"Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require."

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Source : Lindley Murray (1841). “English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners with an Appendix by Lindley Murray”, p.176

Lindley Murray

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“Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.”
“McIntosh is persuasive in his arguments that the scientific facts of evolution cannot stand alone ... science shows that historical evolution, whatever its contingencies, is itself on a trajectory of values development. McIntosh has well-researched his sources and integrated them with seminal insight.”
“Consumers deserve to know exactly what they're getting for their money when they sign-up for a 4G data plan.”

Source : "New Bill Could Force Carriers To Better Define 4G Speeds" By Amy Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 22, 2011.
“We are capable of regaining our reverence for life, of replacing the drive to conquer with the will to cooperate, of remaking our engineered institutions, including our corporations, into living systems.”
“A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.”
“I ached for the difference between Carlisle and me - that he could touch her so gently, without fear, knowing he would never harm her.”
“The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification.”
“The problem that faces our country today, the last 30 years we have lived off the future, and the bill is coming due. So there cannot be anything that is not put on the table. There will not be one American that will not be called to sacrifice. Those that are more well-to-do will be called to sacrifice to a greater extent.”

Source : "Sen. Coburn Talks Debt and Taxes; Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Religion and Politics". Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 26, 2010.

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