Excerpt from Punctuation Practically Illustrated: A Manual for Students and Correspondents If this study is important from a business point of view, its educational value is beyond the power of calculation. The ability to express an idea clearly in a well-rounded period is the greatest gift of the preacher, the lawyer, and the statesman; and this power is not to be obtained without close study of those laws of language which are clearly defined and may be easily mas tered. Owing to the number of points involved in each rule as formulated by grammarians, the formal teaching of the subject is generally deferred until the pupil has finished his grammar course; and the programmes of most schools unwisely allow but little time for specific instruo tion in this important feature of education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.