The Study and Practice of Writing English

Gerhard Richard Lomer, Margaret Ashmun9781172305308, 1172305307

Книга The Study and Practice of Writing English The Study and Practice of Writing English Книги Иностранные языки Автор: Gerhard R., Margaret Ashmun Lomer Год издания: 1917 Формат: djvu Издат.:Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company Страниц: 342 Размер: 11,8 ISBN: B000NX5054 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:CONTENTS I. ESTABLISHED USAGES 1. Punctuation | 2. Capitals | 3. Italics | 4. Abbreviations | 5. The Representation of Number | 6. Syllabification | 7. Rules for Plurals | 8. Possessives | 9. Rules for Spelling | II. GRAMMATICAL REQUIREMENTS 1. Syntax | 2. Sequence of Tenses | 3. Shall and Will | 4. Voice | 5. Irregular Verbs | 6. Sentence Structure | 7. Paragraphs III. THE USE OF LANGUAGE 1. The Study of Language | 2. Some Suggestions for the Study of Words | 3. The Use of the Dictionary | 4. Synonyms | 5. Some Common Latin Roots | 6. Prefixes | 7. Suffixes | 8. English Words for Analysis | 9. The Idiomatic Use of Prepositions | 10. Foreign Words commonly used in English | 11. Phrases from Foreign Languages | 12. Style | 13. Figures of Speech | 14. Diacritical Marks | 15. Words commonly mispronounced | 16. Common Errors in Speech and Writing | 17. Vulgarisms | 18. Hackneyed Expressions | 19. Hackneyed QuotationsIV. WRITTEN COMPOSITION 1. Steps in Theme-Writing | 2. Outlines | 3. The Preparation of Manuscript | 4. Marks for the Correction of Themes | 5. Short-Theme Subjects | 6. Long-Theme Subjects | 7. How to take Notes | 8. Quotations | 9. References and Footnotes | 10. Making a BibliographyV. FORMS OF DISCOURSE 1. Description | 2. Exposition | 3. Definition | 4. Argumentation | 5. Biography | 6. Narration | 7. A Specific Study of the Short Story | 8. The Drama | 9. Translation VI. CORRESPONDENCE 1. Social and Friendly Letters | 2. Commercial Correspondence