Inhaltsangabe
Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1915. Excerpt: ... 3. Less space or no space between words or letters? 4. Carry a word farther to the left? To the right? 5. Indent? 6. Straighten a margin? 7. Make new paragraphs? 8. Put in italics? 9. Put in small capitals? 10. Put in capitals? 11. Transpose? 12. Put in small letters a word or letter that is in capitals? Tuesday and Wednesday 1. Learn the answers to Monday's questions. 2. Dictation and correction, by the signs, of the following verses, which in themselves constitute a system of shorthand. This exercise will also extend through Wednesday.1 AN A-Z (AISY) METHOD FOR MARKING THEMES A is for Accurate; you have not said Precisely the thing that you had in your head. B is for Bravo; it means you have won Your teacher's approval; your work is well done. 1 Every school has, or should have, some system of shorthand to supplement the standard proof-readers' signs. Of these systems it may be said: "'T is with our systems as our watches; no two go just alike, yet each believes his own." These verses constitute such a system, probably neither better nor worse than hundreds of others. Pupils whose teachers use "The A-Z Method" will perceive that the scheme consists in indicating a mistake in grammar by placing a G in the margin of a composition opposite the line containing the error, etc. One letter thus means as much as a whole couplet. The verses at least have the merit of being easily memorized and remembered by pupils and the corrections do not much fatigue a teacher's fingers. It may be added that a standard system of marks universally usee would be a blessing to the human race. C stands for Construction; your sentence is weak Because it was not built with care, so to speak. D is for Doubtful; your meaning's in doubt; Ambiguity's fatal; cast the oaf out. E is for Emphasis; points that are str...
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