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Title: The Century Handbook of Writing

Author: Garland Greever
Easley S. Jones

Release Date: October 20, 2009 [EBook #30294]

Language: English

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THE
CENTURY HANDBOOK OF
WRITING

BY
GARLAND GREEVER
_AND_
EASLEY S. JONES

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1927

Copyright, 1918, by
THE CENTURY CO.

PRINTED IN U.S.A.

PREFACE

This handbook treats essential matters of grammar, diction, spelling,
mechanics; and develops with thoroughness the principles of sentence
structure. Larger units of composition it leaves to the texts in formal
rhetoric.

The book is built on a decimal plan, the material being simplified and
reduced to one hundred articles. Headings of these articles are
summarized on two opposite pages by a chart. Here the student can see at
a glance the resources of the volume, and the instructor can find
immediately the number he wishes to write in the margin of a theme. The
chart and the decimal scheme together make the rules accessible for
instant reference.

By a device equally efficient, the book throws upon the student the
responsibility of teaching himself. Each article begins with a concise
rule, which is illustrated by examples; then follows a short "parallel
exercise" which the instructor may assign by adding an _x_ to the number
he writes in the margin of a theme. While correcting this exercise, the
student will give attention to the rule, and will acquire theory and
practice at the same time. Moreover, every gro