simple, defined, 42;
compound, defined, 42;
complex, defined, 42;
errors, 44.

Separation, the keynote of punctuation, 159.

Series, punctuation of, 171 ff.

Set, and sit, 101.

Shall and will, 89, 92.

Shareholders, 355.

Shares, of capital stock, 355.

Shift in construction, 211 ff.

Short sentences, combination of, 202 ff.

Should and would, 93-94.

Sight draft, 344-345.

Signature, the, in business letters, 232, 237-238.

Silent consonant, words containing, 11.

Silent vowels, 11.

Silver certificates, 332.

Simple sentence, defined, 42.

Since, as preposition and conjunction, 55.

sion, tion, cion, 34.

Sit and set, 101.

Slang, 129.

Slurring of syllables, 7.

Smooth connection, 127-128, 224;
methods of securing, 224.

Snappy style, in letter writing, 246.

So—as, in negative comparisons, 125.

So habit, to avoid the, 111, 128.

Soudan, cotton in the, 181.

South Africa, parcel post in, 306.

Specials, railroad farming, 330.

Spectator, The, paragraph from Macaulay, 218-219.

Speech, parts of, 48 ff.

Speech, plan in making, 131 ff.;
outline for, 151 ff.

Spelling, rules, 18 ff.;
500 words for, 36 ff.

Split infinitive, 77, 209.

States, abbreviation of names of, 26-27.

Steamship company, the, 284.

Steel, trouble in introducing, 191.

Stenographic efficiency, 217.

Still-life advertisements, 314.

Stock, capital, common and preferred, 353, 355;
authorized capital, 355.

Stockholders, 355.

Stocks, of a corporation, 354 ff.

Straight bill of lading, 285.

Style, in letter writing, 244 ff.

Subject, as a whole, 148;
divisions of, 149 ff.;
making outline of, 151 ff.;
restricting the, 150, 153;
of the sentence, 41, 65;
simple, 55;
complete, 55;
of subordinate clause, 55;
compound, number of, 86;
incorrect omission of, in business letters, 242.

Subjective complement, 65.

Subjects, how to choose, 146 ff.;
for debates, 141, 144, 275, 290, 302;
for compositions on manufacture, 274, 275, 278-279;
on distribution, 299, 301, 303, 304;
on advertising, 317, 318;
suggested by personal experience, 147;
suggested by reading, 147, 154.

Subjunctive mode, defined, 112;
of be, 112;
used to denote possibility, 113.

Subordinate clauses, adjective, adverb, noun, 54;
subject of, 55.

Subordinate conjunctions, list of, 54.

Subordination, in the sentence, 201 ff.

Subscription, outline of letters to sell, 268.

Success, elements of, 135.

Successful men and women, 136.

Suffix, usually constituting a syllable, 16;
Anglo-Saxon, 29;
adjective, 30;
verb, 31;
noun, 31;
able and ible, 33;
ant and ent, 33.

Suggestions for debates, 139 ff., 144;
on manufacture, 275;
on distribution, 290, 302.

Suggestive names in advertisements, 313;
headlines, 313-314.

Superlative degree, of adjectives, 78;
of adverbs, 79.

Superlatives, to be avoided, 129.

Syllabication, 15.

Syllables, slurred, 7;
division of words into, 15 ff.

Synopsis of write, active voice, 91.


Teach and learn, 101.

Technical words, 4.

Tense, defined, 88;
of participle, 109;
of infinitive, 110.

Tenses, distinguished, 88 ff.
(See Present tense, Past tense, Perfect tenses.)

Than and as, case following, 121.

That, restrictive relative, 59 ff.

That is, punctuation with, 195.

The following, punctuation with, 195.

Themes, oral, 127 ff.
(See Oral themes.)

There, their, 126.

Thinking, business, 2.

Thus, punctuation with, 195.

Tilde, 9.

Time draft, 343-344.

Tion, sion, cion, 34.

Tious, troublesome ending, 33.

Title, clear, to property, 322.

Titles, 150;
of officials and of honor, 161;
of books and plays, 162.

To, too, two, distinguished, 125-126.

Tone, of the letter, 240.

Topic sentence, in the paragraph, 216 ff.

