 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...the following sentence, it is marked with a period. The Interrogation., Exclamation, and Parenthesis. THE note of interrogation is used to show that a question...distinguishes a question from a sentence in the imperative mood : as, Do you return* f Interrogative sentences re* This distinction of the voice, applied to a... | |
 | George Fulton - 1814 - 452 pages
...grammarians hue added The interrogation,"! The exclamation, J-marked th The parenthesis, j us-i ! If) I. The note of interrogation is used to show that a question...either to a semicolon or period, as the sense demands. II. An exclamation denotes an emotion of the mind ; and the pause is regulated like that of the interrogation... | |
 | Stephen Jones - 1820 - 522 pages
...thou, O man ! who presumest on thine own wisdom ?" The note of interrogation (?) is used to show when a question is asked : as, " What day of the month is this?" It likewise distinguishes a real question from a sentence in the imperative mode : as, Do you hear me ?" Besides the above points,... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...the following senk nee. it is marked with a period. The Interrogation, Exclamation, and Parenthesis. The note of interrogation is used to show that a question...distinguishes a question from a sentence in the imperative mood : as, Do you return ?* Interrogative sentences require an elevation of the voice, except the question... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...the following sentence, it is marked with a period. The Interrogation, Exclamation, and Parenthesis. THE note of interrogation is used to show that a question...distinguishes a question from a sentence in the imperative mood : as, Do you return? Interrogative sentences require an elevation of the voice, except the question... | |
 | Jacob Abbot Cummings - 1823 - 230 pages
...superfluous. The note of Interrogation is an irregu- > .y. Tar crooked mark with a period under it. $ »' The note of Interrogation is used to show that a question is asked ; as, Who is there ? The note of Admiration is used to expres*^tron.T emotions of joy, grief, surprise, &c.... | |
 | George Fulton - 1826 - 456 pages
...interrogation,^ The exclamation, > marked thus The parenthesis, J I. The note of interrogation is used to shovr that a question is asked ; as, " What day of the month...imperative mode; as, " Do you return ?" It requires я pause equal either to a semicolon or period, as the sense demands. II. An exclamation denotes an... | |
 | John Graham (compositor.) - 1848 - 94 pages
...the sense ; as, Comma, Semicolon, INTERROGATION. A note of INTERROGATION [?] is employed to denote, that a question is asked ; as, •• What day of the month is this?— At whose command do the planets perform their constant revolutions? Excep. — An interrogative mark... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1856 - 344 pages
...thou, 0 man I who presumest on thine own wisdom ? " The note of interrogation (?) Is used to show when a question is asked: as, "What day of the month is this?" It likewise distinguishes a real question from а цеп tenue in the imperativo mode : as, " Do you hear me Î " Besides the above... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1912 - 1214 pages
...who presumes! on thine own wisdom?" The note of interrogation (?) is used to show when a question (s asked: as, "What day of the month is this?" It likewise distinguishes a real question from a sentence in the imperative mood: as, "Do you hear me?" Besides the above points,... | |
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The note of interrogation is used to show that a question is asked ; as, "What day of the month is this?" It likewise distinguishes a question from a sentence in the imperative mode ; as "Do you return ?" It requires a pause equal either to a semicolon... 
