How to Speak and Write Correctly
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Introduction
2:31 -
Requirements of Speech
12:43 -
Essentials of English Grammar
40:46 -
The Sentence
29:20 -
Figurative Language
17:34 -
Punctuation
33:10 -
Letter Writing
26:31 -
Errors
26:37 -
Pitfalls to Avoid
37:21 -
Style
27:44 -
Suggestions
18:34 -
Slang
17:37 -
Writing for Newspapers
18:59 -
Choice of Words
13:33 -
English Language
14:22 -
Masters and Masterpieces of Literature
4:39
How to Speak and Write Correctly (1910) is a public domain work.
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Choosing a familiar word over an elaborate substitute is one of Joseph Devlin's first lessons in this guide to everyday English. His opening sets out the parts of speech and explains how words work together, with clarity and precision as central aims. The contents extend that instruction to sentences, paragraphs, punctuation, letters, figurative language and newspaper writing.
Devlin also turns published writers into examples for correction. The middle excerpt examines comparisons, adjectives used in place of adverbs, agreement between subjects and verbs, and confused verb forms. These passages make the handbook a useful record of how English usage was taught in 1910, including the firm judgments that shaped its advice. A reader interested in grammar or the history of writing instruction will find concrete examples to inspect, alongside a sustained preference for plain expression.
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Book facts
- Author
- Joseph Devlin
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 124
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Educational
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- Andrew Lebrun, David Barnes, Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) and others