+Model+.--The cable, _after many failures_, was successfully laid. Upon the
platform 'twixt eleven and twelve I'll visit you. To me this place is
endeared by many associations. Your answers with few exceptions have been
correctly given. In English much depends on the placing of phrases.

+COMMA--RULE.--Words or phrases connected by conjunctions are separated
from each other by the comma unless all the conjunctions are expressed+.

PUNCTUATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES.

+Model+.--Caesar _came, saw, and conquered_.
Caesar _came and saw and conquered_.

He travelled in _England, in Scotland, and in Ireland_.

(The comma is used in the first sentence, because a conjunction is omitted;
but not in the second, as all the conjunctions are expressed.)

A brave prudent and honorable man was chosen.

Augustus Tiberius Nero and Vespasian were Roman emperors.

Through rainy weather across a wild country over muddy roads after
a long ride we came to the end of our journey.

+PERIOD and CAPITAL LETTER--RULE.--_Abbreviations_ generally begin with
capital letters and are always followed by the period+.

CORRECT THE FOLLOWING ERRORS.
+Model.--+_Mr., Esq., N. Y., P. M_.