=e. The outside address should follow one of the forms given below:=
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| R. E. Stearns |
| 512 Chapel Hill St. |
| Durham, N. C. |
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| Mr. Donald Kemp |
| 3314 Salem Street |
| Baltimore |
| Maryland |
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| Bentley Davis |
| 906 Park Street |
| Ogden, Utah |
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| Rogers, Mead, and Company |
| 2401 Eighth Avenue |
| Los Angeles |
| California |
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Note.--An abbreviation in an address is followed by a period.
Punctuation is also correct, but not necessary, after every line (a
period after the last line, and a comma after the others).
A married woman is ordinarily addressed thus: Mrs. George H. Turner. But
a title belonging to the husband should not be transferred to the wife.
Wrong: Mrs. Dr. Jenkins, Mrs. Professor Ward. Right: Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs.
Ward. Reverend Mr. Beecher is a correct address for a minister; not
"Rev. Beecher". If a title of respect is placed before a name
(Professor, Dr., Honorable), it is undesirable to place another title
after the name (Secretary, M.D., Ph.D., Principal, Esq.).
=f. Miscellaneous directions.= Writing should be centered on the page, not
crowded against the top, or against one side. Letter paper so folded
that each sheet is a little book of four pages is best for personal
correspondence. Both sides of such paper may be written on. The pages
may be written on in any order which will be convenient to the reader.
An order like that of the pages in a printed book (1, 2, 3, 4) is best.
Business letters are usually written on one side only of f
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