THE · PLIMPTON · PRESS
[W · D · O]
NORWOOD · MASS · U · S · A
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| PUNCTUATION Importance of correct punctuation — punctuation marks and accents — the comma — the semicolon — the colon — the period — the dash — the exclamation — the interrogation — quotation-marks — parentheses — brackets — the apostrophe — the hyphen | [1] |
| CAPITALIZATION Of religious terms — of proper names — of titles — of institutional terms — of references — of ordinals — in general — use of small capitals | [20] |
| SPELLING Importance of adopting an authority — basic rules for numbers and diphthongs — simple rules of orthography — accented words — participles — variable endings — list of variable spellings | [31] |
| COMPOUNDWORDS General theory — changes in modern uses — rules and examples | [45] |
| DIVISIONOFWORDS Rules and examples | [52] |
| INDENTIONANDPARAGRAPHING Various forms used in display — en échelon — irregular — hanging — reverse — lozenge — blocked — definition of the paragraph — its value — kinds of paragraphs — length of paragraph | [55] |
| SPACING General principles — kerned letters — examples of varying spaces | [59] |
| ITALIC Its origin — its uses — when required and when not | [62] |
| ABBREVIATIONS Of dates — of proper names — of titles — commercial — of given names — geographical — miscellaneous — scriptural — monetary signs — mathematical signs — medical signs | [65] |
| NUMERALS History of their evolution — lists | [93] |
| CORRECTANDFAULTYDICTION Dr. Campbell’s canons — good usage — list of words and phrases commonly misused | [99] |
| LETTERWRITING Its importance — business, informal, formal — the heading — the address — the salutation — the text — the complimentary close — the signature — the envelope — postal cards — in general — examples | [114] |
| POSTALINFORMATION Classes of mail — parcel post — wrapping of mail matter — forwarding mail matter — what cannot be mailed — concealed matter — domestic rates — foreign rates — exceptions — foreign parcels post — money order fees — registered mail — special delivery system — postal distances and time from New York City | [129] |
| APPENDIX Standard time — values of foreign coins — comparative thermometers — weights and measures — British weights and measures | [142] |
| INDEX | [163] |
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THE WRITER’S DESK BOOK
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PUNCTUATION MARKS, ACCENTS, ETC.
| , | Comma | ¨ | Dieresis |
| ; | Semicolon | ç | Cedilla |
| : | Colon |  | Caret |
| . | Period | “ ” | Quotation-marks |
| ? | Interrogation | { } | Brace |
| ! | Exclamation | * * * | Ellipsis |
| ( ) | Parentheses | . . . | Ellipsis, leaders |
| [ ] | Brackets | * | Asterisk |
| ’ | Apostrophe | † | Dagger |
| - | Hyphen | ‡ | Double dagger |
| ´ | Acute accent | § | Section |
| ` | Grave accent | ‖ | Parallels |
| ^ | Circumflex accent | ¶ | Paragraph |
| ~ | Circumflex or tilde |  | Index |
 | Long or macron | * * * | Asterisks |
 | Short or breve |
The Section-mark is derived from the first letters of the words signum sectionis, meaning sign of the section, the old-fashioned ∫ being used. The paragraph mark ¶ is the roman letter P reversed, with black and white interchanged.
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