- @ for at
- acct. for account
- agt. for agent
- amt. for amount
- ans. for answer
- asst. for assistant
- atty. for attorney
- av. for average
- bal. for balance
- bbl. for barrel
- bdl. for bundle
- bro. for brother
- bros. for brothers
- blk. for black
- bls. for bales
- bu. or bush. for bushels
- Co. for company
- chgd. for charged
- C. O. D. for "cash on delivery"
- cr. creditor
- cts. cents
- cwt. for hundred weight
- cu. for cubic
- do. for the same
- dr. for debtor
- doz. for dozen
- ea. for "each"
- et al. for "and others"
- e. g. for example
- etc. for "and so forth"
- ft. for foot or feet
- frt. freight
- f. o. b. "free on board"
- gal. gallon
- guar. for guaranty
- hdkfs. for handkerchiefs
- h. p. horse power
- in. for inches
- ins. for insurance
- inst. for this month
- i. e. for "that is"
- Jr. for junior
- lb. for pound
- memo. for memorandum
- Mon. for Monday
- mo. for month
- mos. for months
- mdse. for merchandise
- mfg. for manufacturing
- Mss. for manuscript
- no. for number
- N. B. for take notice
- O. K. for "all correct"
- oz. for ounce
- % for per cent
- pp. pages
- pr. for pair
- pt. for pint
- pk. for peck
- prox. for next month
- qt. for quart
- recd. for received
- sec. for second
- Sec. for secretary
- Sr. for senior
- Supt. for superintendent
- ult. for last month
- via by way of
- viz. namely
- vol. for volume
- wt. for weight
- yd. for yard
- yds. for yards
- yr. for year
Exercise 4
Write the proper abbreviations for the following words:
- Building
- Charles
- Boulevard
- Tuesday
- Arkansas
- Mississippi
- Foot
- Virginia
- Georgia
- Senior
- By way of
- Per cent
- Charged
- Avenue
- October
- Delaware
- Professor
- Thursday
- Colorado
- Kansas
- Handkerchiefs
- January
- Secretary
- Superintendent
- Received
- That is
- Free on board
- Monday
- Oklahoma
- July
- Thomas
- California
- Company
- Account
- Friday
- Merchandise
- Number
- All correct
- Cash on delivery
- And so forth
- Colonel
- Maine
- August
- William
- Missouri
- Brothers
- Amount
- Wyoming
SPELLING
LESSON 28
There is no way to learn to spell except by constant application. Watch in your reading the spelling of all words. Whenever you wish to add a certain word to your vocabulary, master immediately the spelling as well as the meaning of that word. Keep your dictionary handy; use it constantly in the study of your lessons. Do not guess at the spelling of the word. You are not likely to forget quickly the spelling of any word which you have taken the trouble to look up.
Read your examinations over carefully before sending them in, watching closely for any error in spelling and in punctuation. When your papers are graded and returned you, make a list of all the words which are misspelled and master then and there the spelling of these words. Do not be guilty of the same error twice. Remember that correct spelling is a mark of intelligence and scholarship and that nothing will so detract from the influence of your written work as incorrect spelling.
While there is always a certain word which more aptly expresses our meaning than any other, we can usually find two or more words which express practically the same meaning.
Words which have nearly the same meaning are called synonyms.