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.
OTHER BOOKS BY MR. ORCUTT
G OOD O LD D ORCHESTER. A Narrative History
P RINCESS K ALLISTO, and other Tales of the Fairies
R OBERT C AVELIER. A Novel
T HE F LOWER OF D ESTINY. A Novel
T HE S PELL. A Novel
T HE L EVER. A Novel
T HE M OTH. A Novel
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 · Etc
By WILLIAM DANA ORCUTT for many years Head of The University Press · Cambridge · Now associated with T HE P LIMPTON P RESS · Norwood Mass.
William Dana Orcutt
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THE WRITER’S DESK BOOK
PUNCTUATION MARKS, ACCENTS, ETC.
PUNCTUATION
THE COMMA
THE SEMICOLON
THE COLON
THE PERIOD
THE DASH
THE EXCLAMATION
THE INTERROGATION
QUOTATION-MARKS
PARENTHESES
BRACKETS
THE APOSTROPHE
THE HYPHEN
CAPITALIZATION
RELIGIOUS TERMS
PROPER NAMES
TITLES
INSTITUTIONAL TERMS
REFERENCES
ORDINALS
IN GENERAL
SMALL CAPITALS
SPELLING
NUMBERS
DIPHTHONGS
SIMPLE RULES OF ORTHOGRAPHY
ACCENTED WORDS
PARTICIPLES
VARIABLE ENDINGS
COMPOUND WORDS
Use the hyphen:
Do not use the hyphen:
DIVISION OF WORDS
INDENTION AND PARAGRAPHING
PARAGRAPHING
SPACING
ITALIC
Italic is used:
ABBREVIATIONS
DATES
PROPER NAMES
TITLES
9. SCRIPTURAL ABBREVIATIONS
10. MONETARY SIGNS
11. MATHEMATICAL SIGNS
12. MEDICAL SIGNS
NUMERALS
CORRECT AND FAULTY DICTION
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
POSTAL REGULATIONS
CLASSES OF MAIL
WRAPPING OF MAIL MATTER
FORWARDING MAIL MATTER
WHAT CANNOT BE MAILED
CONCEALED MATTER
DOMESTIC RATES
FOREIGN RATES
FOREIGN PARCELS POST
MONEY ORDER FEES
REGISTERED MAIL
SPECIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM
POSTAL DISTANCES AND TIME FROM NEW YORK CITY
APPENDIX
STANDARD TIME
FOREIGN COINS
COMPARATIVE THERMOMETERS
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
TIME AND WATCH ON BOARD SHIP
