n and not heard."

In exceptional cases a long, rapid-fire dialogue may, for purposes of
compression, be placed in one paragraph. Dashes should then be used
before successive quotations to indicate a change of speaker.

Omissions from a dialogue (as when only one side of a telephone
conversation is reported), long pauses, and the unfinished part of
interrupted statements, may be represented by a short row of dots.

Exercise:

Arrange in paragraphs, and insert quotation marks:

1. Help! I cried, rolling over in the narrow crevasse, and
wondering dazedly how far I had fallen through the snow. A
muffled voice came from above: We'll have a rope down to you in
a minute. Tie that bottle of brandy on the end of it, I
suggested, and it'll come faster. [The student will here insert
a sentence of his own to complete the dialogue.]

2. Good morning, James, said the deacon, suspiciously. How are
you? and where are you going? I'm all right, answered the boy,
and I'm goin' down to the creek. As he spoke, he tried to hide
something bulky underneath his coat. You oughtn't to go fishing
on Sunday. [Add another sentence to finish the dialogue.]

=89.= MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE

The following sentences illustrate errors in the use of capitals,
italics, numbers, abbreviations, etc. Make necessary changes.

1. I met him at kansas city at a dinner of the commercial club.

2. The senate and the house of representatives are the two
branches of congress.

3. In today's chicago herald the union pacific railroad
advertises reduced rates to yellowstone park and the northwest.

4. There are 30 men in each section in chemistry, but only 25
in each section in french.

5. Early in pres. wilson's administration troops crossed the
rio grande river. Pres. Carranza protested.

6. In nineteen ten the population of new york city (including
suburbs) was 4,766,883.

7. Send the moving van to thirty walnut street at eight
o'clock.

8. I like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice better than George
Eliot's Adam Bede.

9. May I call for you about 7:30 p. m., Miss Reynolds?

10. The note draws 6 per cent interest, and is payable Jan.
1st, 1921.

11. He will remain in town until Apr. 20th, and will then go
away for the Summer. He is going abroad to study the spanish
and italian