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Par. 296-298.] PUNCTUATION.

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296 A Comma will therefore necessarily be inserted
between two Conjunctions -
"It was said that, when the Capitol was built, a
human head was discovered amid the foundations."
"It cannot be denied that, if this statement is true,
your brother has acted most culpably."
When a Subordinate Clause or Adverbial Phrase
comes at the beginning of the sentence, the Comma
is inserted after it, if the Clause or Phrase precedes
the Subject of the Principal Verb (see Par. 306):
(1) " VWhen I recovered my presence of mind, I replied, &c."
(2) " On recovering my presence of mind, I replied,
&c."
(3) "Having recovered my presence of mind, I replied, &c."
(4) " To be brief, there are but three courses open
to us."
(5) " The colonel having fallen, the major took the
command."
297 HII. The Comma is often used between co-ordinate
sentences connected by Conjunctions:"He went back to his home, and I went forward on
my journey."
In accordance with the Rule in Par. 294, -
298 IV. When a number of co-ordinate words have