EXAMPLES.

“This said, He form’d thee, Adam; thee, O man,

Dust of the ground.”

“Now Morn, her rosy steps in th’ eastern clime

Advancing, sow’d the earth with orient pearl.”

Milton.

Two Nouns, or two Adjectives, connected by a single Copulative or

Disjunctive, are not separated by a Point: but when there are more than

two, or where the Conjunction is understood, they must be distinguished

by a Comma.

Simple members connected by Relatives and Comparatives are for the

most part distinguished by a Comma: but when the members are short

in Comparative Sentences; and when two members are closely connected

by a Relative, restraining the general notion of the Antecedent to a

particular sense; the pause becomes almost insensible, and the Comma is

better omitted.

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