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which feem calculated to command time, give a different 
tone to the voice; the notes of interrogation and exclam- 
mation are of fuch importance asto give a- different mean- 
ing to the fentence; the Spaniards invert-them before, as 
well as place them after the fentence in their corre& edi- 
tions, and thatrule ought to be adopted in all writings, 
otherwife it is impoffible to read them properly the firft 
time? who would think of marking a fentence in parenthefe 
with only one mark of a parenthefis? or a fentence of ex- 
pofition by only one crotchet, or mark of a parathefis? and 
it is as neceflary to adopt the Spanifh mode in- writing 
the Erotefiss—? and Ecphonefis!—j A’ mark of Irony 
fhould be invented, for its ufe muft be acknowledged, by 
thofe who are acquainted with language; and it fhould, 
like all the reft, be placed before and after the fentence--- 
(+) this mark may ferve. A character to fignify the de- 
preffion of the voice in fentences fpoken afide, as in plays, 
dialogues, &c. ought alfo'to be made to include the fen- 
tence; and not write the word (afide) at the end as js 
now done. At prefent a perfon reads: a long fentence 
aloud, and ftoppinz fhort at the end with furprife—he 
whifpers ‘this is afide’. This mark {--} will anfwer, and 
may be called a Kaluptophafis. Quotation may be re- 
prefented at prefent by two inverted commas “ ond 
the fpeech of any character in an author by one < , 
which mark may be denominated a Profepopeia. 
Erotefis—L£roote/is—Note of interrogation. pial 
Ecphonefis, Ex/oonefis---note of admiration or 
exclamation, Te otk ad _ a j—! 
Parenthefis—Parenoefis, ra all (—) 
Crotchet---Avrot/t or Parathefis--Paravejis, [—] 
Quotation--Kuoteefan, = - «ap 
Profepopeia 
