The New Century Standard Letter-Writer / Business, Family and Social Correspondence, Love-Letters, Etiquette, Synonyms, Legal Forms, Etc.

by Alfred B. Chambers

Don't say you was; say you were.

Don't say I say, says I, but simply I said.

Don't sign your letters, yours, etc., but yours truly.

Don't say lay for lie; lay expresses action; lie expresses rest.

Don't say them bonnets; say those bonnets.

Don't say party for person.

Don't use slangy words; they are vulgar.

Don't use profane words; they are sinful.

VI.—Etiquette of Calls.

In the matter of making calls it is the correct thing: