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EBOOK HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE ***
Produced by Tom Allen, Charles Franks
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
HOW TO
SPEAK AND WRITE
CORRECTLY
By
JOSEPH DEVLIN, M.A.
Edited by
THEODORE WATERS
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD
BIBLE HOUSE
NEW YORK
Copyright, 1910, by
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD
NEW YORK
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
REQUIREMENTS OF SPEECH
Vocabulary. Parts of speech. Requisites.
CHAPTER II
ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Divisions of grammar. Definitions. Etymology.
CHAPTER III
THE SENTENCE
Different kinds. Arrangement of words. Paragraph.
CHAPTER IV
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Figures of speech. Definitions and examples. Use of figures.
CHAPTER V
PUNCTUATION
Principal points. Illustrations. Capital letters.
CHAPTER VI
LETTER WRITING
Principles of letter writing. Forms. Notes.
CHAPTER VII
ERRORS
Mistakes. Slips of authors. Examples and corrections. Errors of redundancy.
CHAPTER VIII
PITFALLS TO AVOID
Common stumbling blocks. Peculiar constructions. Misused forms.
CHAPTER IX
STYLE
Diction. Purity. Propriety. Precision.
CHAPTER X
SUGGESTIONS
How to write. What to write. Correct speaking and speakers.
CHAPTER XI
SLANG
Origin. American slang. Foreign slang.
CHAPTER XII
WRITING FOR NEWSPAPERS
Qualification. Appropriate subjects. Directions.
CHAPTER XIII
CHOICE OF WORDS
Small words.
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