The Writer's Desk Book Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Division of Words, Indention, Spacing, Italics, Abbreviations, Accents, Numerals, Faulty Diction, Letter Writing, Postal Regulations, Etc.

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«Take», is superfluous in connection with other verbs: e.g., _Suppose we [take and] use the drawings we have_. It should not be confused with _bring_: e.g., _I will bring_ [take...

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First, two strokes of the clapper at the interval of a second, then an interval of two seconds; then two more strokes with a second’s interval apart, then a rest of two seconds,...

_Roman_ _Arabic_ Unus, a, um I 1 Duo, ae, o II 2 Tres, ia III 3 Quatuor IV [IIII] 4 Quinque V 5 Sex VI 6 Septem VII 7 Octo VIII 8 Novem IX 9 Decem X 10 Undecim XI 11 Duodecim XI...

Indention: rules for, 55–56; prose, each paragraph indented, 55; numbered paragraphs, treatment of, 55; of poetry, reverse indention, 55; of quotations, 55; different forms of,...

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7. Smoothness of diction in a paragraph calls for the intelligent use of proper connective words between closely related sentences. A common fault, however, is the incorrect use...

1. Marks of parenthesis are employed to separate from the rest of the sentence enclosed expressions having no essential connection: e.g., _I am unable to take this action (why d...

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N. North (London Postal District) N.A. North America N.B. New Brunswick; North Britain (Scotland) N.C. North Carolina N. Dak. North Dakota N.E. New England; Northeast (London Po...

Titles: capitalization of, 24–26; of poems, series, and works of art, to be quoted, 17; of parables (biblical), capitalization of, 20; of psalms, capitalization of, 20; use of c...