+_Examples_+.--1. In M------w, v. 3-11, you may find the "beatitudes." 2.
There are two things certain in this world--taxes and death. 3. I said--I
know not what. 4. I never would lay down my arms--_never_-- NEVER--+NEVER+.
5. Fulton started a steamboat----he called it the Clermont--on the Hudson
in 1807. 6. My dear Sir,--I write this letter for information.

+_Marks of Parenthesis_+.--Marks of parenthesis may be used to enclose what
has no essential connection with the rest of the sentence.

+Example+.--The noun (Lat. _nomen_, a name) is the first part of speech.

+_Apostrophe_+.--Use the apostrophe (1) to mark the omission of letters,
(2) in the pluralizing of letters, figures, and characters, and (3) to
distinguish the possessive from other cases.

+_Examples_+.--1. Bo't of John Jones 10 lbs. of butter. 2. What word is
there one-half of which is _p's_? 3. He washed the disciples' feet.

+_Hyphen_+.--Use the hyphen (-) (1) between the parts of compound words
that have not become consolidated, and (2) between syllables when a word is
divided.

+_Examples_+.--1. Work-baskets are convenient. 2. Divide _basket_ thus:
_bas-ket_.

+_Quotation Marks_+--Use quotation marks to enclose a copied word or
passage. If the quotation contains a quotation, the latter is enclosed
within single marks.

+_Example_+---The sermon closed with this sentence: "God said, 'Let there