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INDEX

Abbreviations, in letters, 30, 32; on
envelopes, 37

Accurate observations, 60-67
Adjective modifiers, 203-204, 243-
245

Adjuncts. See Modifiers

Adverb modifiers, 204-209, 242-

243, 244-245

Adversative conjunctions, 213-215,

252-254

Almost and most, 57

Ambiguity, 243-245, 250-252

And, 160-165

Antecedents, 249-251

Apologies, in letters, 89

Apostrophe, 22-23

Appositives, 135

Argumentation, 45, 111-112, 145-

146. See also Exercises 24, 26, 29,

95, 132, 133, 193, 197
Author's comment, 125, 195-196

Beginnings, 89, 115-117

Brevity, 132-133

Business letters, 27-40

But, 160-165

Can and may, 58

Capitalization, 13, 15-19, 22, 87

Cause and result, in developing

paragraphs, 224-227

Character sketch, 197, 252
Clauses, arrangement of, 244-245
Climax, 118-123

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252-261; co-ordinate, 160-165,
213-214, 253-256; subordinate,
256-261

Connectives, 160-165; use in secur-

ing coherence, 245-261

Construction, shifts in, 165-170
Contrast, 130-132

Conversation, 123-128, 194–197

Co-ordinate conjunctions, 160-165,
213-214, 253-256

Co-ordination in sentences, 160-165
Copulative conjunctions, 213-215,
253

Correct usage, 25-26, 57-58, 67-68,
78-81, 174-181, 234-237

Dash, 87, 96, 231

Definiteness, 41-75; in business let-
ters, 30-40; in detail, 47-48; in point
of view, 48-55; in words, 55-75

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