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Pens and types

Pens and types

by Benjamin Drew

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Author
Drew, Benjamin, 1812-1903
Title
Pens and types : or, Hints and helps for those who write, print, read, teach, or learn
Credits
Produced by MWS, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Proofreading -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 60126
Release Date
August 18, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PENS AND TYPES OR HINTS AND HELPS FOR THOSE WHO WRITE, PRINT, READ, TEACH, OR LEARN
  2. 2.PUBLISHERS’ ADVERTISEMENT.
  3. 3.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  4. 4.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. WRITING FOR THE PRESS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. PROOF-READING. — MEMORANDA FOR PROOF-READERS. — MARKS USED IN CORRECTING PROOFS. — SPECIMEN OF FIRST PROOF. — SPECIMEN OF FIRST PROOF. — READING GREEK. — EXAMPLE FOR READING. — WORDS TO GO IN ITALICS. — WORDS TO GO IN ROMAN.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. STYLE.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. GENERAL REMARKS: CON­TAIN­ING SOME IL­LUS­TRA­TIONS OF, AND AD­DI­TIONS TO, THE SUB­JECT-MAT­TER OF THE FORE­GOING THREE CHAP­TERS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. PUNCTUATION. — RULES OF PUNCTUATION. — I. PERIOD, OR FULL POINT. — II. COLON. — III. SEMICOLON. — IV. COMMA. — V. THE NOTE OF INTERROGATION. — VI. THE NOTE OE EXCLAMATION. — VII. THE DASH. — VIII. VARIOUS MARKS USED IN WRITING AND PRINTING.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. ORTHOGRAPHY. — THE WEBSTER LIST. — THE WORCESTER LIST. — WORDS ENDING IN ABLE . — WORDS ENDING IN “ABLE”; RARE. — WORDS ENDING IN “ABLE”; OBSOLETE. — WORDS ENDING IN IBLE . — WORDS ENDING IN “IBLE”; RARE. — WORDS ENDING IN “IBLE”; OBSOLETE. — NOUNS ENDING IN O . — WORDS ENDING IN ISE . — EI AND IE . — WORDS ENDING IN “CION.” — ENSURE, INSURE, E TC.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. CAPITALIZATION. — RULES FOR THE RIGHT USE OF CAPITALS. — RECAPITULATION.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. OLD STYLE.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN THIS WORK.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. — VARIOUS SIZES OF ROMAN LETTER—MODERN. — VARIOUS SIZES OF ROMAN LETTER—OLD STYLE.
  16. 16.INDEX.
  17. 17.ADVERTISEMENTS.

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