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PUNCTUATION.
dull" But when the comparison is short, and the connection intimate, the
comma is not used; as, .. Wisdom is better than rubies."
999. RULE lO.-The adverbs nay, 80, lienee, again, first, secondly, &c.,
when considered important, and particularly at the beginning of a sentence,
should be separated from the context by a comma; as, "Nay, but
we will serve the Lord." So also, as and t/&US, introducing an example or
quotation; as, &c.
1000. RULE ll.-A relative with its clauses, explanatory of its antecedpnt,
is usually sepal'Bted from the rest of a sentence; as, "He who disrep-ards
the good opinion of the world, must be utterly abandoned," or,
.. He TUllst be utterly abandoned, who disregards," &c. But when the
re1atiYe, with its clause, is restrictive (267-2), and the connection so close
that it can not be separated, the comma is not used; liS," Self·denial is
the sacrifice wliich virtue must mllke."
1001. RULE l2.-Tlwt, used liS a conjunction, and preceded by another
. clausc, usually has a comma before it; as, U Be virtuous, that you may be
happy." But when the clanse introduced by that, is the suhject or the
o~ject of the verb in the preceding clauAe, the comma is not inserted; as,
.. Jt is wcll that he should know it."-" I said tltat ye are gods."
1002. RULE 13.-When a verb is understood, a comma must be insert.ed;
A". U Reading makes a full man; conversation, a ready man; and
writing, an exact man."
1003. RULE H.-lVords repeated are separated by ~ comma; as,
.. ~,oly, holy, boly, is the Lord God Almighty."-" No, no, no, it can not
be.
1004. RULE 15.-Inverled sentmces, by throwing two or more words
Ollt of t]'l'ir regular connection, often require a comma; as, "To God, all
things are pos8ible." Not inverted, it would be, "All things are possible
to God."-" His delight was, to assist the distressed." In the natural
onl",', "To ass;st the distressed was his delight."
1005. RULE l6.-A short expression, in the manner of a quotation, is
separated by commas; as, "Plutarch calls lying, the vice of slaves." Also
th" ve1·b, .