Business English: A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig
10. The Owen Glass Currency Bill.
827 words | Chapter 1450
=Exercise 305=
Books that will Suggest Topics for Talks
CROCKER, U. H., The Cause of Hard Times.
FONDA, ARTHUR J., Honest Money.
GIBBS, H. C., A Bimetallic Primer.
MCADAMS, GRAHAM, An Alphabet in Finance.
NEWCOMB, SIMON, The A B C of Finance.
NORTON, S. F., Ten Men of Money Island, or The Primer of Finance.
REEVES, JOHN, The Rothschilds: The Financial Rulers of Nations.
WHITE, HORACE, Money and Banking.
=Exercise 306=
Write the following from dictation:
1
THE DAILY ROUTINE OF THE CLEARING HOUSE
Each bank sends two clerks to the Clearing House: a
delivering clerk and a settling clerk. There are three
rows of seats running through the clearing room
lengthwise, one in the center and one on each side
parallel with it. The settling clerks occupy these
seats and each one has a sufficient amount of desk
room in front of him to do his work on, his space
being separated from his neighbors' by a wire screen.
The delivery clerks, with their packages of checks in
separate envelopes, stand in the open space in front
of the settling clerks. At two minutes before 10
o'clock the manager, whose station is an elevated open
space at the extreme end of the room, strikes a bell.
The movement has all the precision of a military
drill. When the second bell sounds, at exactly 10
o'clock, each delivery clerk takes one step forward,
hands the proper package to the settling clerk of the
bank next to him, drops the accompanying ticket
showing the amount into an aperture like a letter box,
and places before the settling clerk his schedule, on
which the latter places his initials. Thus the
procession moves uninterruptedly until each delivery
clerk has presented to each settling clerk the proper
package and ticket. Usually this part of the operation
is completed in ten minutes. Meanwhile the proof
clerk, who occupies a desk near the manager, has
entered the claims of each bank under the head "Bank
Cr." on a broad sheet of paper.
Inasmuch as the amount of each bank's claim against
the Clearing House (entered under the head "Banks
Cr.") is the sum of all the tickets which its delivery
clerk has pushed into the letter boxes of the other
banks, it follows that all the tickets of all the
banks should equal all the entries under that head.
The next step in the operation is for each settling
clerk to arrange the amounts of all the tickets in his
letter box in a column, add it up, and send the amount
to the proof clerk, who transcribes and arranges it
according to the bank's number under the head "Banks
Dr.," so that the debit of Bank A shall be on the same
line with its credit.
Then the difference between the two will show how much
the bank owes the Clearing House or how much the
Clearing House owes the bank. The time occupied by the
settling clerks in arranging their tickets and adding
up the columns is about half an hour. As fast as these
footings are completed, they are sent to the proof
clerk, who puts them in the debit column opposite the
credits of the banks, respectively. When all are
completed, if no error has been made, the footings of
the credit and debit columns must be exactly equal and
the footings of the two other columns, which show the
differences, must be exactly equal. Then these
differences are read off slowly and in a distinct tone
by the manager, so that each settling clerk can write
down the sum that his bank has to pay or to receive.
As time is money at the Clearing House, a fine is
exacted for every error and every delay in making
footings, for every disobedience of the orders of the
manager, or for every instance of disorderly
conduct.--Horace White: _Money and Banking_.
2
The Treasury, in connection with its money washing,
has asked national banks to exercise more care in
sending in money for redemption. Banks frequently put
into the same bundle, good notes, bad notes, and notes
of different denominations. When they are mixed in
this way, it requires a good deal of work to separate
the money. The Treasury thinks that the banks could do
this work, so that, when the money reaches Washington,
it could easily be separated by packages instead of
each package having to be separated first. The
Assistant Secretary says he believes that, when he
gets the subject worked out in detail, new washed
money will be returned to the bank in any denomination
desired on the same day that it is received; that
money unfit for laundering will be destroyed and new
money issued. This expeditious handling of money sent
in for redemption cannot, however, be attained, he
admits, without the co-operation of the banks. In a
short time, he believes, all banks will see that it is
to their benefit to do this.
Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. Part II deals with oral and written composition. Here the author has
3. PART I--WORD STUDY AND GRAMMAR
4. PART II--COMPOSITION: ORAL AND WRITTEN
5. PART III--COMPOSITION: BUSINESS PRACTICE
6. CHAPTER I
7. CHAPTER II
8. CHAPTER III
9. CHAPTER IV
10. 1. _able_, _ible_--able to be, fit to be
11. 8. _ous_--full of, abounding in
12. 3. _ise_, _ize_--to make
13. 12. _ure_--condition of being, that which
14. 13. _in_, _en_--into 28. _super_--above, more than
15. 15. _inter_--between
16. CHAPTER V
17. 2. This special offer will continue until the tenth of
18. 3. The last shipment of castings that you made to us
19. 4. Your imitation typewritten letters have greatly
20. 5. The advertised poster was sent to you to-day in a
21. 6. Without doubt you will be interested in the booklet
22. 7. The machine which is standing there has just been
23. 8. The wheel that holds the type may be changed in an
24. 9. Whenever he wishes, the operator may write in
25. 10. Many of our styles have been copied exactly from
26. 11. Why are the department stores acquiring motor
27. 13. Economy does not entirely explain the keenness
28. 14. In such establishments the quick delivery of
29. 15. The best means of transportation must be employed,
30. 16. Any one can cite examples that prove that faults
31. 17. Machine service develops fewer errors than horse
32. 18. The area which department stores serve is being
33. 19. Electric machines usually make the house-to-house
34. 20. In one store each transfer truck is loaded twice
35. 1. _Wrong_: I told her I would attend to the matter at my earliest
36. 2. _Wrong_: His doctor advised him to go to Arizona. _Which he decided
37. 1. You will find the booklet interesting it is also
38. 2. Up to last January he was a salesman for Colgate &
39. 4. Did any one take the newspaper, I left it here only
40. 5. I shall take my vacation in September have you had
41. 7. The opening sentence held the man's attention, he
42. 8. I'll have to run to catch the train, otherwise I
43. 9. The advertisement is attractive, still it has not
44. 10. We wished to reduce office drudgery therefore we
45. 11. These problems all require a knowledge of square
46. 12. Do you expect to come home for Christmas or shall
47. 13. First I read a statement that recommended the
48. 14. One-half of the statements are here, the others
49. 15. If your name is not correct on this envelope,
50. 16. The supply of fruit was greater than the demand,
51. 17. Flies are dangerous. Especially in a sick room
52. 18. In the country the trees were loaded with fruit,
53. 19. When he was twenty-three years of age, Richard T.
54. 20. We spent last summer in the Bitter Root Valley we
55. 21. I want to congratulate you on your appointment I
56. 22. It surely was not I whom you saw I wonder who it
57. 23. Not one of us has a salary of three thousand
58. 24. Please send me the booklet you offered in the
59. 25. Sooner or later shingles are sure to warp and
60. 26. This sealing and stamping machine is endorsed by
61. 27. If you wish to prove the excellence of our paper,
62. 28. The superior paper will show long, linen fibers
63. 29. When a German army is on the march, it stops every
64. 30. Two thousand convicts will be released according
65. 2. According to form.
66. 3. In the valley is a _mill_, which grinds _flour_. It
67. 6. Europeans say that Americans _waste_ more than they
68. 8. After the stormy _night_, the _day_ dawned bright
69. 18. Young people should learn to respect their
70. 21. He was our guide for he knew the _ins_ and _outs_
71. 25. The _good_ of the people is our first
72. 28. I _like_ to see her just _like_ this, for in
73. 30. I can do _little_ of the work until the typewriter
74. 32. She studies too _little_.
75. 10. The sun shone _brilliant_ above us. (Compare with
76. 14. They smell _sweet_. (May we say, _The flowers
77. 17. Laborers complain that they have to work _too
78. 5. He stood _on_ the top step several minutes,
79. 6. The handle fell _off_ as I took the cup _off_ the
80. 8. I am going _over_ to the factory.
