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Edwin Herbert Lewis. A First Book in Writing English
A First Book in Writing English
Table of Contents
PREFACE
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
Footnote
SUBJECT INDEX
INDEX OF AUTHORS QUOTED
