abbreviations as
_Dep't_?
51. What is the hyphen used for?
52. What are quotation marks used for?
53. Give the rules for the use of quotation marks.
54. When are quotation marks omitted?
55. How are book titles now punctuated?
56. Should punctuation marks be doubled?
57. How is the comma used with parentheses?
58. How would you punctuate the possessive of an abbreviation, for
example, _the Doctor's house_, using the abbreviation _Dr._?
59. Give a brief summarized statement of the use of the twelve
punctuation marks.
GLOSSARY
ABSOLUTE--Free from the usual grammatical relations.
ANTECEDENT--That to which a relative pronoun or a relative clause
refers.
APPOSITION--When the meaning of a noun or pronoun is made clear or
emphatic by the use of another noun or pronoun, the two are said to be
in apposition.
CLAUSE--A group of words consisting of a subject and predicate with
their modifiers and forming a part of a sentence; a sentence within a
sentence.
COMPOUND SENTENCE--A sentence consisting of several clauses.
COOeRDINATE CLAUSES--Clauses of equal rank.
DECLARATIVE SENTENCE--A sentence which states a fact.
EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE--A sentence which utters an exclamation.
INDEPENDENT ADVERBS--Adverbs not in grammatical relations with other
words in the sentence.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE--A sentence which asks a question.
MINOR CLAUSES--Clauses other than the principal clause or main statement
of a sentence.
PARENTHETICAL--Incidental; not an essential part of a sentence or
statement.
PARTICLE--One of the minor parts of speech not inflected, that is, not
undergoing changes in form.
PHRASE--An expression consisting usually of but a few words, denoting a
single idea, or forming a separate part of a sentence.
RELATIVE CLAUSE--A clause joined to the rest of the sentence by a
relative pronoun.
SALUTATION--A form of greeting, especially at the beginning or end of a
letter.
SALUTATORY PHRASE--The words forming a salutation, or greeting.
TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES
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