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PENS AND TYPES OR HINTS AND HELPS FOR THOSE WHO WRITE, PRINT, READ, TEACH, OR LEARN
PUBLISHERS’ ADVERTISEMENT.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. WRITING FOR THE PRESS.
CHAPTER II. PROOF-READING.
MEMORANDA FOR PROOF-READERS.
MARKS USED IN CORRECTING PROOFS.
SPECIMEN OF FIRST PROOF.
SPECIMEN OF FIRST PROOF.
READING GREEK.
EXAMPLE FOR READING.
WORDS TO GO IN ITALICS.
WORDS TO GO IN ROMAN.
CHAPTER III. STYLE.
CHAPTER IV. GENERAL REMARKS: CONTAINING SOME ILLUSTRATIONS OF, AND ADDITIONS TO, THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE FOREGOING THREE CHAPTERS.
CHAPTER V. PUNCTUATION.
RULES OF PUNCTUATION.
I. PERIOD, OR FULL POINT.
II. COLON.
III. SEMICOLON.
IV. COMMA.
V. THE NOTE OF INTERROGATION.
VI. THE NOTE OE EXCLAMATION.
VII. THE DASH.
VIII. VARIOUS MARKS USED IN WRITING AND PRINTING.
CHAPTER VI. ORTHOGRAPHY.
THE WEBSTER LIST.
THE WORCESTER LIST.
WORDS ENDING IN ABLE.
WORDS ENDING IN “ABLE”; RARE.
WORDS ENDING IN “ABLE”; OBSOLETE.
WORDS ENDING IN IBLE.
WORDS ENDING IN “IBLE”; RARE.
WORDS ENDING IN “IBLE”; OBSOLETE.
NOUNS ENDING IN O.
WORDS ENDING IN ISE.
EI AND IE.
WORDS ENDING IN “CION.”
ENSURE, INSURE, ETC.
CHAPTER VII. CAPITALIZATION.
RULES FOR THE RIGHT USE OF CAPITALS.
RECAPITULATION.
CHAPTER VIII. OLD STYLE.
CHAPTER IX. TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN THIS WORK.
CHAPTER X.
VARIOUS SIZES OF ROMAN LETTER—MODERN.
VARIOUS SIZES OF ROMAN LETTER—OLD STYLE.
INDEX.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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