81. 3. I will abide _on thy right side_ and keep the
82. 8. _On the table before them_ stood a deer roasted
83. 11. We drove _to the factory_ today _with the
84. 12. He works _from sunrise to sunset_.
85. 5. how long 10. by what means
86. 1. By _relative pronouns_:
87. 2. By _subordinate conjunctions_:
88. 2. before 4. since
89. 1. Modern business cannot be carried on by
90. 3. The great routes of trade have changed from time to
91. 6. Means of travel have developed from the slowly
92. 7. Commerce originated when one human being demanded
93. 8. The latest American and European styles will be
94. 9. The prosperity of nations rests very largely on the
95. 10. One of the greatest losses to the Ohio farm lands
96. 11. The conserving of the top soil is one of the
97. 12. We trust that shipment about September 8 will be
98. CHAPTER VI
99. 1. I have just taken out an endowment policy in the
100. 2. There are many mutual life insurance companies in
101. 3. His refusing the terms was practically a
102. 4. On the fourth of July we celebrate the signing of
103. 6. And king Arthur said, "The king who fights his
104. 9. This is the first national bank that was ever
105. 1. _Emphatic_ pronouns; as,
106. 2. _Reflexive_ pronouns, referring back to the subject and at the same
107. 1. Those _who_ have finished their work may leave.
108. 2. Have you read the book _which_ he recommended? (He
109. 2. The man who is speaking is the head of the credit
110. 6. The one who wishes to succeed must exercise great
111. 13. The man whose life is above criticism need fear no
112. 25. Every boy has his work assigned.
113. 2. Every one must put ---- tools away before leaving
114. 3. Every office worker is required to be in ---- place
115. 4. In my business a person must learn to make up ----
116. 5. It was cold this morning. Every one wore ----
117. 7. If an employee has ideas for the improvement of the
118. 8. The superintendent is anxious to have every workman
119. 9. No goods will be accepted unless ---- (are, is) in
120. 10. Every newspaper is anxious to increase ----
121. 12. Every one must agree that ---- (has, have) ----
122. 17. Does each state pay over a part of ---- taxes to
123. 18. Every one will find in the current publications a
124. 19. If any one could tell beforehand when ----
125. 20. If every one here would follow the directions that
126. 22. No one need expect to leave before ---- work is
127. 23. Every one in the office took ---- vacation early
128. 24. Each of the twenty banks sent ---- representative
129. 25. On applying for a position, each man is given a
130. 1. Neither one of them know what they are expected to
131. 3. If any one has a complaint to make, he should
132. 4. Have either of the stenographers finished their
133. 5. I wish everybody would do their own work and let me
134. 7. Has neither the carpenter nor the plumber yet
135. 8. Every one of the clerks must hand their report to
136. 9. One of them must have neglected to hand in his
137. 10. Man after man yesterday promised me that they'd be
138. 1. This is the best bargain _that_ we have ever
139. 2. This is Mr. Burton, _whose_ work I recommended to
140. 4. I enjoyed walking on the old wall _that_ still
141. 5. The club to _which_ I belong will hold a meeting
142. 6. The club _that_ I belong to will hold a meeting
143. 7. All those _whose_ daily work showed an improvement
144. 9. The greatest man is he _who_ feels himself the
145. 10. An old story tells us that when Caesar, _who_ was
146. 11. The garrison is a handful of invalid soldiers,
147. 13. Mr. Carter, _who_ was a member of our Boston firm,
148. 14. We honestly believe that our latest Style Book,
149. 1. The principal use of the nominative case is as _subject_ of the
150. 2. Sometimes a noun or pronoun is used to complete the meaning of such
151. 3. A noun in _apposition_ with another noun in the nominative case is
152. 4. Sometimes a noun or a pronoun is used in direct address or in an
153. 5. Sometimes a noun or pronoun is used with a participle to express an
154. 2. Predicate Nominative.
155. 3. In apposition with another noun in the nominative case.
