Apostrophe, in contractions, 134
in possession, 50, 51, 61, 225
Application, letter of, 72-73
model of, 73

Apposition, 82, 274
condensing by, 159

Arbor Day, 31-43, 227

Argument, 29, 80, 89, 220, 275-271

59, 224, 232, 282, 314

subject of infinitive, 384

summary, 282-283

Active voice, 64, 335

281, 316

Articles, 52, 75

223

name of, 27, 51

on envelope, 8, 200

Adjectival clauses, 113
Adjectival phrases, 107
Adjective, as modifier, 52

correct use of, 74-75, 83, 244
demonstrative, 264-266

explained, 12-13, 52, 72-73, 211
possessive, 61, 298-299

Assignments. See Conversation,
Written work, Dramatization,
sion

Audience. See page xiv

Autobiography, "Beautiful Joe," 20
Charles Lamb's, 213
of a parcel, 212

of a shilling, 216

"Story of My Life," 209

Auxiliary verb, 323

Awful, 18

Baby blunder," 96

Bad, badly, 83; compared, 74
Balanced constructions, 168
Baseball match, 47. See Match.
Be, conjugated, 334; sounded, 178
Beginning, middle, end: in descrip
35; in narration, 20; in outline
40; of phrases, 144; of sentence
Best, better, 74

Better-Speech Club, 11-18, 199
Blackboard work, 9, 30, 168, 170
292, 377

Body of letter, 6-7, 25, 222
Book review, 92

Booklets: advertising, 375-385;
343; games, 56; Indian, 160; H
son Crusoe, 178; travel log, 110
138; trip through America, 259
Books, information about, 90, 204,
Breathing game, 10, 35, 76, 118, 26
Brevity: how to secure, 144; in l

316; reporting, 184; summaries
395; telegrams, 87

Business letter, address in, 24, 140
form of, 24-26, 73, 140, 222
models of, 25, 73, 222

See Written work

But, 127, 135

Can, may, 43