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_What is Etymological punctuation?_ That used in Orthography and Orthoepy. 32. _What is Reference punctuation?_ That used to refer the reader to the margin of the page. 33. _What is punctuation for the Printer?_ That used by the writer to inform the printer the kind of type to use. 34. _What are the principal Etymological points?_ Apostrophe, Caret, Dieresis, Macron, Breve, Tilde, Grave Accent, Acute Accent, Circumflex Accent, Hyphen, and Period. 35. _What is the use of the Apostrophe?_ To indicate the omission of a letter, or letters, of a word. 36. _What letter is omitted in the word o'clock?_ The letter f. 37. _What is the use of the Caret?_ To correct an error of omission. 38. _Is the Caret used in printed copy or manuscript?_ In manuscript. 39. _For what is the Dieresis used?_ To separate two vowels which would otherwise form a diphthong. 40. _Give an example of the use of the Dieresis._ Zo[:o]logy, and Di[:e]resis. 41. _What is the use of the Macron?_ To mark the long quantity of syllables. 42. _What is a long syllable?_ One in which the vowel has the long sound. 43. _What is the use of the Breve?_ To mark the short quantity of syllables. 44. _What is a short syllable?_ One in which the vowel has the short sound. 45. _What kind of a mark is the Tilde?_ A Spanish mark. 46. _How many uses has the Tilde?_ Two. 47. _What are they?_ Placed over _n_ it gives the sound of _ny_ as, in ca[~n]on. In English it indicates certain sounds of the vowels. 48. _How many accent marks are there?_ Three. 49. _What are they?_ Grave, Acute, and Circumflex. 50. _What is the use of the Grave accent?_ To mark the falling inflection. 51. _What is the use of the Acute accent?_ To mark the primary accent, and the rising inflection. 52. _What is the use of the Circumflex?_ To mark the peculiar inflection of the voice in the pronunciation of a word. 53. _How many uses has the Hyphen?_ Three. 54. _What are they?_ To separate the parts of a compound word; to separate a word into syllables; and to divide a word at the end of a line. 55. _When should the Hyphen be used in a compound word?_ When the word has not become permanently compounded. 56. _When use the Dieresis instead of the Hyphen?_ When the syllables are divided by the
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