English Resources - How to Speak and Write Correctly

The reading is divided into the following parts:

• Part I
  REQUIREMENTS OF SPEECH
  Vocabulary. Parts of speech. Requisites.
  
  
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• Part II
  ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR
  Divisions of grammar. Definitions. Etymology.
  
  
• Part III
  THE SENTENCE
  Different kinds. Arrangement of words. Paragraph.
  
  
• Part IV
  FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
  Figures of speech. Definitions and examples. Use of figures.
  
  
• Part V
  PUNCTUATION
  Principal points. Illustrations. Capital letters.
  
  
• Part VI
  LETTER WRITING
  Principles of letter writing. Forms. Notes.
  
  
• Part VII
  ERRORS
  Mistakes. Slips of authors. Examples and corrections. Errors of redundancy.
  
  
• Part VIII
  PITFALLS TO AVOID
  Common stumbling blocks. Peculiar constructions. Misused forms.
  
  
• Part IX
  STYLE
  Diction. Purity. Propriety. Precision.
  
  
• Part X
  SUGGESTIONS
  How to write. What to write. Correct speaking and speakers.
  
  
• Part XI
  SLANG
  Origin. American slang. Foreign slang.
  
  
• Part XII
  WRITING FOR NEWSPAPERS
  Qualification. Appropriate subjects. Directions.
  
  
• Part XIII
  CHOICE OF WORDS
  Small words. Their importance. The Anglo-Saxon element.
  
  
• Part XIV
  ENGLISH LANGUAGE
  Beginning. Different Sources. The present.
  
  
• Part XV
  MASTERS AND MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE
  Great authors. Classification. The world's best books.