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A dash following a stop, denotes that the pause is to be greater than if
the stop were alone; and when used by itself, requires a pause of such
length as the sense only can determine.
"Here lies the great--False marble, where?
"Nothing but sordid dust lies here."
INTERROGATORY POINT.
The note of interrogation is used at the end of an interrogative
sentence; as, "Who adorned the heavens with such exquisite beauty?"
NOTE. The interrogative point should not be employed in cases where
it is only said, that a question has been asked; as, "The Cyprians
asked me, why I wept."
EXCLAMATORY POINT.
The note of exclamation is applied to expressions of sudden emotion,
surprise, joy, grief, &c. and sometimes to invocations and addresses;
as, "How much vanity in the pursuits of men!" "What is more amiable than
virtue!" "My friend! this conduct amazes me!" "Hear me, O Lord! for thy
loving kindness is great!"
PARENTHESIS.
A parenthesis is a clause containing some useful remark, which may be
omitted without injuring the grammatical construction; as, "To gain a
posthumous reputation, is to save a few letters (for what is a name
besides?) from oblivion.
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