Topics for investigation and discussion, on manufacture, 278-279;
on distribution, 304;
on real estate, 327;
on banking, 349-350;
on the corporation, 365.

Trade, Latin-American, 306.

Traffic department of railroad, 359.

Transitive verb, followed by objective case, 66;
defined, 83.

Transportation, 283.

Troublesome verbs, 100 ff.;
lie and lay, 100 ff.;
sit, set, 101;
fly, flow, flee, 101;
rise, raise, 101;
teach, learn, 101;
may, can, 102;
might, could, 102;
accept, except, 102;
affect, effect, 102 ff.;
lose, loose, 103.

Trust companies, 334, 337.

Trust department of a bank, 332.


Uncertain antecedents, pronouns with, 207 ff.

United States treasury notes, 333.

Unity, in the sentence, 199;
in the paragraph, 216.

Unless, a conjunction, 124.

Until, as preposition and conjunction, 55.

Usefulness, its appeal in advertising, 311.

Utility corporations, public, 36 ff.


Value, par of stock, 355 ff.;
market, 355 ff.

Vanity, its appeal in advertising, 311.

Variety of expression, 111.

Verb, the, 83 ff.;
defined, 49;
transitive, 66, 83;
intransitive, 83;
copulative, 83;
active voice of, 84;
passive voice of, 84;
number of, 85;
person of, 85;
singular with certain words, 85 ff.;
plural with certain subjects, 86;
tense of, 88 ff.;
shall and will, 92;
should and would, 93;
conjugation of be, 104 ff.;
be used to make progressive tenses, 105;
be used to make passive voice, 105 ff.;
the participle, 109;
the infinitive, 110;
mode, 112 ff.;
conjugation of write, active voice, 88 ff.;
follow, passive voice, 105 ff.;
synopsis of write, active voice, 91;
synopsis of follow, passive voice, 106.

Verbal noun, defined, 57;
possessive case with, 67 ff.

Verbs, incorrectly used, 114;
participles of verbs in y, 23;
taking two objects, 66;
taking indirect and direct objects, 66;
principal parts of irregular, 95 ff.;
troublesome, 100 ff.;
lie, lay, distinguished, 100;
sit and set, distinguished, 101;
fly, flow, flee, distinguished, 101;
rise and raise, distinguished, 101;
teach and learn, distinguished, 101;
may and can, distinguished, 102;
might and could, distinguished, 102;
accept and except, distinguished, 102;
affect and effect, distinguished, 102;
lose and loose, distinguished, 103;
had ought, incorrectly used, 103;
certain prepositions used with, 116 ff.

Very and real, distinguished, 81

Voice, active and passive, defined, 84;
of the participle, 109;
of the infinitive, 110.

Vowels, pronunciation of, 9;
length of, in monosyllables ending in e, 9;
words containing silent, 11.


Warranty deed, 322.

Washed money, 351-352.

Washing machine, letters to sell, outline, 269.

Watered stock, 357.

Way-bill, railroad, 286.

Were, where, distinguished, 126.

What, double relative, 59.

Who, and which, used restrictively, 60.

Who and whom, 70 ff.

Whoever and whomever, 71.

Wholesale merchant, the, 291 ff.

Why, childish use of, 128.

Will and shall, 89, 92 ff.

Will you be so good as to, 243.

Wish, subjunctive to express, 113.

Without, a preposition, 124;
incorrectly used as conjunction, 124.

Word analysis, 29 ff.

Words, interesting, 1 ff.;
obsolete, 3;
technical, 4;
similarly pronounced 14, 15;
frequently mispronounced, 13, 17;
containing dg, 25;
ending in silent e, retain or drop e, 25;
analysis of, 32;
easily confused, list of, 35 ff.;
500 for spelling, 36 ff.;
used as different parts of speech, 51;
omission of, punctuation to show, 178.

Wordiness, 130 ff, 200-201.

Would and should, 93 ff.

Would say, to be avoided, 243.

Write, conjugation of, active voice, 88 ff.;
synopsis of, passive voice, 91.

Writing advertisements, exercises in, 315-316.

Written composition, 1, 127 ff.

Written expression, 1, 127 ff.


Y, nouns ending in, plural of, 19.

"Yellow" invasion, paragraph on the, 182.

You attitude, the, in letter writing, 244.

Yze, ize, ise, 34.