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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.

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Mimeograph, 125; rotary, 126.

Misuse of words, 113.

Money orders, postal, 104; indorse-
ment of, 104; express, 106; tele-
graph, 106.

Neostyle, 126.

Ordering goods, correct ways of, 35;
model, 36, punctuation and capital-
ization, 35; paragraphing, 36.

Paging, 84.

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,

12.

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.

Tact, 63.

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.

Receipt, model, 63.

Vocabulary, building up of, 48; the
right word, 89.

Recommendation, letter of, 86; model, | Word study, 158-167.

94.

Wrapping of mail matter, 105.

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