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Show VALUE OF PUNCTUATION. A misplaced comma cost the I'nited States government several hlundred thou-feaod thou-feaod dollars. Fruit seeds were to be admitted free of duty under a new tariff act. The printer made It rend fruit, seeds. Importers promptly Claimed the right to bring in free of duty nil kinds of fruit and all kinds of seeds; and the courts uptuld their claims "Cood punctuation Is necessary to make the meaning of written discourse Immedlatoly char." said a famous teacher. If you are shaky on grammar or punctu-ation punctu-ation take a short course in one of the nlcht schools It will prove of inestimable value to you, particularly if you are a business woman. |