The Writer's Desk Book

About this eBook

Author

Orcutt, William Dana, 1870-1953

Title

The Writer's Desk Book Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Division of Words, Indention, Spacing, Italics, Abbreviations, Accents, Numerals, Faulty Diction, Letter Writing, Postal Regulations, Etc.

Credits

E-text prepared by MWS, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

English language -- Orthography and spelling

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54025

Release Date

January 19, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by MWS, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — THE WRITER’S DESK BOOK
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.PUNCTUATION MARKS, ACCENTS, ETC.
8. 8.PUNCTUATION — THE COMMA — The comma is required: — The comma is not required: — THE SEMICOLON — Use the semicolon: — THE COLON — Use the colon: — THE PERIOD — Use the period: — Do not use the period: — THE DASH — Use the dash: — THE EXCLAMATION — The exclamation-point is required: — THE INTERROGATION — QUOTATION-MARKS — Quote: — PARENTHESES — BRACKETS — Use brackets: — THE APOSTROPHE — THE HYPHEN
9. 9.CAPITALIZATION — RELIGIOUS TERMS — Capitalize: — Do not capitalize: — PROPER NAMES — Capitalize: — Do not capitalize: — TITLES — Capitalize: — Do not capitalize: — INSTITUTIONAL TERMS — Capitalize: — Do not capitalize: — REFERENCES — Capitalize: — Do not capitalize: — ORDINALS — Capitalize: — IN GENERAL — Capitalize: — Do not capitalize: — SMALL CAPITALS
10. 10.SPELLING — NUMBERS — DIPHTHONGS — SIMPLE RULES OF ORTHOGRAPHY — ACCENTED WORDS — PARTICIPLES — VARIABLE ENDINGS
11. 11.COMPOUND WORDS — Use the hyphen: — Do not use the hyphen:
12. 12.DIVISION OF WORDS
13. 13.INDENTION AND PARAGRAPHING — PARAGRAPHING
14. 14.SPACING
15. 15.ITALIC — Italic is used:
16. 16.ABBREVIATIONS — DATES — PROPER NAMES — TITLES — 6. COMMERCIAL ABBREVIATIONS — 7. GEOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS — 8. MISCELLANEOUS ABBREVIATIONS — 9. SCRIPTURAL ABBREVIATIONS — 10. MONETARY SIGNS — 11. MATHEMATICAL SIGNS — 12. MEDICAL SIGNS
17. 17.NUMERALS — NUMERAL LETTERS
18. 18.CORRECT AND FAULTY DICTION
19. 19.LETTER WRITING — THE HEADING — THE ADDRESS — THE SALUTATION — THE TEXT OF THE LETTER — THE COMPLIMENTARY CLOSE — THE SIGNATURE — THE ENVELOPE — POSTAL CARDS — IN GENERAL — EXAMPLES OF CORRECT LETTER WRITING — 1. B USINESS L ETTER I — 2. B USINESS L ETTER II (reverse indention) — 3. I NFORMAL OR F RIENDLY L ETTER — 4. F ORMAL S OCIAL N OTES — 5. F ORMAL N OTE TO T RADESMAN
20. 20.POSTAL REGULATIONS — CLASSES OF MAIL — WRAPPING OF MAIL MATTER — FORWARDING MAIL MATTER — WHAT CANNOT BE MAILED — CONCEALED MATTER — DOMESTIC RATES — FOREIGN RATES — Exceptions for Cuba, Mexico, Canada, and Republic of Panama — FOREIGN PARCELS POST — MONEY ORDER FEES — Fees for International Money Orders — REGISTERED MAIL — Domestic — Foreign — SPECIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM — POSTAL DISTANCES AND TIME FROM NEW YORK CITY
21. 21.APPENDIX — STANDARD TIME — FOREIGN COINS — COMPARATIVE THERMOMETERS — WEIGHTS AND MEASURES — T HE M ETRIC S YSTEM — L INEAR M EASURE — S QUARE M EASURE — D RY M EASURE — L IQUID M EASURE — A POTHECARIES ’ W EIGHT — A VOIRDUPOIS W EIGHT — T ROY W EIGHT — P APER M EASURE — T IME M EASURE — C IRCULAR M EASURE — C LOTH M EASURE — M ARINERS ’ M EASURE — M ISCELLANEOUS — S URVEYORS ’ M EASURE — C UBIC M EASURE — M ETRIC E QUIVALENTS — British Weights and Measures — E LECTRICAL M EASURES — M EASURES FOR S PECIAL P URPOSES — TIME AND WATCH ON BOARD SHIP — PARCEL POST — TABLE OF RATES
22. 22.INDEX

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.