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PUNCTUATION MARKS, ACCENTS, ETC.

PUNCTUATION

THE COMMA

THE SEMICOLON

THE COLON

THE PERIOD

THE DASH

THE EXCLAMATION

THE INTERROGATION

QUOTATION-MARKS

PARENTHESES

BRACKETS

THE APOSTROPHE

THE HYPHEN

CAPITALIZATION

RELIGIOUS TERMS

PROPER NAMES

TITLES

INSTITUTIONAL TERMS

REFERENCES

ORDINALS

IN GENERAL

SMALL CAPITALS

SPELLING

NUMBERS

DIPHTHONGS

SIMPLE RULES OF ORTHOGRAPHY

ACCENTED WORDS

PARTICIPLES

VARIABLE ENDINGS

COMPOUND WORDS

DIVISION OF WORDS

INDENTION AND PARAGRAPHING

PARAGRAPHING

SPACING

ITALIC

ABBREVIATIONS

DATES

PROPER NAMES

TITLES

6. COMMERCIAL ABBREVIATIONS

7. GEOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS

8. MISCELLANEOUS ABBREVIATIONS

9. SCRIPTURAL ABBREVIATIONS

10. MONETARY SIGNS

11. MATHEMATICAL SIGNS

12. MEDICAL SIGNS

NUMERALS

NUMERAL LETTERS

CORRECT AND FAULTY DICTION

LETTER WRITING

THE HEADING

THE ADDRESS

THE SALUTATION

THE TEXT OF THE LETTER

THE COMPLIMENTARY CLOSE

THE SIGNATURE

THE ENVELOPE

POSTAL CARDS

IN GENERAL

EXAMPLES OF CORRECT LETTER WRITING

POSTAL REGULATIONS

CLASSES OF MAIL

WRAPPING OF MAIL MATTER

FORWARDING MAIL MATTER

WHAT CANNOT BE MAILED

CONCEALED MATTER

DOMESTIC RATES

FOREIGN RATES

FOREIGN PARCELS POST

MONEY ORDER FEES

REGISTERED MAIL

SPECIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM

POSTAL DISTANCES AND TIME FROM NEW YORK CITY

APPENDIX

STANDARD TIME

FOREIGN COINS

COMPARATIVE THERMOMETERS

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

TIME AND WATCH ON BOARD SHIP

PARCEL POST — TABLE OF RATES

INDEX