be inserted, place it in the margin between two oblique lines [/-/, /-/]; at the right of a comma, semicolon, colon, interrogation point, exclamation point, or of one or two letters that are to be inserted, draw a single oblique line [/ ;/ :/ m/]. In all cases show by the use of the caret where the insertion is to be made.
When something is to be omitted, it may be cancelled by an oblique or a horizontal line drawn through it, and a 8 [for Latin dele, erase] placed in the margin.
When something is to be changed, it may be cancelled, and what is to be inserted may be written above it or in the nearer margin.
If a small letter ought to be a capital, draw two lines under it and write cap. in the margin. If a capital letter ought to be a small letter, draw an oblique line through it and write l.c. [lower case] in the margin.
If a word is misspelled, the wrong letters should be cancelled, and the right ones written in the margin.
If a new paragraph is to be made, put ¶ at the place where the new paragraph should begin, and also in the margin. If two paragraphs are to be united, draw a line from the last word of the first paragraph to the first word of the second, and put "No ¶" in the margin.
If words are to be transposed, draw a curved line between them over the first and under the second, and write tr. [transpose] in the margin.
If by mistake words have been struck out which should remain, place dots under the words that are to remain and write stet [Latin for let it stand] in the margin.
You should employ these marks of correction in your daily criticism of written work.
Explain the marks of correction in the following
make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts!
None of us yet know, for none of us have been
l.e. taught in early Youth, what fairy palaces we we d
a/ may build of beutiful thoughts proof against all,/
;/tr. adversity fancies bright,, satisfied memories, noble
l.e. / Hostories, faithful sayings, teasure houses from 2/
atet. precious and restful thoughts
The figures refer to the pages.
Abbreviations, 287, 289.
Abstract noun, 200.
Abstracts, 54-58.
Acceptance, notes of, 20-22.
Active voice, 231.
Address: case of, 280; of a letter,
7-9, 14, 20; words of, punctua-
tion of, 295.
Adjective: clause, 223, 265, 270;
comparison of, 192; definition
of, 172; descriptive, 173; dis-
tinction between adverb and,
194; emphatic predicate, 102,
103; infinitive used as, 277; in-
terrogative, 227; modifiers, 93,
97, 98, 281; numeral, 173; par-
ticiple used as, 275, 277; phrase,
177; phrase or clause, punctua-
tion of, 308; predicate, 173, 183,
205; position of, 92; pronom-
inal, 227.
Adverb: and adverbial phrase
modifying a sentence, 281;
comparison of, 192; conjunc-
tive, 266, 271; definition of,
174; distinction between ad-
jective and, 194; infinitive or
participle used as, 278; posi-
tion of, 92; used as an intro-
ductory word, 281; yes or no
used independently, 281.
Adverbial: clause, 265, 272; ele-
ment emphatic, 105-107; modi-
fier, 282; modifier, position of,
98-100; phrase, 177; phrase or
clause, punctuation of, 309;
noun, use of, 216, 282.
Advertisements, 18, 19.
Agreement: of pronoun with ante-
cedent, 230; of verb with sub-
ject, 239, 240, 281.
Alliteration, 87.
Ambiguity, 117-121: with parti-
ciples, 118; with personal pro-
nouns, 119; with relative pro-
nouns, 120.
Amendments, 141, 142.
Analysis, 185-190.
And, misuse of, 108-110.
Animals, description of, 28-31.
Antecedent: of pronoun, 119–121,
167, 221, 226, 230; repetition
of, 115, 116.
Apostrophe, 211, 290.
Apposition: definition of, 209;
infinitive used in, 277; noun
clause in, 272; person of nouns
in, 221; punctuation of words
in, 302; sign of possession with
nouns in, 212.
Appositive noun or pronoun, case
of, 282.
Articles, definite and indefinite,
As: adverb or conjunction, 283;
sign of apposition, 283; rela-
tive pronoun, 282.
As-as, 267.
Attesting of records, 138.
Attractiveness of style, 108, 121-
126, 128.
Auxiliary verb: conjugation of,
247-249; definition of, 236;
distinction in use of shall and
will, should and would, 260;
repetition of, 115, 116.
Be, conjugation of the verb, 255.
Beginning of successive sentences,
126.
Better than, 268.
Biography: brief, 25, 26; of Long-
fellow, 85.
Body of a letter, 7, 8, 14.
Both, pronominal adjective or con-
junction, 283.
Both-and, 267.
Boyhood of Longfellow, 73-77.
Brackets, 293, 317.
Brevity, 111-115, 118.
Business letters, 9, 13-16.
But, adverb, conjunction, or prepo-
sition, 283.
By-laws, 140, 141.
Can and could, conjugation of, 249.
Capital letters, 4, 8, 286, 287.
Cardinal numbers, 173.
Case: appositive, 209, 282; defi-
nition of, 206; direct and indi-
rect objects, 215; nominative,
206, 281; nominative absolute,
282; objective, 212, 217, 281,
282; of complement of intran-
sitive or passive verb, 282; pos-
sessive, 211, 282; rules for, 282.
Clauses adjective, 223, 265, 270;
adverbial, 272; connected by
conjunctions, 179; definition of,
175; element of a sentence, 184;
explanatory, 308; instead of
words, 113; noun, 265, 272;
position of relative, 120; prin-
cipal or subordinate, 265, 268;
punctuation of, 293, 302, 307-
309, 312; restrictive, 307.
Clearness, 101, 108, 115–121, 128.
Collective noun, 201; number of
a verb used with, 239.
Colon: after as, viz., etc., 312;
after salutation of a letter, 8;
before long quotation or list of
particulars, 315; with an enu-
meration of particulars, 313;
within sentences, 293.
Comma after a subject, 310;
after as, viz., etc., 312; after yes
or no, 297; in a series, 293;
in compound elements, 307; in
compound predicate, 307; in
parts of a letter, 8; showing
omission of words, 296; with
adjective elements, 307; with
adverbial elements, 309; with
clauses, 307, 312; with inde-
pendent elements, 311; with
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