Than is a conjunction. Say, "He is older than I," not "older than me." In "than whom" than is used like a preposition.
Through. Say, "I have finished eating," rather than "I am through eating."
Very is not to be used unless it makes the meaning more emphatic. It is a good word to strike out in revising manuscript. Say "very much interested," not "very interested."
Say, "It is a long way," not
Ways is not to be used for way. "a long ways."
Without is not to be used as a conjunction, meaning unless. Say, "I shall not try for the team unless you think best," not "without you think best."
INDEX
(Exercises have seldom been included under regular topics but are listed
under Exercises)
352
"A-Hunting of the Deer," C. D.
Warner, 312
Ain't, 66, 362
ALDRICH, T. B., 277-279, 295
"Alhambra, The," Irving, 268
Almost vs. most, 234, 363
Also, 210, 211
Ambiguity, in use of pronouns, 129–
130; in position of phrases and
clauses, 210; in questions for de-
bate, 337, 338
"American Notes," Kipling, 256
Analysis, 179-184
Anapest, 356
"Ancient Mariner, The," Coleridge,
247, 289
And, comma before, 58; as a con-
nective, 170, 171, 185
And which, 170, 362
Antecedent, 125, 210
Antithesis, 219
Antonyms, 236-237
Anybody else's, 122
Apostrophe, mark of punctuation,
65-66, 121, 123
Apostrophe, figure of speech, 252
Appositive, 119, 120, 138
Argument, 331-353; relation to ex-
position, 331; editorial, 331-332;
development of, 333; argumenta-
tive letter, 333-335; debates, 336-
353; terms of debate, 336; fram-
ing the proposition, 337; finding
debate material, 339; the brief,
340-342; the speaking, 342-344;
subjects for debate, 344; exercises
on debate, 346–349; management
of a debate, 350-353
Articles, 167
"As You Like It," Shakespeare,
Chance, defined, 240
Character sketches, 319, 325-326
Clauses, defined, 51, 174; depend-
ent, 51, 52, 175-178, 210; punc-
tuation of, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63;
conditional, 151, 152; relation be-
tween, 178; position of, 210
Clearness. See Coherence
Climax, in the outline, 32; in secur-
ing emphasis, 215-216, 283, 309
Coherence, in the outline, 32; in
the paragraph, 185, 186, 187, 188,
189, 190; in the sentence, 209-
210; in the longer composition,
261-263; in the short story, 283;
in exposition, 308, 317; in argu-
ment, 333
COLERIDGE, S. T., 247, 289
Colleagues, in debate, 337
Collective nouns, 116, 117, 153, 154
Colloquial English, 362-364
COLLYER, ROBERT, 242
Colon, 58, 62-64, 90
Comedy, 259
Comma, 55-60, 64, 68, 90
Common errors, 226-234, 362-364
Comparison, a figure of speech, 248
Comparison and contrast, develop-
ing the paragraph by, 196; de-
veloping exposition by, 311, 315;
developing argument by, 333
Complement, subjective, 118, 119;
objective, 119, 120
Complex sentence, defined, 51,
202; analysis of, 179; as a means
of securing unity, 202-204, 209
Composition, value of, 1-7; oral,
defined, I; written, defined, I,
306; individuality in, 2-3; choos-
ing subjects for, 8; based on im-
agination, 11-12; limited subjects
for, 12; time limit in, 13. See
Subjects for composition
Compound nouns, plural of, 117;
possessive of, 121
Compound predicate, 50 (note)
Compound sentences, defined, 51,
202; analysis of, 179; lacking
unity, 202-203, 209
Compound subject, 50 (note), 153,154
Conditional clauses, shall and will
in, 151; should and would in, 152
Congressional Record, The, 339
Conjugation, defined, 132; of be,
155-157; of give, 157-161; of
may and might, 160
Conjunctions, defined, 113; coör-
dinate, 170, 178, 210; correlative,
170, 171; subordinate, 171, 172,
178; in the paragraph, 185; in
the longer composition, 262
Connectives, in the paragraph, 185-
186; in longer compositions, 262
Contractions, 130, 362
Contrast. See Comparison and contrast
Conversation, 279, 283
Coördinate clauses, defined, 51;
punctuation of, 57
Coördinate conjunctions, 170, 178,
210
Copulative verb, 118 (note)
CRAWFORD, F. M., 152, 223, 296
Criticism, oral reading a help to, 4;
exercises in, 26, 27, 30, 42, 188,
189; pupils', 26, 27-28; key for,
28-29; suggestions for, 29-30.
See under Exercises
CUSHING, L. S., "Rules of Proceed-
ing," etc., 350 ftn.
Dactyl, 356
Dash, the, 64
"David Copperfield," Dickens, 259
Debate, defined, 336; terms used
in, 336-337; framing the propo-
sition, 337-338; work of the affir-
mative, 337; work of the negative,
337; finding material, 339; the
brief, 340-342; refutation, 340;
assertion and proof, 340; speci-
men brief, 341-342; speaking,
342-344; subjects for, 344-345;
exercises on, 346-349; manage-
ment of, 350-353
Declension, defined, 116; of nouns,
116; of pronouns, 124
"Defense of the Kennistons," Web-
ELIOT, GEORGE, "Silas Marner,"
259,268
Emphasis, in the paragraph, 189-
193; secured through position,
189, 213-216; secured through
proportion, 191, 213–216, 309; in
the sentence, 213-216; in the
longer composition, 264-265; in
the short story, 283; in exposition,
309, 317; in argument, 333
"Enoch Arden," Tennyson, 5, 294
Envelope, the, 94
Epic, the, 257
ster, 343
Definition, a form of exposition, Epitome. See Abstract
Esq., 95
306-307
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