156. 1. Direct object of a transitive verb; as,
157. 2. Object of a preposition; as,
158. 3. Indirect object of such verbs as _ask_, _give_, _teach_, showing the
159. 4. A noun as _second object_ after verbs of _making_, _choosing_,
160. 5. A noun in _apposition_ with another objective; as,
161. 6. Adverbial modifier; as,
162. 3. Object of a preposition.
163. 3. Appositive of another noun in the objective case.
164. 1. Have you heard of _Mr. Bennett_, _Mr. Bennett's_
165. 3. I don't understand _him_, _his_ refusing to accept
166. 4. We have heard a great deal of _him_, _his_ making a
167. 5. The man's industry has resulted in _him_, _his_
168. 6. Will you sign this permit for _us_, _our_ visiting
169. 8. I am very sorry that _me_, _my_ interrupting you
170. 9. The machine is in excellent condition. There is no
171. 10. _Everybody_, _everybody's_ being on time is
172. 3. For entrance to this course three years work in
173. 4. This new building will be occupied by J. M. Hopkins
174. 6. The trouble will be in John agreeing to the
175. 7. All applications for help should be made to the
176. 8. The employees rest rooms are on the sunny side of
177. 9. Our fifteen years experience in selling bonds has
178. 10. In to-days mail I received a very large order from
179. 11. Jones Brothers new store is on the corner of
180. 12. Last month sales show an increase of two thousand
181. 14. It is when to-morrows burden is added to the
182. 18. I bought the book at Barlow and Companys new
183. 19. We are going to insist on Mary taking a long
184. 20. I have had the pleasure of staying at both your
185. 3. The man who's place you are taking has been with
186. 4. The next one whose to give a report is the
187. 5. The next one whose report we must hear is the
188. 12. There coming as fast as their horse will bring
189. 16. The Bon Ton has a big sale in mens' and womens'
190. 18. We shall give you a special discount if you will
191. 20. It's just a year ago since we received your last
192. 22. If you use our safety device, you may leave you're
193. 24. I think we shall have to take our's in August. Two
194. 25. In any explanation it should be the writers
195. 2. The shipping clerk, ---- I consider responsible for
196. 3. The shipping clerk, ---- I feel certain is
197. 8. He is the one ---- every one thought should be
198. 9. Choose the one ---- you think will give the best
199. 12. ---- do you think is the best salesman in the
200. 13. ---- do you regard as the best salesman in the
201. 19. This letter comes from Robert, ---- we all know
202. 20. This letter comes from Robert, ---- we all know
203. 21. ---- do you consider to be most capable? [The
204. 22. This booklet was written by the man ---- Mr.
205. 23. He is the one ---- every one believes to be worthy
206. 24. The critic ---- every one thought gave the most
207. 7. The cup will be given to ---- reaches the lines
208. 10. ---- you bring is welcome.
209. 1. _He_--_him_ and _I_--_me_ are going camping next
210. 9. We bought a large piece of ground so that my
211. 11. Is that _he_--_him_ entering the gate? Yes, that
212. 12. _Who_--_whom_ should I meet at the station but old
213. 14. There is no need of _him_--_his_ staying any
214. 18. Please let _she_--_her_ and _I_--_me_ do the work
215. 23. I hardly think it is _he_--_him_ _who_--_whom_ is
216. 27. _He_--_him_ that is your friend you can call upon
217. 28. _He_--_him_ that is your friend will respond to
218. 29. The manager praised both the bookkeepers and
219. 32. He reproved us both but _I_--_me_ more than
220. 34. If it's really _I_--_me_ who was appointed, I'm
221. 35. I'm sure it can't be _I_--_me_.
222. 1. Will you not send us a check by Friday so that we
223. 2. Do you wish to bid for our cinder output this year?
