simple, defined,42;compound, defined,42;complex, defined,42;errors,44.Separation, the keynote of punctuation,159.Series, punctuation of,171ff.Set, andsit,101.Shallandwill,89,92.Shareholders,355.Shares, of capital stock,355.Shift in construction,211ff.Short sentences, combination of,202ff.Shouldandwould,93-94.Sight draft,344-345.Signature, the, in business letters,232,237-238.Silent consonant, words containing,11.Silent vowels,11.Silver certificates,332.Simple sentence, defined,42.Since, as preposition and conjunction,55.sion,tion,cion,34.Sitandset,101.Slang,129.Slurring of syllables,7.Smooth connection,127-128,224;methods of securing,224.Snappy style, in letter writing,246.So—as, in negative comparisons,125.Sohabit, to avoid the,111,128.Soudan, cotton in the,181.South Africa, parcel post in,306.Specials, railroad farming,330.Spectator, The, paragraph from Macaulay,218-219.Speech, parts of,48ff.Speech, plan in making,131ff.;outline for,151ff.Spelling, rules,18ff.;500 words for,36ff.Split infinitive,77,209.States, abbreviation of names of,26-27.Steamship company, the,284.Steel, trouble in introducing,191.Stenographic efficiency,217.Still-life advertisements,314.Stock, capital, common and preferred,353,355;authorized capital,355.Stockholders,355.Stocks, of a corporation,354ff.Straight bill of lading,285.Style, in letter writing,244ff.Subject, as a whole,148;divisions of,149ff.;making outline of,151ff.;restricting the,150,153;of the sentence,41,65;simple,55;complete,55;of subordinate clause,55;compound, number of,86;incorrect omission of, in business letters,242.Subjective complement,65.Subjects, how to choose,146ff.;for debates,141,144,275,290,302;for compositions on manufacture,274,275,278-279;on distribution,299,301,303,304;on advertising,317,318;suggested by personal experience,147;suggested by reading,147,154.Subjunctive mode, defined,112;ofbe,112;used to denote possibility,113.Subordinate clauses, adjective, adverb, noun,54;subject of,55.Subordinate conjunctions, list of,54.Subordination, in the sentence,201ff.Subscription, outline of letters to sell,268.Success, elements of,135.Successful men and women,136.Suffix, usually constituting a syllable,16;Anglo-Saxon,29;adjective,30;verb,31;noun,31;ableandible,33;antandent,33.Suggestions for debates,139ff.,144;on manufacture,275;on distribution,290,302.Suggestive names in advertisements,313;headlines,313-314.Superlative degree, of adjectives,78;of adverbs,79.Superlatives, to be avoided,129.Syllabication,15.Syllables, slurred,7;division of words into,15ff.Synopsis ofwrite, active voice,91.Teachandlearn,101.Technical words,4.Tense, defined,88;of participle,109;of infinitive,110.Tenses, distinguished,88ff.(SeePresent tense,Past tense,Perfect tenses.)Thanandas, case following,121.That, restrictive relative,59ff.That is, punctuation with,195.The following, punctuation with,195.Themes, oral,127ff.(SeeOral themes.)There,their,126.Thinking, business,2.Thus, punctuation with,195.Tilde,9.Time draft,343-344.Tion,sion,cion,34.Tious, troublesome ending,33.Title, clear, to property,322.Titles,150;of officials and of honor,161;of books and plays,162.To,too,two, distinguished,125-126.Tone, of the letter,240.Topic sentence, in the paragraph,216ff.Topics for investigation and discussion, on manufacture,278-279;on distribution,304;on real estate,327;on banking,349-350;on the corporation,365.Trade, Latin-American,306.Traffic department of railroad,359.Transitive verb, followed by objective case,66;defined,83.Transportation,283.Troublesome verbs,100ff.;lieandlay,100ff.;sit,set,101;fly,flow,flee,101;rise,raise,101;teach,learn,101;may,can,102;might,could,102;accept,except,102;affect,effect,102ff.;lose,loose,103.Trust companies,334,337.Trust department of a bank,332.Uncertain antecedents, pronouns with,207ff.United States treasury notes,333.Unity, in the sentence,199;in the paragraph,216.Unless, a conjunction,124.Until, as preposition and conjunction,55.Usefulness, its appeal in advertising,311.Utility corporations, public,36ff.Value, par of stock,355ff.;market,355ff.Vanity, its appeal in advertising,311.Variety of expression,111.Verb, the,83ff.;defined,49;transitive,66,83;intransitive,83;copulative,83;active voice of,84;passive voice of,84;number of,85;person of,85;singular with certain words,85ff.;plural with certain subjects,86;tense of,88ff.;shallandwill,92;shouldandwould,93;conjugation ofbe,104ff.;beused to make progressive tenses,105;beused to make passive voice,105ff.;the participle,109;the infinitive,110;mode,112ff.;conjugation ofwrite, active voice,88ff.;follow, passive voice,105ff.;synopsis ofwrite, active voice,91;synopsis offollow, passive voice,106.Verbal noun, defined,57;possessive case with,67ff.Verbs, incorrectly used,114;participles of verbs iny,23;taking two objects,66;taking indirect and direct objects,66;principal parts of irregular,95ff.;troublesome,100ff.;lie,lay, distinguished,100;sitandset, distinguished,101;fly,flow,flee, distinguished,101;riseandraise, distinguished,101;teachandlearn, distinguished,101;mayandcan, distinguished,102;mightandcould, distinguished,102;acceptandexcept, distinguished,102;affectandeffect, distinguished,102;loseandloose, distinguished,103;had ought, incorrectly used,103;certain prepositions used with,116ff.Veryandreal, distinguished,81Voice, active and passive, defined,84;of the participle,109;of the infinitive,110.Vowels, pronunciation of,9;length of, in monosyllables ending ine,9;words containing silent,11.Warranty deed,322.Washed money,351-352.Washing machine, letters to sell, outline,269.Watered stock,357.Way-bill, railroad,286.Were,where, distinguished,126.What, double relative,59.Who, andwhich, used restrictively,60.Whoandwhom,70ff.Whoeverandwhomever,71.Wholesale merchant, the,291ff.Why, childish use of,128.Willandshall,89,92ff.Will you be so good as to,243.Wish, subjunctive to express,113.Without, a preposition,124;incorrectly used as conjunction,124.Word analysis,29ff.Words, interesting,1ff.;obsolete,3;technical,4;similarly pronounced 14,15;frequently mispronounced,13,17;containingdg,25;ending in silente, retain or drope,25;analysis of,32;easily confused, list of,35ff.;500 for spelling,36ff.;used as different parts of speech,51;omission of, punctuation to show,178.Wordiness,130ff,200-201.Wouldandshould,93ff.Would say, to be avoided,243.Write, conjugation of, active voice,88ff.;synopsis of, passive voice,91.Writing advertisements, exercises in,315-316.Written composition,1,127ff.Written expression,1,127ff.Y, nouns ending in, plural of,19."Yellow" invasion, paragraph on the,182.Youattitude, the, in letter writing,244.Yze,ize,ise,34.