The Writer's Desk Book. William Dana Orcutt

      Published by Good Press, 2020

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      EAN 4064066093952

Table of Contents

       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