224. 3. We have no use for the material this year, but we
225. 4. If you are dissatisfied with the machine, return
226. 5. You state that you sent us an order on June 10, but
227. 6. We are in the market for two dozen Standard clothes
228. 7. We have given you credit for this amount and desire
229. 8. We have your letter of November 6 and thank you for
230. 9. If you think you can use this type of machine, we
231. 10. We have decided to use your machine if you will
232. 1. We saw _lots_ of curious things. We saw _a number_ of curious
233. 3. I stayed at home the _balance_ I stayed at home the _rest_ of
234. 5. The dress will be done in a The dress will be done in a
235. 6. I'll walk a _piece_ with you. I'll walk a _short distance_
236. 7. Did you get a _raise_ in pay? Did you get an _increase_ in
237. 9. Christmas is still a long _ways_ Christmas is still a long _way_
238. 10. What _line_ of business are you What _kind_ of business are you
239. 11. If you expect to open a grocery, If you expect to open a grocery,
240. 12. Have you anything new in the Have you any new neckwear?
241. 13. I have a _date_ with the dentist. I have an _appointment_ with the
242. 14. Have you a _date_ for this evening? Have you an _engagement_ for
243. 15. He always does his work in good He always does his work _well_.
244. 16. That is a good _write-up_ on the That is a good _article_ on the
245. 17. _Yourself_ and friends are invited. _You_ and your friends are
246. 18. Don't _they_ have street cars in Are there no street cars in
247. 19. _It_ said in this morning's paper This morning's paper said that
248. 20. The book _what_ he advised is not The book _that_ he advised is
249. CHAPTER VII
250. 3. I cannot explain why he spoke so
251. 8. She does pen and ink sketches
252. 18. He _sure_--_surely_ is a good speaker. He seems
253. 21. He worked _steady_--_steadily_ all morning. The
254. 24. Don't you think he has been acting
255. 25. The coat is finished _nice_--_nicely_.
256. 4. I can _not_ find one of the papers I had on the
257. 5. He told me to _carefully_ add the figures in the
258. 7. I don't _even_ understand the first problem in the
259. 8. Don't say you don't _ever_ expect to go to school
260. 13. I _only_ expect to take a short vacation this
261. 14. He _only_ spoke of two causes of the loss in
262. 15. I _only_ decided to take the Western instead of
263. 1. I had three pens. I have lost the _better_--_best_
264. 3. Of the two colors, I think the tan is the
265. 5. Of two professions, choose the _more_--_most_
266. 8. Which do you like _better_--_best_, skating or
267. 10. Of all the shops, she likes Leslie's
268. 11. Which is _more_--_most_ durable, serge or
269. 12. Which tree lives _longer_--_longest_, the poplar
270. 13. Which is the _best_--_better_ policy, honesty or
271. 15. He is the _wittier_--_wittiest_ boy in the class.
272. 16. Of our twenty salesmen, he is considered
273. 17. You should not mention the two men in one breath.
274. 18. Which of you two do you think deserves
275. 20. Which of you two can run the _faster_--_fastest_?
276. 10. She couldn't stay with us only a few minutes.
277. 3. There are ---- houses on this street than I had
278. 4. The farther inland we went the ---- signs of
279. 5. Each year there is ---- opportunity for an
280. 6. Each year there are ---- opportunities for the
281. 10. ---- all European cities are beautiful.
282. 15. She is ---- entertaining in conversation; it was a
283. 2. What sort of _a_ course are you What sort of course are you
284. 4. Yours _respectively_. Yours _respectfully_.
285. 9. Did you recognize the girl who Did you recognize the girl who
286. 11. He is _liable_ to come any He is _likely_ to come at any
287. 17. _This here_ book is the one _This_ book is the one I wish.
288. 19. His ideas are _no_ good. His ideas are _worthless_ (or
289. 20. He _seldom ever_ makes a mistake. He _seldom_ (_hardly ever_)
290. 21. I didn't work _any_ last night. I didn't work _at all_ last
291. 22. I walked _this_ far yesterday. I walked _as far as this_
292. 24. He sells insurance _on the side_. _In addition to his other
293. 26. She is _very_ disappointed. She is _very much_ disappointed.
294. 27. She is a _cute_ (or _cunning_) She is a _pretty_ child.
