318. (a.) If the clause of the follows a period or any other distinct pause, it cannot be indicated by proximity, because of the fundamental rule that words separated by a distinct pause cannot be brought together in a phrase.

*See note at end of chapter.

319. (b.) If the word preceding the expression of the is written at the end of a line, so that the word following of the begins the next line, proximity is, of course, impracticable, and of the must be written, not indicated.

320. (c.) Of the cannot safely be indicated by proximity when either of the words between which the phrase occurs is written with a vowel logogram, as such a sign placed close to a consonant stroke is apt to be mistaken for some ordinary vowel modifying the consonant stroke. For instance, the expressions disease of the eye, all of the advantages, two of the jury, who of the few would not be intelligible if proximity were resorted to for expressing of the.

321. (d) Proximity cannot be resorted to if the words between which of the occurs are widely separated by difference of position. For this reason, such a phrase as

hand of the gods

would not be a good phrase.

Exercise

322. In the following phrases, of the is to be indicated by proximity:

account of the sales advantage of the plan attack of the foe business of the firm cause of the delay cause of the people choice of the assembly close of the day condition of the country constitution of the county cost of the machine day of the week decision of the question defence of the coast defence of the prisoner

difficulty of the task door of the house elevation of the masses end of the story exercise of the lungs expenses of the trip expiration of the office fading of the flower fear of the injury friends of the government gentlemen of the profession importance of the information influence of the teacher kingdom of the Lord

leaves of the trees life of the members love of the truth love of the world mate of the vessel motions of the arms movements of the planets name of the person nature of the subject object of the invention officer of the army order of the chief origin of the humble pages of the book point of the joke policy of the department presence of the ladies

principal of the academy professors of the college reason of the thing result of the visit revenue of the government revision of the laws song of the lover strength of the engine study of the languages subject of the letter title of the book tone of the voice verdict of the jury window of the office words of the sentence work of the people worthy of the nation

Exercise

323. In the following cases, of the is to be expressed by the two ticks joined, in order to avoid writing a vowel word-sign in ambiguous proximity to a word outline:

*all of the advantages all of the generals all of the judges all of the laws all of the life all of the reasons all of the thinking awe of the law better of the two

condition of the eye disease of the eye eye of the patriot larger of the two two of the jurors two of the letters we of the legion what of the rest who of the few