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a sentence and to punctuate it accordingly:

Again and again he called out. No reply.

The writer must, however, be certain that the emphasis is warranted, and that
he will not be suspected of a mere blunder in punctuation.

3, 4, 5, and 6 cover the most important principles in the punctuation of
ordinary sentences; they should be so thoroughly mastered that their
application becomes second nature.

A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the
grammatical subject.

Walking slowly down the road, he saw a woman accompanied by two children.

The word walking refers to the subject of the sentence, not to the woman. If
the writer wishes to make it refer to the woman, he must recast the sentence:

He saw a woman, accompanied by two children, walking slowly down the road.

Participial phrases preceded by a conjunction or by a preposition, nouns in
apposition, adjectives, and adjective phrases come under the same rule if they
begin the sentence.

On arriving in Chicago, his friends met him at the station.
When he arrived (or, On his arrival) in Chicago, his friends met him at the
station.

A soldier of proved valor, they entrusted him with the defence of the city.
A soldier of proved valor, he was entrusted with the defence of the city.

Young and inexperienced, the task seemed easy to me.
Young and inexperienced, I thought the task easy.

Without a friend to counsel him, the temptation proved irresistible.
Without a friend to counsel him, he found the temptation irresistible.

Sentences violating this rule are often ludicrous.

Being in a dilapidated condition, I was able to buy the house very cheap.

Divide words at line-ends, in accordance with their formation and pronunciation.

If there is room at the end of a line for one or more syllables of a word, but
not for the whole word, divide the word, unless this involves cutting off only
a single letter, or cutting off only two letters of a long word. No hard and
fast rule for all words can be laid down. The principles most frequently
applicable are: