Word Study and English Grammar Part 15

80. What is the writer's task?

81. What three abuses are to be avoided?

82. What are Campbell's five canons?

83. What are the rules for the formation of sentences?

84. What are the rules for the formation of paragraphs?

GLOSSARY

AMBIGUITY--The possibility of more than one meaning.

APPOSITION--When the meaning of a noun or p.r.o.noun is made clear or emphatic by the use of another noun or p.r.o.noun the two are said to be in apposition, e. g., John, the old pressman.

AUXILIARY VERB--A verb used to help to express the meaning of another verb by showing its voice, mood or tense.

CLAUSE--A group of words consisting of a subject and predicate with their modifiers and forming a part of a sentence: a sentence within a sentence.

COLLECTIVE NOUN--A noun indicating a collection of units considered as a whole, e. g., _crowd_.

COMPOUND WORDS--Words made up of two or more words used together to express one idea.

CONTEXT--The entire writing from which a text or pa.s.sage is taken.

CORRELATIVE--A term applied to pairs of conjunctions or other words or phrases which imply or involve each other.

DICTION--The choice and use of words.

GRAMMAR--The science that treats of the principles that govern the correct use of language in either spoken or written form; the science of the sentence and its elements.

HETEROGENEOUS SENTENCES--Sentences containing unrelated ideas or dealing with a variety of separate things.

HYPOTHESIS--A supposition, or imaginary state of things a.s.sumed as a basis for reasoning.

HYPOTHETICAL CLAUSE--A clause containing a supposition.

METAPHOR--A figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another by speaking of it as if it were that other, or calling it that other.

NOUN CLAUSE--A clause used as a noun.

OBJECT (OF A VERB)--The thing acted on.

PARTICIPIAL CONSTRUCTION--A participle and its modifiers used as the subject or object of a verb.

PHRASE--An expression, consisting usually of but a few words, denoting a single idea, or forming a separate part of a sentence.

PREDICATE (OF A SENTENCE)--That which is said of the subject. See subject.

PRINc.i.p.aL VERB--The verb in the main statement of a sentence.

p.r.o.nOMINAL ADJECTIVE--An adjective used as a p.r.o.noun.

RHETORIC--The art of perfecting man's power of communicating to others his mental acts or states by means of language: art of discourse.

SUBJECT (OF A SENTENCE)--The thing spoken about in the sentence. See predicate.

SUBJECT (OF A VERB)--The thing acting.

SUBORDINATE CLAUSE--A clause explaining or otherwise modifying the main statement of the sentence.

TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES

The following list of publications, comprising the TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES, has been prepared under the supervision of the Committee on Education of the United Typothetae of America for use in trade cla.s.ses, in course of printing instruction, and by individuals.

Each publication has been compiled by a competent author or group of authors, and carefully edited, the purpose being to provide the printers of the United States--employers, journeymen, and apprentices--with a comprehensive series of handy and inexpensive compendiums of reliable, up-to-date information upon the various branches and specialties of the printing craft, all arranged in orderly fas.h.i.+on for progressive study.

The publications of the series are of uniform size, 5 x 8 inches. Their general make-up, in typography, ill.u.s.trations, etc., has been, as far as practicable, kept in harmony throughout. A brief synopsis of the particular contents and other chief features of each volume will be found under each t.i.tle in the following list.

Each topic is treated in a concise manner, the aim being to embody in each publication as completely as possible all the rudimentary information and essential facts necessary to an understanding of the subject. Care has been taken to make all statements accurate and clear, with the purpose of bringing essential information within the understanding of beginners in the different fields of study. Wherever practicable, simple and well-defined drawings and ill.u.s.trations have been used to a.s.sist in giving additional clearness to the text.

In order that the pamphlets may be of the greatest possible help for use in trade-school cla.s.ses and for self-instruction, each t.i.tle is accompanied by a list of Review Questions covering essential items of the subject matter. A short Glossary of technical terms belonging to the subject or department treated is also added to many of the books.

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PART I--_Types, Tools, Machines, and Materials_

1. =Type: a Primer of Information= By A. A. Stewart

Relating to the mechanical features of printing types; their sizes, font schemes, etc., with a brief description of their manufacture.

44 pp.; ill.u.s.trated; 74 review questions; glossary.

2. =Compositors' Tools and Materials= By A. A. Stewart

A primer of information about composing sticks, galleys, leads, bra.s.s rules, cutting and mitering machines, etc. 47 pp.; ill.u.s.trated; 50 review questions; glossary.