Separate by the comma (10)
connected words and phrases, unless all the conjunctions are expressed;
(11) co-ordinate clauses when short and closely connected; and (12) the
parts of a compound predicate, and other phrases, when long or differently
modified. Use the comma (13) to denote an omission of words; (14) after
_as_, _namely_, etc., introducing illustrations; and (15) when it is needed
to prevent ambiguity.
+Direction+.--_Give the Rule for each capital letter and each mark of
punctuation in these sentences, except the colon, the semicolon, and the
quotation marks_:--
1. Francis II., Charles IX., and Henry III., three sons of Catherine de
Medici and Henry II., sat upon the French throne.
2. The pupil asked, "When shall I use _O_, and when shall I use _oh?_"
3. Purity of style forbids us to use: 1. Foreign words; 2. Obsolete words;
3. Low words, or slang.
4. It is easy, Mistress Dial, for you, who have always, as everybody knows,
set yourself up above me, to accuse me of laziness.
5. He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
6. The Holy Land was, indeed, among the early conquests of the Saracens,
Caliph Omar having, in 637 A. D., taken Jerusalem.
7. He who teaches, often learns himself.
8. San Salvador, Oct.
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