“An explicative sentence is used for explaining; an interrogative sentence, for inquiring; an imperative sentence, for commanding.”—­ Barrett cor. “In October, corn is gathered in the field by men, who go from hill to hill with baskets, into which they put the ears.—­Susan labours with her needle for a livelihood.—­Notwithstanding his poverty, he is a man of integrity.”—­Golds, cor.

“A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable; a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable.”—­Frazee cor.

“If I say, ‘If it did not rain, I would take a walk;’ I convey the idea that it does rain at the time of speaking. ‘If it rained,’ or, ’Did it rain,’ in [reference to] the present time, implies that it does not rain. ‘If it did not rain,’ or, ‘Did it not rain,’ in [reference to the] present time, implies that it does rain.  Thus, in this peculiar application, an affirmative sentence always implies a negation; and a negative sentence, an affirmation.”—­Id. “‘If I were loved’ and, ’Were I loved;’ imply I am not loved:  ‘If I were not loved,’ and, ’Were I not loved,’ imply I am loved.  A negative sentence implies an affirmation, and an affirmative sentence implies a negation, in these forms of the subjunctive.”—­Id.

“What is Rule III?”—­Hart cor. “How is Rule III violated?”—­Id. “How do you parse letter in the sentence, ‘James writes a letter?’ Ans. Letter is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case; and is governed by the verb writes, according to Rule III, which says, ‘A transitive verb governs the objective case.’”—­Id.

   “Creation sleeps.  ’Tis as the gen’ral pulse
    Of life stood still, and nature made a pause;
    An awful pause! prophetic of her end. 
    And let her prophecy be soon fulfill’d: 
    Fate, drop the curtain; I can lose no more.”—­Young.

SECTION V.—­THE DASH.

CORRECTIONS UNDER RULE I.—­OF ABRUPT PAUSES.

“And there is something in your very strange story, that resembles—­Does Mr. Bevil know your history particularly?”—­Burgh’s Speaker, p. 149.  “Sir,—­Mr. Myrtle—­Gentlemen—­You are friends—­I am but a servant—­But—­“—­Ib., p. 118.

“An other man now would have given plump into this foolish story; but I—­No, no, your humble servant for that.”—­GARRICK, Neck or Nothing.

“Do not plunge thyself too far in anger, lest thou hasten thy trial; which if—­Lord have mercy on thee for a hen!”—­SHAKSPEARE, All’s Well.

   “But ere they came,—­O, let me say no more! 
    Gather the sequel by that went before.”—­IDEM, Com. of Errors.