How To Speak &
Write Correctly
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The greatest
scholar alive hasn't more
than four thousand different
words at his command, and he
never has occasion to use
half the number.
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Dear friend,
It is very
easy to learn how to speak and write
correctly, as for all purposes of ordinary
conversation and communication, only about
2,000 different words are required.
The mastery of just twenty hundred words,
the knowing where to place them, will make
us not masters of the English language,
but masters of correct speaking and
writing. Small number, you will say,
compared with what is in the dictionary!
But nobody ever uses all the words in the
dictionary or could use them did he live
to be the age of Methuselah, and there is
no necessity for using them.
There are upwards of 200,000 words in the
recent editions of the large dictionaries,
but the one-hundredth part of this number
will suffice for all your wants.
Of course you may think not, and you may
not be content to call things by their
common names; you may be ambitious to show
superiority over others and display your
learning or, rather, your pedantry and
lack of learning. For instance, you may
not want to call a spade a spade.
You may prefer to call it a spatulous
device for abrading the surface of the
soil. Better, however, to stick to the old
familiar, simple name that your
grandfather called it. It has stood the
test of time, and old friends are always
good friends.
To use a big word or a foreign word when a
small one and a familiar one will answer
the same purpose, is a sign of ignorance.
Great scholars and writers and polite
speakers use simple words.
How To Speak and Write Correctly teaches
people simple English that achieves great
results.
It shows people how to express themselves
to achieve various effects in various
situations. No complex grammar or syntax -
just common words and the rules governing
good and standard usage.
A must for the student who needs to
improve his academic essays and the
manager who needs to communicate well with
his staff.
Contents
CHAPTER I
REQUIREMENTS OF SPEECH
Vocabulary. Parts of speech. Requisites.
CHAPTER II
ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Divisions of grammar. Definitions.
Etymology.
CHAPTER III
THE SENTENCE
Different kinds. Arrangement of words
Paragraph.
CHAPTER IV
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Figures of speech. Definitions and
examples. Use of figures.
CHAPTER V
PUNCTUATION
Principal points. Illustrations. Capital
letters.
CHAPTER VI
LETTER WRITING
Principles of letter writing. Forms.
Notes.
CHAPTER VII
ERRORS
Mistakes. Slips of authors. Examples and
corrections. Errors of redundancy.
CHAPTER VIII
PITFALLS TO AVOID
Common stumbling blocks. Peculiar
constructions. Misused forms.
CHAPTER IX
STYLE
Diction. Purity. Propriety. Precision.
CHAPTER X
SUGGESTIONS
How to write. What to write. Correct
speaking and speakers.
CHAPTER XI
SLANG
Origin. American slang. Foreign slang.
CHAPTER XII
WRITING FOR NEWSPAPERS
Qualification. Appropriate subjects.
Directions.
CHAPTER XIII
CHOICE OF WORDS
Small words. Their importance. The
Anglo-Saxon element.
CHAPTER XIV
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Beginning. Different Sources. The present.
CHAPTER XV
MASTERS AND MASTERPIECES OF LITERATURE
Great authors. Classification. The world's
best books.
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