Body of Letter, arrangement, 9, 10; Exactness, 37, 38.
paragraphing, 20.
Brackets, rules for use of, 145. Brevity, when undesirable, 37.
Cablegrams, 96; codes, 96; cost, 97. Capitals, rules for use of, 152-154. Caret, rules for use of, 151.
Carbon copies, 124.
Exclamation, rules for use of, 142.
Filing correspondence, 121-123. Folding a letter, 3.
"Follow-Up" letters, 117-120.
Heading, 3; forms of, 4; punctuation and capitalization, 5; exercises, 4, 5.
Check, enclosing, 40; capitalization, Homonyms, exercises in, 66, 67.
Mimeograph, 125; rotary, 126.
Misuse of words, 113.
Money orders, postal, 104; indorse- ment of, 104; express, 106; tele- graph, 106.
Ordering goods, correct ways of, 35; model, 36, punctuation and capital- ization, 35; paragraphing, 36.
Paragraphing, general rules, 20; ex- amples, 20-22; exercises, 23-26. Parentheses, rules for use of, 144. Period, rules for use of, 142. Postal cards, 106.
Postal information, 100-107. Postage, domestic rates of, 102; pre- payment of, 102; foreign rates of, 103; free service, 102; on undeliv- ered matter, 103; paid in money, 103; redeemed, 106. Prepositions, use of, 158-160. Punctuation, of heading, 5; of ad- dress, 7; of salutation, 8; of compli- mentary close, 10; of signature, II, 12; of envelope direction, 17; of body of letter, 35; general rules for, 142-153; exercises in, 154-157.
Questions for review, 18, 45, 54, 99,
References, 30.
Registered mail, 105.
Relative pronouns, use of, 162. Remittances, enclosure of, 40. Review exercises, general, 129-131. Rotary mimeograph, 126.
Salutation, position of, 8; forms of,
8; punctuation and capitalization, 8. Semi-Colon, rules for use of, 138-140. Sight draft, model, 69.
Signature, position of, 10, II; agent's, II; of women, II; punctuation, II,
Special delivery, 105.
Stamps, how affixed, 16; denomina- tions of, 105; unused, 105, 106. Suggestions, general, 115. Superscription, 13.
Syllabication, rules for, 57, 58, 82. Synonyms, "which word?" 29.
Telegrams, 96; codes, 96; cost, 96; model, 97.
Titles, use of, 6; abbreviations of, 7; in envelope direction, 17. Tracer, 55.
Unused stamps, 105, 106. Use of "d," "st" and "th," 28; of "I am" and "I remain," 28; use of "&," 28; use of "I," 29.
107. Quotation marks, rules for use of, Verbs, use of, 160-163. 146-148.
Vocabulary, building up of, 48; the right word, 89.
Recommendation, letter of, 86; model, | Word study, 158-167.
Wrapping of mail matter, 105.
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