INDEX.
Reading edition
Unless otherwise designated the citations are to paragraphs.
Abbreviations in general, 13 to 26
Abbreviations of names of states, 29
Address, forms of, 83
Ages of persons, 19
A. M., and like references, 18
Anno Domini, 13
Apostrophes to be omitted, when, 15
Apostrophe in possessives, 16
Apostrophe wrong for plurals, 14
Arabic numerals, 17
Authors are supreme, 12
Authority, sources of, 1
Books, how cited, 22, 36, 52 and (12) under 27
Brick or bricks as plural, (h) 74
Cantos, how cited, 37
Capital letters, when needed, 33, 34
Chemical terms, 35
Co. and Company, 21
Company, singular verb, (d) 74
Collective nouns, 74
Compounds in detail, 10, 27, 41, 42, 43 to 47
Commas essential, (18) under 27
Copymaking is an art, 6
Credits, how printed, 52
Dashes, when omitted, 48
Dates, 23, 24
Dep’t and similar abbreviations, (2) under 27
De Vinne’s System, 1
De Vinne violated, 49
Dictionary of capital letters in detail, being alphabetically arranged, 33
Dictionary should govern, 10
Division of words, 50
Edited MSS. save money, 3
Editorial observations, 51
Employee preferred to employe, (1) under 51
Er words rather than re, Page 54
Et al., Page 52
Etc., Page 52
Ethics and similar words, (g) under 74
Farther and further, 55
Figures, how used in dates, 24
Follows and as follow, Page 52
Following named, Page 53
Foreign words and phrases, 56
Headquarters is or are, Page 52
Hours, how written, 25
Interrupted compounds, 45
Last held meeting, Page 52
Law books, how cited, 36
Magazines, how named, 54
Medieval, etc., 63
Month, how written, 26
Money, ten dollars was paid, 74
MS. and MSS., (4) under 27
Names not abbreviated, 28
Names, plural of, 65
Newspapers and magazines, 54
Night of Horrors, 34
Numbers, spell out, 24
O, Oh, Oh!, 64
On yesterday or yesterday, Page 53
Operas and plays, 52 and 58
Pages, how cited, 38
Paper, size for printers, 8
Paragraphs, how cited, 37
Parentheses and punctuation, 62
Parentheses for states, (10) under 27
Pet names, how used, (11) under 27
Plays and operas, how cited, 52
Plurals, Page 53
Plurals of names, 65
Preferred words, Page 53
Printers blamed, 5
Printers to edit reprint, 11
PS., (17) under 27
Publications, how cited, 39
Punctuation, some forms of, 61, 62
Quarto, (12) under 27
Quote-marks in general, 66 and 68
Quote-marks, use of single, 68
Reverend, the, 69
Salutations, how written, 59, 60
Saviour and savior, 70
Scriptural citations, 40
Self-confessed, Page 54
Ships and vessels, 53
Simplified spelling, 82
Singulars and plurals, 74
Single quote-marks, 68
Singulars again, (c) under 74
Smaller type, 67
Specials, 71
Spellings preferred, 72
Spoonfuls, Page 53
States, names of abbreviated, 29
Stenographers need the code, 80
Streets, how printed, (13) under 27
Style-codes to be mastered, 9
Style-codes needed, 2
Sums-two and two is four, (a) under 74
Time references, (14) under 27
Titles, how written, (7) and (15) under 27
To wit, (8) under 27
Towns and cities, (6) under 27
Unfamiliar words, 57
United States is or are, 73
Verbs, singular or plural, 74
Wave-lines, 78
Welsh rabbit, Page 53
Whereabouts is, 75
Women and husband’s titles, 76
Words, division of, 50
Words in legal papers, (16) under 27
Years, 23
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Transcriber's Note:
Punctuation has been standardised. Variations in hyphenation and obsolete or variant spelling have all been preserved.
The following changes have been made:
Page 20: twelvemo => 12mo
Page 45: standstone => sandstone
Index: Abbreviations of names of states, 28 => 29
Index: States, names of abbreviated, 28 => 29
Index: Ethics and similar words, (9) under 74 => (g) under 74
Index: Headquarters is or are, 52 => Page 52
Index: Last held meeting, 52 => Page 52