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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

Verbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

CHAPTER IX SOURCES OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY

CHAPTER X THE MASTERY OF A WRITING VOCABULARY

ENGLISH PROVERBS

Groups of Synonyms

CHAPTER XI RIGHT NUMBER AND SKILFUL CHOICE OF WORDS

CHAPTER XII LETTER-WRITING

CHAPTER XIII REPRODUCTION, ABSTRACT, SUMMARY, ABRIDGMENT

Material for Literal Reproduction

Material for Summary, Abstract, Abridgment

CHAPTER XIV NARRATION AND DESCRIPTION

Narration

Description

CHAPTER XV EXPOSITION AND ARGUMENT

Exposition

Argument

SUBJECT INDEX

INDEX OF AUTHORS QUOTED