Separate the parts of a compound sentence by the comma unless one or both of them are subdivided by the comma. Separate them by the semicolon if one or both are subdivided by the comma.

Exercise 102. Composition

Analyze the following sentences and explain the punctuation :

1. Disease lurked in the swamps, the water was bad, and the heat was intense.

2. He was kind-hearted, unfailing in tact, and abounding in humor; hut he was also a masterful man.

3. Perseus left them, and went to his galley in the bay; and he gave the kingdom to good Dictys, and sailed away with his mother and bride.

Exercise 103. Composition

Analyze the following sentences. Copy them and insert commas and semicolons, being guided by the rules given in §§ 98 and 99:

1. The British held New York Charleston and Savannah for a long time.

2. The demeanor of the Narragansetts had become very threatening and their capacity for mischief was great.

3. Arnold was accused of high living of favoring the tories and of taking government property for private uses.

4. He was grave and modest intelligent and scholarly intensely religious and thoroughly moral.

5. At first the deputies sat in the same chamber with the assistants but at length they were formed into a separate chamber.

6. The Puritans of Massachusetts were thrifty sincere and upright men.

7. And now fifteen years were gone and the babe had become a tall sailor lad and went on long voyages after merchandise.

8. He was brave and truthful generous and courteous.

9. Then they stored the ship well with wood and water pulled the ladder up and settled themselves to their oars and across the bay they rowed southward.