er, because the note of interrogation is here set after
an expression which has neither the form nor the nature of a direct
question. But, according to Rule 3d for the Eroteme, "When a question is
mentioned, but not put directly as a question, it loses both the quality
and the sign of interrogation." Therefore, the semicolon, which seems
adapted to the pause, should here be preferred.]

"If it be asked, why a pause should any more be necessary to emphasis than
to an accent? or why an emphasis alone, will not sufficiently distinguish
the members of sentences from each other, without pauses, as accent does
words? the answer is obvious; that we are pre-acquainted with the sound of
words, and cannot mistake them when distinctly pronounced, however rapidly;
but we are not pre-acquainted with the meaning of sentences, which must be
pointed out to us by the reader or speaker."--_Sheridan's Rhet. Gram._, p.
lvi.

"Cry, By your Priesthood tell me what you are?"
--POPE: _British Poets_, London, 1800, Vol. vi, p. 411.

MIXED EXAMPLES OF ERROR.

"Who else can he be. Where else can he go."--_S. Barrett's Gram._, 1845, p.
71. "In familiar language _here, there_ and _where_ are used for _hither,
thither_ and _whither_."--_N. Butler's Gram._, p. 183. "Take, for instance,
this sentence, 'Indolence undermines the foundation of virtue.'"--_Hart's
Gram._, p. 106. "Take, for instance, the sentence before quoted.
'_Indolence_ undermines the foundation of virtue.'"--_Ib._, p. 110. "Under
the same head are considered such sentences as these, '_he_ that heareth,
let him hear,' 'Gad, a troop shall overcome him,' &c."--_Ib._, p. 108.

"TENSES are certain modifications of the verb which point out the
distinctions of time."--_Bullions, E. Gram._, p. 38; _Pract. Les._, p. 44.
"Calm was the day and the scene delightful."--_Id. E. Gr._, p. 80. "The
capital letters used by the Romans to denote numbers, were C. I. L. V. X.
which are therefore called Numeral Letters. I, denotes _one_; V, _five_: X,
_ten_; L, _fifty_; and C, a hundred."--_Id., Lat. Gram._, p. 56. "'I shall
have written;' viz, at or before some future time or event."--_Id., ib._,
p. 89. "In Latin words the liquids are _l_ and _r_ only. In Greek words _l,
r, m, n_."--_Id., ib._, p. 277. "Each legion was divided into ten cohorts,
each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two
centuries."--_Id., ib._, p. 300. "Of the Roman literature previous to A. U.
514 scarce