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Hathaway, B. A.

"1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading"


56. _When use the Dieresis instead of the Hyphen?_
When the syllables are divided by the hyphen, there is no hyphen
used between the vowels of the digraph.
57. _What is the use of the Period?_
To denote an abbreviation.
58. _Are there any other uses of the Period?_
There are.
59. _Where else is the Period used?_
In Rhetorical punctuation.
60. _Name the points used in Reference punctuation._
Asterisk, Obelisk, Parallels, Section, Paragraph, and Index.
61. _Are these marks ever doubled?_
They are.
62. _Are Letters ever used for reference?_
They are.


DIACRITICAL MARKS.

1. _What are Diacritical Marks?_
Characters indicating the different sounds of letters.
2. _Name the Diacritical Marks._
Macron, Breve, Dieresis, Semi-Dieresis, Caret, Tilde, Cedilla, and
the inverted T.
3. _Make the Diacritical Marks in the order named:_
([macron]); ([breve]); ([diaeresis]); ([superior dot]); ([caret]);
(~); ([cedilla]); ([inverted T (uptack)]).
4. _What does the Macron indicate?_
Over a vowel, its long sound; under e, the sound of a, long;
across c, the sound of k; over g, the hard sound; across
th, the subvocal sound, and over oo, the long sound.


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