Part 166 (2/2)

”Then say how hope and fear, desire and hate, O'erspread with snares the crowded maze of fate”--_Dr Johnson_

RULE VI--WORDS PUT ABSOLUTE

Nouns or pronouns put absolute, should, with their adjuncts, be set off by the co dead_, succeeded”--”_This done_, we parted”--”_Zaccheus_, make haste and come down”--”_His proctorshi+p in Sicily_, what did it produce?”--_Cicero_

”Wing'd with his fears, on foot he strove to fly, _His steeds too distant_, and _the foe too nigh_”

--_Pope, Iliad_, xi, 440

RULE VII--WORDS IN APPOSITION

Words in apposition, (especially if they have adjuncts,) are generally set off by the comma; as, ”He that now calls upon thee, is Theodore, _the hermit of Teneriffe_”--_Johnson_ ”LOWTH, _Dr Robert, bishop of London_, born in 1710, died in 1787”--_Biog Dict_ ”HOME, _Henry, lord Ka shall please thee, be assur'd, Thy _likeness_, thy fit _help_, thy other _self_, Thy _wish_ exactly to thy heart's desire”--_Milton, P L_, viii, 450

”And he, their prince, shall rank a my peers”--_Byron_

EXCEPTION I--COMPLEX NAMES

When several words, in their common order, are used as one compound name, the comma is not inserted; as, ”Dr Samuel Johnson,”--”Publius Gavius Cosanus”

EXCEPTION II--CLOSE APPOSITION

When a common and a proper name are closely united, the comma is not inserted; as, ”The brook Kidron,”--”The river Don,”--”The empress Catharine,”--”Paul the Apostle”

EXCEPTION III--pronOUN WITHOUT PAUSE

When a pronoun is added to an other word merely for emphasis and distinction, the comma is not inserted; as, ”Yeminister,”--”You princes”

EXCEPTION IV--NAMES ACQUIRED

When a name acquired by so noun or pronoun, the coround_ _;”--”_Whouide_”--_Pope_

RULE VIII--ADJECTIVES

Adjectives, when so depends on them, or when they have the import of a dependent clause, should, with their adjuncts, be set off by the co the roots Of hazel, _pendent o'er the plaintive stream_, They frame the first foundation of their dos the lark, _Shrill-voic'd_ and _loud_, the er of morn”--_Id_

EXCEPTION--ADJECTIVES RESTRICTIVE

When an adjective immediately follows its noun, and is taken in a restrictive sense, the comma should not be used before it; as,

----”And on the coast _averse_ From entrance or cherubic watch”--_Milton, P L_, B ix, l 68

RULE IX--FINITE VERBS