_What is Etymological punctuation?_
That used in Orthography and Orthoepy.
32. _What is Reference punctuation?_
That used to refer the reader to the margin of the page.
33. _What is punctuation for the Printer?_
That used by the writer to inform the printer the kind of type to
use.
34. _What are the principal Etymological points?_
Apostrophe, Caret, Dieresis, Macron, Breve, Tilde, Grave Accent,
Acute Accent, Circumflex Accent, Hyphen, and Period.
35. _What is the use of the Apostrophe?_
To indicate the omission of a letter, or letters, of a word.
36. _What letter is omitted in the word o'clock?_
The letter f.
37. _What is the use of the Caret?_
To correct an error of omission.
38. _Is the Caret used in printed copy or manuscript?_
In manuscript.
39. _For what is the Dieresis used?_
To separate two vowels which would otherwise form a diphthong.
40. _Give an example of the use of the Dieresis._
Zo[:o]logy, and Di[:e]resis.
41. _What is the use of the Macron?_
To mark the long quantity of syllables.
42. _What is a long syllable?_
One in which the vowel has the long sound.
43. _What is the use of the Breve?_
To mark the short quantity of syllables.
44. _What is a short syllable?_
One in which the vowel has the short sound.
45. _What kind of a mark is the Tilde?_
A Spanish mark.
46. _How many uses has the Tilde?_
Two.
47. _What are they?_
Placed over _n_ it gives the sound of _ny_ as, in ca[~n]on. In
English it indicates certain sounds of the vowels.
48. _How many accent marks are there?_
Three.
49. _What are they?_
Grave, Acute, and Circumflex.
50. _What is the use of the Grave accent?_
To mark the falling inflection.
51. _What is the use of the Acute accent?_
To mark the primary accent, and the rising inflection.
52. _What is the use of the Circumflex?_
To mark the peculiar inflection of the voice in the pronunciation
of a word.
53. _How many uses has the Hyphen?_
Three.
54. _What are they?_
To separate the parts of a compound word; to separate a word into
syllables; and to divide a word at the end of a line.
55. _When should the Hyphen be used in a compound word?_
When the word has not become permanently compounded.
56. _When use the Dieresis instead of the Hyphen?_
When the syllables are divided by the
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