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"Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students
| Author: | Allardyce, Paul
Shared by: vmriddle |
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| Language: | English | |
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| Source: | http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20938 | |
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... XXXVII. The mark of exclamation is placed after the statement of some absurdity. He has been labouring to prove that Shakespeare's plays were written by Bacon! To him the parliamentary vote was a panacea for all human ills, and the ballot-box an object as sacred as the Holy Grail to a knight of the Round Table! The same reason applies to its use after such sentences as after ironical statements. XXXVIII. The mark of exclamation may be placed after any impressive or striking thought. The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land: you may almost hear the very beating of his wings! It may be doubted whether the mark of exclamation is in such cases of any great service; for the impressiveness of a sentence ought to appear in the sentence itself, or to be given to it by the context....