| Sentence structure | Completeness of thought | 1 Fragments misused as sentences | 2 Incomplete constructions | 3 Necessary words omitted | 4 Comparisons not complete in thought | 5 Cause and reason | 6 is when or is where clauses | 7 Undeveloped thought | 8 Transitions | 9 Exercise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity of thought | 10 Unrelated ideas | 11 Excessive detail | 12 Stringy sentences to be broken up | 13 Choppy sentences to be combined | 14 Excessive coördination | 15 Subordination of the main thought | 16 Subordination thwarted by and | 17 and which constructions | 18 The comma splice | 19 Exercise | |
| Clearness of thought | 20 Divided reference | 21 Weak reference | 22 Broad reference | 23 Dangling participle or gerund | 24 General incoherence | 25 Logical sequence | 26 Squinting modifier | 27 Misplaced word | 28 Split construction | 29 Exercise | |
| 30 Parallel structure | 31 Correlatives | 32 Shift in subject or voice | 33 Shift in number, person or tense | 34 Mixed constructions | 35 Mixed imagery | 36 The exact connective | 37 Connective to be repeated | 38 Connective not to be repeated | 39 Exercise | ||
| Emphasis | 40 Emphasis by position | 41 Emphasis by separation | 42 Emphasis by subordination | 43 Periodic sentence | 44 Order of climax | 45 Balanced sentence | 46 The weak passive voice | 47 Repetition effective | 48 Repetition offensive | 49 Exercise | |
| Grammar | 50 Case | 51 Number | 52 Agreement | 53 Shall and will | 54 Principal parts | 55 Tense mode auxiliary | 56 Adjective and adverb | 57 Word in a double capacity | 58 List of the terms of grammar | 59 Exercise | |
| Diction | 60 Wordiness | 61 Triteness | 62 The exact word | 63 Concreteness | 64 Sound | 65 Idioms Colloquialisms | 66 Barbarisms Slang | 67 Words often confused in meaning | 68 Glossary of faulty diction | 69 Exercise | |
| Spelling | 70 Recording errors | 71 Pronouncing accurately | 72 Logical kinship | 73 Superficial resemblances List | 74 ei and ie | 75 Doubling a final consonant | 76 Dropping final e | 77 Plurals | 78 Compounds | 79 Spelling list | |
| Miscellaneous | 80 Manuscript | 81 Capitals | 82 Italics | 83 Abbreviations | 84 Numbers | 85 Syllabication | 86 Outlines | 87 Letters | 88 Paragraphs | 89 Exercise | |
| Punctuation | 90 Period | 91 Comma | 92 Semicolon | 93 Colon | 94 Dash | 95 Parenthesis Brackets | 96 Quotation marks | 97 Apostrophe | 98 Question and exclamation marks | 99 Exercise | |
- [Article 7], Missing period added (Many passages are powerful, especially the grave-digging [Is grave-digging a passage?].)
- [Article 13], Changed period to colon (Exercise:)
- [Article 14], Changed period to colon (Exercise:)
- [Article 24], Added missing article "a" (In the morning I found on my bed a heap of snow...)
- [Article 25], Changed "them" to "then" (Do not begin one idea, abandon it for a second, and then return to the first.)
- [Article 31], Added missing comma (not only ... but also ..., both ... and ...)
- [Article 38], Changed "men to "man" (He was undoubtedly a brave man...)
- [Article 38], Changed "trangressions" to "transgressions" (However, if it is used only for serious transgressions...)
- [Article 39], Added missing parenthesis ((Consult [36] for a list of connectives.))
- [Article 54], Changed period to colon (Exercise:)
- [Article 58], Changed "I was being taken" to "I must be taken" in the conjugation table for the verb "to take" as Present Indicative Obligative in Passive voice
- [Article 65], Changed "idoms" to "idioms" (Study the following list of correct idioms)
- [Article 65], Added missing commas (ain't it fierce?, can you beat it?, going some)
- [Article 68], Added missing quotation mark ("We oughtn't (not hadn't ought) to make this error.")
- [Article 68], Changed "Verb" to "Very" (Very. Accompanied by much when used with the past participle.)
- [Article 71], Removed italic style for the word "compare" (compare occasion)
- [Article 86], Corrected numbering in a list changing "2." to "3." (3. Place in order the headings of the following outline)
- [Article 88], Added missing parenthesis ((In some instances the paragraph may consist of a single sentence.))
- [Article 88], Changed comma to period (We'll have a rope down to you in a minute.)
- [Article 91], Added missing parenthesis ((She came and she was gone in a moment. McCoy talked and the rest of us listened.))
- [Article 91], Changed period to colon (Right: For breakfast we had oatmeal, bacon, eggs, and honey.)
- [Article 92], Changed period to colon (Better: She enjoyed the dinners, and the dancing, and the music)
- [Article 94], Changed "d." to "b.", and "b." to "d." (b. Insert a dash when a sentence is broken off abruptly.; d. The use of the dash to end sentences is childish.)
- [Article 95], Changed "dedeclared" to "declared" ("Bunyan's masterpiece (The Pilgrim's Progress)," declared the lecturer)
- [INDEX], Changed period to comma (Impersonal construction, Needless use of)