295. 28. He was lying face _down_ on He was lying face _downward_ on
296. CHAPTER VIII
297. 1. Primitive people have left traces of very early
298. 2. Explorers visited the Ohio valley and found
299. 3. Checks and drafts are great conveniences to the
300. 4. The United States Supreme Court made a decision
301. 8. The total value of merchandise sent to
302. 1. A collective noun that denotes a group of objects acting as one
303. 2. A group of words which, like a collective noun, is plural in form but
304. 3. A singular noun modified by _every_, _each_, _one_, _no_, _many a_;
305. 4. Singular[1] nouns or pronouns joined by _or_, _either--or_,
306. 5. Two nouns joined by _and_, denoting one person or thing; as,
307. 1. A collective noun denoting plurality; that is, referring to the
308. 2. A compound subject joined by _and_, when the objects joined are
309. 3. The pronoun _you_, though it may denote only one person; as,
310. 7. The congregation _is_--_are_ asked to remain a few
311. 11. The secretary and treasurer _was_--_were_ asked to
312. 12. One-third of the office _was_--_were_ late this
313. 14. If the quality and the price _is_--_are_ right,
314. 16. The library with its thousands of books
315. 17. There _don't_--_doesn't_ seem to be much
316. 18. The whole system of filing and indexing
317. 20. The state of public affairs _calls_--_call_ for
318. 21. Many a man _has_--_have_ neglected golden
319. 22. Many men _has_--_have_ neglected golden
320. 23. The committee _has_--_have_ given _its_--_their_
321. 26. Every one _was_--_were_ happy when Tom was elected
322. 28. Tom with his brother James _is_--_are_ going
323. 29. The only thing I have not prepared for dinner
324. 32. Neither Tom nor his brother _is_--_are_ studying
325. 33. Both Tom and his brother _is_--_are_
326. 34. Every one _is_--_are_ interested in the cost of
327. 3. Present perfect of _drive_. (See Exercise 108 for
328. 10. Present perfect progressive of _ride_.
329. 3. I am sorry, but I ---- not be able to finish the
330. 4. ---- you finish your business course in February or
331. 5. ---- he finish in February? No, he ---- finish in
332. 6. The foreman declares he ---- not have another
333. 9. I'm afraid you ---- be kicked if you go near that
334. 16. I ---- be greatly obliged if you ---- send the
335. 20. ---- the store be open this evening?
336. 2. He promised that he ---- not make the mistake
337. 4. You promised that you ---- not make the mistake
338. 7. I ---- think he ---- know better than to apply for
339. 8. John said that, no matter what we thought, he ----
340. 9. If you ---- decide to accept the offer, let me know
341. 12. If he ---- come during my absence, ask him to
342. 14. Let me know if you ---- not be able to come.
343. 10. The salesman _is selling_ five thousand dollars'
344. 1. What did you say _is_--_was_ the meaning of the
345. 2. What _was_--_is_ the name of that book that you
346. 3. Didn't you know that the lion _is_--_was_ called
347. 4. They told me that the legal rate of interest at
348. 5. Have you ever heard him try to prove that black
349. 6. What _is_--_was_ the name of the banker who
350. 7. I never could remember what the important products
351. 8. The advocate of Equal Suffrage argued that mothers
352. 9. She said that a democracy _is_--_was_ a government
353. 10. The speaker asserted that this country
354. 1. If it _don't_--_doesn't_ fit you, we shall alter
355. 11. When the dinner bell _rang_--_rung_, we all
356. 19. I have _shown_--_showed_ you all the styles I
357. 20. _Don't_--_doesn't_ it seem odd that he
358. 25. I've _shook_--_shaken_ him three times, but he
359. 29. Why _don't_--_doesn't_ some one tell John that his
360. 30. _Don't_--_doesn't_ mother know that the vase is
361. 1. He told me to ---- the book on the table. It ----
362. 6. They told me to ---- down. I ---- down for about
363. 7. As I wished to bleach the clothes, I ---- them on
364. 9. You will probably find your cap ----ing where it
365. 18. He let his tools ---- in the rain.
