CONTENTS
| Part I—Word Study and Grammar | ||
| Chapter | Page | |
| I | Interesting Words | [1] |
| II | Pronunciation | [7] |
| III | Spelling Rules | [18] |
| IV | Word Analysis | [29] |
| V | The Sentence and its Elements | [41] |
| VI | The Noun and the Pronoun | [57] |
| VII | The Adjective and the Adverb | [75] |
| VIII | The Verb | [83] |
| IX | The Preposition and the Conjunction | [116] |
Part II—Composition: Oral and Written | ||
| X | Oral English | [127] |
| XI | Choosing Subjects | [146] |
| XII | Punctuation | [158] |
| XIII | The Clear Sentence | [199] |
| XIV | The Paragraph | [215] |
| XV | Business Letters | [229] |
Part III—Composition: Business Practice | ||
| XVI | Manufacture | [270] |
| XVII | Distribution | [282] |
| XVIII | Advertising | [308] |
| XIX | Real Estate and Insurance | [321] |
| XX | Banking | [332] |
| XXI | The Corporation | [353] |
| Index | [369] | |
BUSINESS ENGLISH
PART I—WORD STUDY AND GRAMMAR
CHAPTER I
INTERESTING WORDS
Business English is the expression of our commercial life in English. It is not synonymous with letter writing. To be sure, business letters are important, but they form only a part of one of the two large divisions into which the subject naturally falls.