 | John Seely Hart - 1881 - 426 pages
...COLON. The Colon marks a division of a sentence more nearly complete than that of a semicolon. RULE 1. Greater Divisions of Complex Sentences. — When the...perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, hut did not perceive it moving ; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - Elocution - 1883 - 482 pages
...advances in learning, consisting of insensible steps, are only perceivable by the distance gone over. As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not perceive its moving ; as it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it gr'ow : so the advances... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1884 - 346 pages
...advances in knowledge, as they consist of such minute steps, are perceivable only by the distance. As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not see it moving; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow: so our advances... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - English language - 1888 - 286 pages
...metaphor, and of phrases that suggest lively images, than that of any other people I have seen. 12. As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not see it moving ; and as it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow : so the... | |
 | Christian Brothers - English language - 1890 - 120 pages
...placed between the greater divisions of a sentence, when minor subdivisions are separated by semicolons; as, " We perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not see it moving; we observe that the grass has grown, though it was impossible to see it grow ; so the... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Bookkeeping - 1899 - 558 pages
...separate members of a sentence if one or more of those members are themselves subdivided by semicolons. As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not see it moving; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advances... | |
 | English language - 1905 - 644 pages
...separate members of a sentence if one or more of those members are themselves subdivided by semicolons. As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not see it moving; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advances... | |
 | Daniel Charles O'Connor - Pharmaceutical industry - 1913 - 524 pages
...divisible into clauses separated by semicolons, a colon should be used before the connecting word. As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not see it moving: and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow: so the advances... | |
 | James Chapman - Elocution - 378 pages
...constriwtive member, whether the corresponding conjunction be expressed or understood. By Rule, 1 accent. As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not perceive it moving ; as it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow ; so the advances we make... | |
 | Noble Butler - English language - 1846 - 268 pages
...several semicolons have been employed, and a still greater pause is necessary before the full stop ; as, " We perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not see it moving ; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advances... | |
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