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Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require.

Lindley Murray

Lindley Murray

Lindley Murray

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Born: March 27, 1745

Died: February 16, 1826 (aged 80)

Bio: Lindley Murray, was an American Quaker who moved to England and became a writer and grammarian.

Known for:

English Grammar: 1795
English exercises
The power of religion on the mind (1793)
Introduction to the English reader (1803)

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