Anonymous, A Treatise of Stops, Points, or Pauses (1680)
Date
1680
Author
Book title
A Treatise Of Stops, Points, or Pauses, And of Notes which are used in Writing And In Print; Both very necessary to be well known And the Use of each to be carefully taught. Composed for the Authors Use, who is a hearty wel-willer to (and accordingly hath endeavoured the promoting of) the attainments of Children, and others, in the tru Spelling, and exact Reading of English
Publication place
London
Publisher
Author
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
spelling
Language
headwords: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: An Erotesis, or Interrogation; viz. A Point abov with a Tail upward, and a Point under it; thus; [?]. It is a Note not only of asking, or urging; but also of earnest avouching the contrary; It is also a longer Stop than a Colon, and is always used, and to be used, when a Question is ask'd, according to this following Distich.
When e're a Question you shall propound,
An Interrogation's made: but rais the sound. (p. 5)
sample: An Erotesis, or Interrogation; viz. A Point abov with a Tail upward, and a Point under it; thus; [?]. It is a Note not only of asking, or urging; but also of earnest avouching the contrary; It is also a longer Stop than a Colon, and is always used, and to be used, when a Question is ask'd, according to this following Distich.
When e're a Question you shall propound,
An Interrogation's made: but rais the sound. (p. 5)
Alston
III.569
Wing
T2094
Facsimiles
Scolar (1968)
Anonymous. A Treatise of Stops, Points, or Pauses, 1680. English linguistics, 1500-1800, no. 65. Menston: Scolar Press, 1968.
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