etc.

Never use a colon after viz., to wit, namely, e. g., etc., except
when they end a paragraph. Use a colon, dash, or semicolon before
them and commas after them, thus: This is the man; to wit, the
victim.

"Such as" should follow a comma and have no point after it: "He saw
many things, such as men, horses, etc."

Set lists of names thus without points:

Mesdames-- George V. King
Charles C. Knapp Henry A. Lloyd
John H. Cole Jr.

Do not use a comma between a man's name and the title "Jr." or "Sr."
as John Jones Jr.

Use the apostrophe to mark elision: I've, 'tis, don't, can't, won't,
canst, couldst, dreamt, don'ts, won'ts, '80s.

Use the apostrophe in possessives and use it in the proper place:
the boy's clothes, boys' clothes, Burns' poems, Fox's Martyrs,
Agassiz's works, ours, yours, theirs, hers, its (but "it's" for it
is). George and John's father was a good man; Jack's and Samuel's
fathers were not.

Do not use the apostrophe when making a plural of figures, etc.: all
the 3s, the Three Rs.

Do not use the apostrophe in Frisco, phone, varsity, bus.

Use an em dash after a man's name when placed at the beginning in
reports of interviews, speeches, dialogues, etc.: John Jones--I