[Gutenberg 6409] • How to Speak and Write Correctly by Devlin, Joseph -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I

REQUIREMENTS OF SPEECH

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN A NUTSHELL DEFINITIONS THREE ESSENTIALS

CHAPTER II

ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Divisions of Grammar—Definitions—Etymology.

DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR LETTERS SYLLABLES AND WORDS THE PARTS OF SPEECH ARTICLE NOUN ADJECTIVE PRONOUN THE VERB TENSE MOOD TO BE VOICE CONJUGATION

PRINCIPAL PARTS Infinitive Mood Indicative Mood Imperative Mood Subjunctive Mood

CONJUGATION OF "To Love"

Passive Voice Indicative Mood Imperative Mood Subjunctive Mood

ADVERB PREPOSITION CONJUNCTION INTERJECTION

CHAPTER III

THE SENTENCE

Different Kinds—Arrangement of Words—Paragraph

ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE SENTENCE CLASSIFICATION THE PARAGRAPH

CHAPTER IV

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Figures of Speech—Definitions and Examples —Use of Figures

CHAPTER V

PUNCTUATION

Principal Points—Illustrations—Capital Letters.

CAPITAL LETTERS

CHAPTER VI

LETTER WRITING

Principles of Letter-Writing—Forms—Notes

THE HEADING SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS NOTES FORMAL INVITATIONS NOTES OF INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER VII

ERRORS

Mistakes—Slips of Authors—Examples and Corrections—Errors of Redundancy.

GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS

CHAPTER VIII

PITFALLS TO AVOID

Common Stumbling Blocks—Peculiar Constructions—Misused Forms.

ATTRACTION ELLIPSIS THE SPLIT INFINITIVE ONE ONLY ALONE OTHER AND ANOTHER AND WITH THE RELATIVE LOOSE PARTICIPLES BROKEN CONSTRUCTION DOUBLE NEGATIVE FIRST PERSONAL PRONOUN SEQUENCE OF TENSES BETWEEN—AMONG LESS—FEWER FURTHER—FARTHER EACH OTHER—ONE ANOTHER EACH, EVERY, EITHER, NEITHER NEITHER-NOR NONE RISE-RAISE LAY-LIE SAYS I—I SAID IN—INTO EAT—ATE SEQUENCE OF PERSON AM COME—HAVE COME PAST TENSE—PAST PARTICIPLE PREPOSITIONS AND THE OBJECTIVE CASE SUMMON—SUMMONS UNDENIABLE—UNEXCEPTIONABLE THE PRONOUNS THAT FOR SO THESE—THOSE THIS MUCH—THUS MUCH FLEE—FLY THROUGH—THROUGHOUT VOCATION AND AVOCATION WAS—WERE A OR AN

CHAPTER IX

STYLE

Diction—Purity—Propriety—Precision.

DICTION PURITY PROPRIETY SIMPLICITY CLEARNESS UNITY STRENGTH HARMONY EXPRESSIVE OF WRITER KINDS OF STYLE

CHAPTER X

SUGGESTIONS

How to Write—What to Write—Correct Speaking and Speakers

CHAPTER XI

SLANG

Origin—American Slang—Foreign Slang

CHAPTER XII

WRITING FOR NEWSPAPERS

Qualification—Appropriate Subjects—Directions

CHAPTER XIII

CHOICE OF WORDS

Small Words—Their Importance—The Anglo-Saxon Element

CHAPTER XIV

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Beginning—Different Sources—The Present

CHAPTER XV

MASTERS AND MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE

Great Authors—Classification—The World's Best Books.

INDISPENSABLE BOOKS A GOOD LIBRARY MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE TEN GREATEST AMERICAN POETS TEN GREATEST ENGLISH POETS TEN GREATEST ENGLISH ESSAYISTS BEST PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE ONLY THE GOOD

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