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--in, not n, as Latin, not Latn. --nd, not n, as husband, not husban, thousand, not thousan. --ness, not niss, as carefulness, not careful niss. --ng, not n, as singing, not singin; speaking, not speakin. --ngth, not nth, as strength, not strenth. --son, the o should be silent; as in treason; tre-zn, not tre-son. --tal, not tle, as capital, not capitle; metal, not mettle;_ mortal, not mortle; periodical; not periodicle. --xt, not x, as next, not nex. [PUBLICATION OF BANNS OF MARRIAGE COMMENCED A.D.1210.] 198. Punctuation. Punctuation teaches the method of placing Points, in written or printed matter, in such a manner as to indicate the pauses which would be made by the author if he were communicating his thoughts orally instead of by written signs.