ning. Good or bad presswork is a good or bad result of work done
on a press.

Here as everywhere in printing the great purpose is to secure
plainness and intelligibility. Print is made to read. Anything
which obscures the sense, or makes the passage hard to read is
wrong. Anything which clears up the sense and makes the passage
easy to read and capable of only one interpretation is right.

INFLUENCE OF ACCENT IN COMPOUNDING

Some writers lay much stress on the influence of accent in the formation
of compounds while others ignore it entirely. Accent undoubtedly has
some influence and the theory may be easily and intelligibly expressed.
It ought to be understood, but it will not be found an entirely safe
guide. Usage has modified the results of compounding in many cases in
ways which do not lend themselves to logical explanation and
classification.

The general principle as stated by Mr. Teall is as follows:

When each part of the compound is accented, use the hyphen;
_laughter-loving_.

When only one part is accented, omit the hyphen; _many sided_.

When the accent is changed, print the compound solid; _broadsword_.
This follows the general rule of accenting the first syllable in
English words.

RULES FOR THE FORMATION OF COMPOUNDS

I Two nouns used together as a name form a compound noun unless:

(_a_) The first is used in a descriptive or attributive sense, that
is, is really an adjective, or

(_b_) The two are in apposition.

Various uses of the noun as an adjective, that is, in some qualifying or
attributive sense are when the noun conveys the sense of:

1. "Made of;" _leather belt_, _steel furniture_.

2. "Having the shape, character, or quality of;" _diamond pane_,
_iron ration_, _bull calf_.

3. "Pertaining to, suitable for, representing;" _office desk_,
_labor union_.

4. "Characterized by;" _motor drive_.

5. "Situated in, and the like;" _ocean current_, _city life_.

6. "Supporting or advocating;" _union man_, _Bryan voter_.

7. "Existing in or coming from;" _Yellowstone geyser_, _California
lemon_.

8. "Originated or made by, named for;" _Gordon Press_, _Harvard
College_.

Placing the two nouns in apposition is much the same as using the
first as an adjective.

Such compounds are generally written as two words wit