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A48292 Plain, and short rules for pointing periods, and reading sentences grammatically, with the great use of them by M. Lewis ... Lewis, M. (Mark), fl. 1678. 1675 (1675) Wing L1845; ESTC R12011 10,512 8

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Plain and short RULES For POINTING PERIODS AND READING SENTENCES Grammatically with the great Use of them By M. LEWIS of Tottenham THE foundation of the Syntactical part of Grammar consists in these two things To divide a Period into Sentences And To read those Sentences Grammatically The Master builds upon the Sands without a basis and the Scholar learns by roat without reason who doth not bottom here I shall offer a few short Rules to both these necessary things Rules for pointing a PERIOD EVery Subject called the Nominative Case and Finite Verb expressed or understood with their Dependents must have a Point or distinction because the Verb expresses the state motion or action of the Subject and must be stopt or else we move in infinitum and cannot begin a new motion Let this Paragraph be an example Except 1. any word or clause having the import of a Sentence wherein a Verb is virtually contained may have a stop Such are 1. Interjections As Alas that is it is a sad case woe is me 2. Participles of the present and preter-tense As God creating the World made man Man created by God was placed in Paradise 3. One Substantive after another by apposition having the import of a Sentence As Man the image of God was placed in Paradise otherwise not As M.T.C. 4. An Infinitive mood having the import of a Sentence may be distinguished from the preceding Verb. As God created man in his image to be lord of the Creatures that is that he might be lord of the Creatures But when the Infinitive mood hath the nature of a Substantive and depends upon the former Verb as if it was an oblique Case it ought not to be distinguished As I desire to learn that is I desire learning 2. Except the Vocative case with the dependents which is an extra●entential phrase and a preparation to a motion As Son come hither 3. Except when a Word or Phrase as in Zeugma relates to several things it may be distinguished from the thing immediately depending upon it to shew its relation to be indifferent to that and to the things it affects more remotely As God hath given a law to the fire air water earth 4. When a Sentence is parted by any intercepting Clause the former part of the Sentence is distinguished from the Clause and the Clause from the latter part of the Sentence As God creating the world gave man dominion over the Creatures 5. The same Sentence sometimes hath a Point in it when it is in-grammatically placed to shew its disorder As By an almighty power God created the world I do not intend a Point must be made in all these cases I only say a Point may be and de facto many times is upon these grounds Exact Pointing is best But if we do miscarry it is better to under point then over point These things are obvious to ordinary capacities and do fully answer my end to prepare English to be rendered into Latin and Latin to be Analysed and rendered into English and therein are useful to Children But as a Point in general is absolutely necessary to rational instructing in the plain Syntactical part of Grammar so to understand the kinds of Points when and where they shall be used is as necessary to some parts of Rhetorick No man can pronounce and act Artificially out of judgment or compose Oratorically by a Rule who doth not understand the various constitutions and contextures of Periods from whence the kinds of Points do arise As therefore a Point in general arises from a Verb in general or something analogous to it so the species of Points arise from the Verbs in a Period as they do more intimately or more remotely relate to one another Where the dependence is greater the stay between them is less giving liberty for a lower tone and lesser action where the dependance is less the stay is greater the tone higher and the action more The Points distinguishing a plain Sentence are a Period a Colon a Sub-colon a Comma which may be compared to those stops in Musick a Minim a Crochet a Quaver a Semi-quaver To the Rules following I premise A Proposition Theme or Matter treated of is either Simple As God created the World Man is lord of the Creatures or it is Compounded in which there is a principal Verb expressed or suppressed and another Verb or Verbs depending upon it to explain enlarge restrain divide or confirm the principal Proposition laid down to which these depending Verbs are united by some Conjunction expressed or understood Let this Paragraph be an example The principal Sentence suppressed is Propositions are twofold All that follows relates to this The principal Verb in a Period is that which is the motion of the principal subject or doth affect the principal Object spoken of This Verb if it be expressed is the first Verb in the Natural and Grammatical order But it is often suppressed as in the former Paragraph proposed for an example The principal Theme or Matter is threefold 1. Of a Discourse or an Oration 2. Of a Paragraph usually noted by a Break 3 Of a Period strictly taken A Discourse may contain several Paragraphs A Paragraph may contain several Periods Every one of these Periods have a principal Verb that is such a Verb that doth not immediately depend upon another Verb o● totum Put it may depend upon the Theme of the Discourse or Paragraph This all must grant a great member or totum in a Period is distinguished from lesser members or parts by a greater rest then lesser members are distinguished from one another or from their subdividing members and exegetical expressions I mean a totum is distinguished from its parts by a Colon the parts are distinguished from one another by a Sub-colon Exegetical expressions to these are distinguished by Comma's Rules for a PERIOD A Period terminates Sense that is absolute full and perfect And so it terminates either one Sentence or categorical Proposition As God created the World Man is lord of the Creatures Or it terminates more Sentences distinguished by lesser Points for the principal motion ought to have a greater test than the less principal Any Paragraph in this discourse is an Example Rules for a COLON A Colon distinguishes Sentences that are a protasis and an apod●sis a Proposition and the reason a similitude and the application a totum and its members As God alone could create the World because he is Omnipotent As God hath created the World so he pre●erves it Having Creatures are of two sorts Men and Brutes A Colon is likewise used when Sentences seem absolute but are not because the totum is either remote or suppressed As The Flint strikes fire the Load stone draws Iron the Touch stone tries Mettah the Purnice-stone smooths rough things The totum suppressed is this Stones serve for divers uses If this totum was expressed it should be distinguished from the parts by a colon and these Sentences