“Shall he alone, whom rational we call,
    Be pleased with nothing if not blessed with all?”
        —­Felton’s Gram., p. 126.

UNDER THE EXCEPTIONS CONCERNING SIMPLE MEMBERS.

“Newcastle is the town, in which Akenside was born.”—­Bucke’s Classical Gram., p. 54.

[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because a needless comma here separates the restrictive relative which from its antecedent town.  But, according to Exception 1st to Rule 2d, “When a relative immediately follows its antecedent, and is taken in a restrictive sense, the comma should not be introduced before it.”  Therefore, this comma Should be omitted; thus, “Newcastle is the town in which Akenside was born.”]

“The remorse, which issues in reformation, is true repentance.”—­Campbell’s Philos. of Rhet., p. 255.  “Men, who are intemperate, are destructive members of community.”—­Alexander’s Gram., p. 93.  “An active-transitive verb expresses an action, which extends to an object.”—­Felton’s Gram., pp. 16 and 22.  “They, to whom much is given, will have much to answer for.”—­Murray’s Key, 8vo, p. 188.  “The prospect, which we have, is charming.”—­Cooper’s Pl. and Pr.  Gram., p. 143.  “He is the person, who informed me of the matter.”—­Ib., p. 134; Cooper’s Murray, 120.  “These are the trees, that produce no fruit.”—­Ib., 134; and 120.  “This is the book, which treats of the subject.”—­Ib., 134; and 120.  “The proposal was such, as pleased me.”—­Cooper, Pl. and Pr.  Gram., p. 134.  “Those, that sow in tears, shall reap in joy.”—­Id., ib., pp. 118 and 124; and Cooper’s Murray, p. 141.  “The pen, with which I write, makes too large a mark.”—­Ingersoll’s Gram., p. 71.  “Modesty makes large amends for the pain, it gives the persons, who labour under it, by the prejudice, it affords every worthy person in their favour.”—­Ib., p. 80.  “Irony is a figure, whereby we plainly intend something very different from what our words express.”—­Bucke’s Gram., p. 108.  “Catachresis is a figure, whereby an improper word is used instead of a proper one.”—­Ib., p. 109.  “The man, whom you met at the party, is a Frenchman.”—­Frost’s Practical Gram., p. 155.

UNDER RULE III.—­OF MORE THAN TWO WORDS.

“John, James and Thomas are here:  that is, John and James, &c.”—­Cooper’s Plain and Practical Grammar, p. 153.

[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because no comma is here used after James, or after Thomas, or again after John, in the latter clause; the three nouns being supposed to be in the same construction, and all of them nominatives to the verb are.  But, according to Rule 3d for the Comma, “When more than two words or terms are connected in the same construction, or in a joint dependence on some other term, by conjunctions expressed or understood, the comma should be inserted after every one of them but the last; and, if they are nominatives before a verb, the comma should follow the last also.”  Therefore, the comma should be inserted after each; thus, “John, James, and Thomas, are here:  that is, John, and James, and Thomas, are here."][463]