How to Speak and Write Correctly

About this eBook

Author

Devlin, Joseph (Lexicographer)

Credits

Produced by Tom Allen, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PE: Language and Literatures: English

Subject

English language -- Usage

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6409

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6409

Release Date

September 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HOW TO SPEAK AND WRITE CORRECTLY
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CHAPTER I — REQUIREMENTS OF SPEECH — Vocabulary—Parts of Speech—Requisites — THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN A NUTSHELL — DEFINITIONS — THREE ESSENTIALS
5. 5.CHAPTER II — ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR — Divisions of Grammar—Definitions—Etymology. — DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR — LETTERS — SYLLABLES AND WORDS — THE PARTS OF SPEECH — ARTICLE — NOUN — ADJECTIVE — PRONOUN — THE VERB — TENSE — MOOD — TO BE — VOICE — CONJUGATION — PRINCIPAL PARTS — Infinitive Mood — Indicative Mood — Imperative Mood — Subjunctive Mood — CONJUGATION OF "To Love" — Passive Voice Indicative Mood — Imperative Mood — Subjunctive Mood — ADVERB — PREPOSITION — CONJUNCTION — INTERJECTION
6. 6.CHAPTER III — THE SENTENCE — Different Kinds—Arrangement of Words—Paragraph — ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE — SENTENCE CLASSIFICATION — THE PARAGRAPH
7. 7.CHAPTER IV — FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE — Figures of Speech—Definitions and Examples —Use of Figures
8. 8.CHAPTER V — PUNCTUATION — Principal Points—Illustrations—Capital Letters. — CAPITAL LETTERS
9. 9.CHAPTER VI — LETTER WRITING — Principles of Letter-Writing—Forms—Notes — THE HEADING — SUBSCRIPTION — ADDRESS — NOTES — FORMAL INVITATIONS — NOTES OF INTRODUCTION
10. 10.CHAPTER VII — ERRORS — Mistakes—Slips of Authors—Examples and Corrections—Errors of Redundancy. — GRAMMATICAL ERRORS OF STANDARD AUTHORS
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII — PITFALLS TO AVOID — Common Stumbling Blocks—Peculiar Constructions—Misused Forms. — ATTRACTION — ELLIPSIS — THE SPLIT INFINITIVE — ONE — ONLY — ALONE — OTHER AND ANOTHER — AND WITH THE RELATIVE — LOOSE PARTICIPLES — BROKEN CONSTRUCTION — DOUBLE NEGATIVE — FIRST PERSONAL PRONOUN — SEQUENCE OF TENSES — BETWEEN—AMONG — LESS—FEWER — FURTHER—FARTHER — EACH OTHER—ONE ANOTHER — EACH, EVERY, EITHER, NEITHER — NEITHER-NOR — NONE — RISE-RAISE — LAY-LIE — SAYS I—I SAID — IN—INTO — EAT—ATE — SEQUENCE OF PERSON — AM COME—HAVE COME — PAST TENSE—PAST PARTICIPLE — PREPOSITIONS AND THE OBJECTIVE CASE — SUMMON—SUMMONS — UNDENIABLE—UNEXCEPTIONABLE — THE PRONOUNS — THAT FOR SO — THESE—THOSE — THIS MUCH—THUS MUCH — FLEE—FLY — THROUGH—THROUGHOUT — VOCATION AND AVOCATION — WAS—WERE — A OR AN
12. 12.CHAPTER IX — STYLE — Diction—Purity—Propriety—Precision. — DICTION — PURITY — PROPRIETY — SIMPLICITY — CLEARNESS — UNITY — STRENGTH — HARMONY — EXPRESSIVE OF WRITER — KINDS OF STYLE
13. 13.CHAPTER X — SUGGESTIONS — How to Write—What to Write—Correct Speaking and Speakers
14. 14.CHAPTER XI — SLANG — Origin—American Slang—Foreign Slang
15. 15.CHAPTER XII — WRITING FOR NEWSPAPERS — Qualification—Appropriate Subjects—Directions
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII — CHOICE OF WORDS — Small Words—Their Importance—The Anglo-Saxon Element
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV — ENGLISH LANGUAGE — Beginning—Different Sources—The Present
18. 18.CHAPTER XV — MASTERS AND MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE — Great Authors—Classification—The World's Best Books. — INDISPENSABLE BOOKS — A GOOD LIBRARY — MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE — TEN GREATEST AMERICAN POETS — TEN GREATEST ENGLISH POETS — TEN GREATEST ENGLISH ESSAYISTS — BEST PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE — ONLY THE GOOD

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