ing the comma fault and the period fault. These are not laid down with the claim that they cannot be violated without incorrectness; but violation or lax observance of them by inexperienced writers means incessant blundering, and a slovenliness of style which is abominable in the present, and which can lead to no good in the future; strict observance of them is wholesome discipline conducive to the growth of a firm, clean-cut style. In the latter part of Professors Scott and Denney's Paragraph Writing, the authors make admirable use of some illustrative diagrams resembling ladders lying in a horizontal position. These figures suggested to me the strategic design of assaulting the paragraph by escalade, a design which I have tried to execute in Sections 538-583. Professor William Dwight Whitney's Essentials of English Grammar, that most admirable classic, and Professor J. M. D. Meiklejohn's ample store of data on English grammar, have helped me greatly in some parts of my work. I am very much obliged, also, to my colleagues who have given me advice and assistance. MADISON, WISCONSIN, October, 1909. E. C. W. Insertions of a few words made with the caret 41 Misuse of parentheses and brackets 41 Inversion of the caret 42 Misuse of the asterisk 43 Insertions of several lines 45 COMPOUND AND DERIVATIVE WORDS Compound GENERAL RULE as to hyphened and solid words 102 and derivative words Far-reaching etc. 112 Closely resembling etc. 113 Passer-by etc. 105 Well-dressed etc., attributive 114 115 Worn-out etc., attributive 116 tributive 117 Participle preceded by agent 118 Noun, adjective, participle, or gerund preceded by object 119 Noun or adjective of more than two components 120 Adverbs Banjo-fashion etc. 121 To-day etc. 122 Good-by 123 Singly construed phrases 124 CLASSES OF WORDS TO BE WRITTEN SOLID Nouns - childhood, grandfather, etc. 125 Pronouns-myself, whoever, somebody, etc. 126; 669, 670, 678 Verbs overcome, withstand, etc. 128 - together, instead, nevertheless, etc. 129, 671, 672 INCORRECT COMPOUNDING Sundry expressions not to be compounded- each other, in order, some day, etc. 131, 674 Everybody and every one, etc. 132, 673 Awhile and a while 133, 666 Sometime and some time 134, 667 Anyway and any way 135, 668 NUMERALS Twenty-one etc. 136 One hundred, two hundred and six, etc. 137 Ordinal numbers 138 ABBREVIATIONS Permissible abbreviations (these proper only in certain contexts) 142 Meaning and use of P.S. and N.B. 144 Meaning and use of cf., ff., et seq., sq., sqq., ibid., id., vol., chap., P., pp., l., l. 145 Abbreviation of titles Objectionable in general 146 Permissible exceptions (these proper only with names) 147 Proper use of Esq. 148 |