INDEX Abbreviations, in letters, 30, 32; on Accurate observations, 60-67 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 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, 252 252-261; co-ordinate, 160-165, Connectives, 160-165; use in secur- ing coherence, 245-261 Construction, shifts in, 165-170 Conversation, 123-128, 194–197 Co-ordinate conjunctions, 160-165, Co-ordination in sentences, 160-165 Correct usage, 25-26, 57-58, 67-68, Dash, 87, 96, 231 Definiteness, 41-75; in business let- |