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well 
what 
while 
why 
yet 
(1) An adjective: The ckild is well. 
(2) An adverb: I cannot well sciy . ' , 
(3) A noun: leave well alone (beit iCiugftt tfjten Sauf 
(4) An interjection: Well! speak on. 
(1) A compound relative pronoun when the thmg 
which can be substituted for it: THat he de- 
served, he obtained. 
(2) An interrogative pronoun: What sort of person 
is she. 
(3) An interjection: What! you dun’t niean to say so 
ll) A noun: I meditated for a while., , 
( 2 ) A vorn: We played at cards to while away the time. 
(1) An adverb: Teil me why? 
(2) A conjunctiön: 1 hnow why he will not eome. 
(3) A noun: I must hnow the why and wherefore. 
(4) An interjection: Why! you hnow you said so. 
(1) A conjunction: I told Mm so, yet he does not e- 
lieve U. 
(2) An adverb: You may yet yo in time. 
PAßT X. 
Punctuation. 
The points made use of in writing English are the following. 
the comma (,), the semicolon (;), the coion (:), the penod (.). 
The following rules may be regarded as mdicating the me- 
thod of punctuation now commonly employed. 
Rule 1. The subject, predicate, object and simple adjuncts 
of a sentence should not be separated by any point v-hate- 
Vo man can carry on a husiness successfuVy without a suffi- 
cicnt Imowledqe of commcrcial work. 
Exceptions: a) Words and phrases in apposition are gene 
ral ly separated by a comma. — Mr. William Gordon, the son of 
ouv senior, will liquidate the Business. 
b) When any adjuncts are speciallv emphatic, they are gene- 
rally separated from the rest of the sentence by oommas. 
There secmcd some dijficulty in disposmg of the shares, out, on 
the market, they sold. , „ 
This exception extends to individual adverbs, as: above all. 
then, nay, however, indeed, therefore, besides, m short, of course on 
the contrary, no doubt, in the first place, secondly, and adv er 1a 
phrases in general. (The above adverbs are preceded and followed 
by a comma.) The goods, however, were not sold. 
In enumerations the conjunctions and and or are preceded 
by a comma.