tedly,
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_."

OBS. 7.--Names vulgarly shortened, then written as they are spoken, are not
commonly marked with a period; as, _Ben_ for _Benjamin_. "O RARE BEN
JOHNSON!"--_Biog. Dict._

"From whence the inference is plain,
Your friend MAT PRIOR wrote with pain."
--LLOYD: _B. P._, Vol. viii, p. 188.

IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION.

FALSE PUNCTUATION.--ERRORS CONCERNING THE PERIOD.

UNDER RULE I.--DISTINCT SENTENCES.

"The third person is the position of the name spoken of; as, Paul and Silas
were imprisoned, the earth thirsts, the sun shines."--_Frazee's Gram._, 1st
Ed., p. 21; Ster. Ed., p. 23.

[FORMULE.--Not proper, because three totally distinct sentences are here
thrown together as examples, with no other distinction than what is made by
two commas. But, according to Rule 1st for the Period, "When a sentence,
whether long or short, is complete in respect to sense, and independent in
respect to construction, it should be marked with the period." Therefore,
these commas should be periods; and, of course, the first letter of each
example must be a capital.]

"Two and three and four make nine; if he were here, he would assist his
father and mother, for he is a dutiful son; they live together, and are
happy, because they enjoy each other's society; they went to Roxbury, and
tarried all night, and came back the next day."--_Goldsbury's Parsing
Lessons in his Manual of E. Gram._, p. 64.

"We often resolve, but seldom perform; she is wiser than her sister; though
he is often advised, yet he does not reform; reproof either softens or
hardens its object; he is as old as his classmates, but not so learned;
neither prosperity, nor adversity, has improved him; let him that standeth,
take heed lest he fall; he can acquire no virtue, unless he make some
sacrifices."--_Ibid._

"Down from his neck, with blazing gems array'd,
Thy image, lovely Anna! hung portray'd,
Th' unconscious figure, smiling all serene,
Suspended in a golden chain was seen,"--_S. Barrett's E. Gr._, p. 92.

UNDER RULE II.--ALLIED SENTENCES.

"This life is a mere prelude to another, which has no limits, it is a
little portion of duration. As death leaves us, so the day of judgment will
find us."--_Merchant's School Gram._, p.