- Abbreviated words, how punctuated, 80.
- Abbreviations, Catalogue of fishes, 68.
- Abbreviations, mischievous, 26.
- Abbreviations of States, Territories, Post-offices, 69.
- “able,” words ending in, 155–164.
- Accents, 121.
- Acute accent, 121.
- Adams’ or Adams’s, 94.
- Advertisement, Publishers’, 5–7.
- Aldus Manutius, 75.
- Alterations on Proof-sheet, 30.
- Ancient and modern methods of punctuation compared, 73–75.
- Apostrophe, 118–119.
- Attention to revising, 47.
- Authors’ proofs, 47–49.
- Authors should punctuate their MS., 71.
- Brace, The, 121.
- Brackets, 93, 94, 120.
- Briefs, Lawyers’, 24, 25.
- Bureau or Academy yet wanted to settle all difficulties in syntax orthography, punctuation, etc., 65.
- Bureau, Smithsonian, of the English Language, desiderated, 65, 127.
- Canceled words, how restored, 29.
- Capitalization, 171–194.
- Capitals and points, when to be mentioned by copy-holders, 45, 46, 55, 56.
- Capitals, Rules for use of, very flexible, 190.
- Captions, size of type, form of tables, etc., Directions for, furnished compositors and proof-readers, 37, 38.
- Caret, The, 121.
- Cedilla, The, 122.
- Chirography, Mercantile, 24, 26.
- Circumflex accent, 121.
- Close attention to revising, 47.
- Close pointing, 80.
- Colon, 97, 98.
- Comma between subject and predicate, 77–79.
- Comma, rules for use of, 100–112.
- Comma, use of, depending on taste in many cases, 80.
- Compositors and proof-readers punctuate, 36.
- Compositors and proof-readers should punctuate, if author neglects, 71.
- Compositors’ names on proofs, 46.
- Copy for printers, black ink on white paper, 31.
- Copy-holders’ duty, 41.
- Copy to be followed closely in doubtful cases, 123.
- Correcting proof-sheets, Marks used in, 195–201.
- Omission, or Ellipsis, Marks of, 121.
- One correct spelling, according to Webster, of variously spelled words, 127–140.
- One correct spelling, according to Worcester, of variously spelled words, 141–154.
- One style for Governmental publications desiderated, 127.
- Orthography, 125–170.
- Orthography, definitions of, 125.
- Orthography; the Webster list of doubtful words (1500+), in the one preferred manner of spelling, 127–140.
- Orthography; the Worcester list of doubtful words (1500+), in the one preferred manner of spelling, 141–154.
- Over-punctuated manuscript, 30.
- Pagination of MS., 29.
- Paragraph mark (¶), 122.
- Parenthesis, 92–94.
- Parenthesis, marks of, 120.
- Pauses and sense both indicated by punctuation, 75, 76.
- Period, or full point, 96.
- Personified things capitalized, 182.
- Physicians’ chirography, 27.
- Plurals, when denoted by apostrophe and s, 94, 95.
- Pointing—close, liberal, 80.
- Points, capitals, etc., method of reading by copy-holder, 46.
- Points mark sense as well as pauses, 75, 76.
- Possessive case of nouns singular ending in s, 94.
- Preambles, resolves, and provisos, how punctuated, 81.
- Preferred spelling, Webster’s, of 1500+ words of various orthography, 127–140.
- Preferred spelling, Worcester’s, of 1500+ words of various orthography, 141–154.
- Principal words capitalized, 175, 176.
- Printers, usually best proof-readers, 35.
- Professional men “at the case,” 36.
- Proof-reader and Dr. Johnson, 32.
- Proof-readers and compositors punctuate, 36.
- Proof-reader, to query doubtful words, etc., 31.
- Proof-reading, 33–58.
- Proof-sheets, marks used in correcting, 43, 45.
- Proof-sheets, numbered in regular sequence, 46.
- Proof-sheets of Records of Court, 51.
- Proof-sheets, second reading and revising of, 47.
- Proofs, routine in regard to, 37.
- Proper nouns, having common form, put down, 183.
- Propinquity a reason for putting up or putting down, 189–192.
- Provisos, preambles, and resolutions, how punctuated, 81.
- Punctuation, 71–124; a modern art, 73.
- Punctuation, ancient and modern methods of, 73–75.
- Punctuation by compositor and proof-reader,
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