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. EXTENDED QUOTATIONS of prose - set apart from context 38 TABULATED LISTS Indention (hanging) 39 ALTERATIONS IN MANUSCRIPT Insertion Set apart from context 40 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 Misuse of parentheses and brackets 46 Erasure 46 Paragraph sign wrong side before 49 Canceling paragraph divisions 50 THE FINISHED MANUSCRIPT Pages in order 51 a Manuscript not rolled 51b Corners square 51c SPELLING Manu script COMPOUND AND DERIVATIVE WORDS Compound GENERAL RULE as to hyphened and solid words 102 and derivative words CLASSES OF WORDS TO BE HYPHENED Nouns The prefix ex 103 The prefix vice 104 Adjectives Rope-like, cup-like, etc. 107 Bright-eyed etc. 110 Eagle-eyed etc. 111 Far-reaching etc. 112 Closely resembling etc. 113 Passer-by etc. 105 Well-dressed etc., attributive 114 115 Worn-out etc., attributive 116 Three-inch, eight-oar, etc., attributive 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 Particles together, instead, nevertheless, etc. 129, 671, 672 General rule 130 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 Ordinal numbers 138 One hundred, two hundred and six, etc. 137 Fractions 139 ABBREVIATIONS Abbrevia- Objectionable in general 140, 676 tions Grocers' bills etc. 141 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., 8q., 8qq., ibid., id., vol., chap., P., pp., l., ll. 145 Abbreviation of titles Objectionable in general 146 Permissible exceptions (these proper only with names) 147 |