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Index
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY EXPLANATIONS
A FIRST BOOK IN WRITING ENGLISH
CHAPTER I THE ART OF WRITING ENGLISH
CHAPTER II ON READING ALOUD, AND ON SPELLING
CHAPTER III A REVIEW OF PUNCTUATION
Capitals.
The Comma.
The Semicolon.
The Colon.
The Dash.
Quotation Marks.
Brackets.
The Exclamation Point.
The Interrogation Point.
Italics.
The Apostrophe.
Asterisks.
Common Abbreviations.
CHAPTER IV GRAMMATICAL PHASES OF WRITING ENGLISH
Concord of Subject and Predicate.
Concord of Adjective (or Participle) and Noun.
Concord of Pronoun and Antecedent.
Concord of Cases.
Concord of Tenses.
Government.
On the Reference of Pronouns.
Conjunctions and Prepositions.
Adverb or Adjective?
Matters of Etymology.
CHAPTER V ON DIVIDING A PARAGRAPH INTO SENTENCES
CHAPTER VI ON WELL-KNIT SENTENCES
CHAPTER VII ON ORGANIZING THE THEME
CHAPTER VIII ON CORRECTNESS IN CHOICE OF WORDS
Nouns
Ability, capacity.
Acceptance, acceptation.
Access, accession.
Act, action.
Advance, advancement.
Alternative, choice.
Avocation, vocation.
Balance, remainder.
Character, reputation.
Compliment, complement.
Council, counsel.
Falseness, falsity.
Invention, discovery.
Limit, limitation.
Majority, plurality.
Observation, observance.
Observation, remark.
Party, person.
Part, portion.
Prominent, predominant.
Recipe, receipt.
Relative, relation.
Residence, house.
Sewage, sewerage.
Site, situation.
Verbs
Accept, except.
Affect, effect.
Aggravate, irritate, tantalize.
Allude, mention.
Antagonize, alienate.
Begin, commence.
Bring, fetch.
Claim, assert, etc.
Degrade, demean, debase.
Drive, ride.
Endorse, approve, second.
Got, gotten, have.
Guess, think, reckon.
Intend, calculate.
Let, leave.
Lie, lay.
Locate, settle.
Loan, lend.
May, can.
Proved, proven.
Purpose, propose.
Sit, set.
Stay, stop.
Transpire, happen.
Wish, want, desire.
Adjectives and Adverbs
Apt, likely, liable.
Continual, continuous.
Funny, odd.
Healthy, healthful.
Imminent, eminent, immanent.
In, into.
Last, latest.
Last, preceding.
Mad, angry.
Most, almost.
Mutual, common.
Oral, verbal.
Posted, informed.
Practicable, practical.
Quite, somewhat, very, rather, entirely, wholly.
Real, really, extremely.
Some, somewhat.
Without, unless.
CHAPTER IX SOURCES OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY
CHAPTER X THE MASTERY OF A WRITING VOCABULARY
ENGLISH PROVERBS[43]
Groups of Synonyms[44]
CHAPTER XI RIGHT NUMBER AND SKILFUL CHOICE OF WORDS
CHAPTER XII LETTER-WRITING
CHAPTER XIII REPRODUCTION, ABSTRACT, SUMMARY, ABRIDGMENT
Material for Literal Reproduction
Narration
Description
Exposition
Material for Summary, Abstract, Abridgment
Narration
Description
Argument[52]
CHAPTER XIV NARRATION AND DESCRIPTION
Narration
Description
Suggested Topics for Description
CHAPTER XV EXPOSITION AND ARGUMENT
Exposition
Subjects for Exposition
Argument
Subjects for Argument or Debate
FOOTNOTES
SUBJECT INDEX
INDEX OF AUTHORS QUOTED
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