366. 3. She drew up a chair and ---- down, while we were
367. 5. ----ting the table is not strenuous enough for one
368. 8. ---- still; I'll go.
369. 12. The deer ---- before the dogs.
370. 13. I have been trying all morning to ---- this
371. 15. He will surely ---- in his profession.
372. 18. I ---- (past tense) her the new system of filing.
373. 22. My mother says that I ---- go with you.
374. 25. Did you say I ---- use your typewriter?
375. 1. Did you ---- the position? Yes, no one applied for
376. 2. I have no other reason for not ----ing your
377. 5. Why do you ---- him from the general offer that you
378. 9. He said he would not ---- the money ---- that he
379. 10. You have answered everything ---- what I asked
380. 4. The ruling did not ---- the wholesale dealers, but
381. 6. The failure of the bank ----ed the small depositors
382. 7. The ---- of the law has been startling because of
383. 8. They ----ed the consolidation, but thereby produced
384. 9. The accident seriously ----ed his nervous system.
385. 10. Did the celebrated physician really ---- a cure?
386. 2. Aren't you afraid you will ---- some of the ----
387. 4. Do you remember that you had warned me that I'd
388. 9. She may ---- the money, as the clasp of her purse
389. 10. I keep my ---- journal paper together by a rubber
390. 7. The tickets had ought to have come from the
391. 11. You had ought to have washed the dishes before you
392. 15. You ought to have invested, hadn't you?
393. 10. Past perfect of _choose_.
394. 1. The vegetables (present perfect of _lie_) in water
395. 2. Rumors (past progressive passive of _spread_) far
396. 3. I thought the gingham (past perfect passive of
397. 4. I am afraid my ear (present progressive of
398. 5. Is it true that your ring (present perfect passive
399. 6. A sudden storm (past of _arise_) yesterday
400. 7. I (present perfect of _speak_) of the matter to no
401. 8. I suppose that it (present perfect passive of
402. 9. I must (present perfect of _show_) him twenty
403. 10. She (past progressive of _wring_) out the clothes
404. 12. The knight (past of _say_) that he (past perfect
405. 13. I thought I (past perfect of _bring_) you the
406. 15. There he stood (present participle of _ring_) the
407. 16. His coat (present perfect passive of _wet_)
408. 18. I (past of _see_) the superintendent yesterday,
409. 19. They (past of _lay_) the clippings on the desk,
410. 20. As he (past of _speak_), he (past progressive of
411. 22. The building in which I work (present perfect
412. 23. Your employer (present perfect _deal_) fairly with
413. 24. I (present perfect of _have_) the same position
414. 26. The floor (past passive of _lay_) by an expert
415. 27. The beads (past passive of _string_) on a waxed
416. 28. He (present perfect of _throw_) the whole office
417. 29. Before he came forward, he (past of _set_) the
418. 30. After the storm, leaves and twigs (past
419. 31. He (past of _drive_) to town yesterday. He (future
420. 32. The dictionary (present progressive of _lie_) on
421. 33. The dog (past of _lay_) the bone down, and then he
422. 34. He (past of _set_) the chair by the window and
423. 35. I think we (future of _see_) him as we pass, for
424. 36. The snow (past perfect progressive of _fall_) for
425. 37. Everything (present perfect passive of _lay_) in
426. 38. (Present participle of _lie_) in the hammock, he
427. 39. I saw the man (present participle of _lie_) on the
428. 40. After he (past perfect of _lie_) there a few
429. 41. The biplane, which (past perfect progressive of
430. 42. Large crowds (past progressive of _sit_) on the
431. 43. Many people (past perfect of _set_) tents on the
432. 44. All eyes (past progressive of _turn_) toward the
433. 45. The biplane (past of _rise_) until it (past
434. 1. They wished to finish the work so they stayed till
435. 2. John hoped to arrive before the others so he
436. 3. He saw that the cars were not running so he walked
437. 4. They needed some gasoline so they had to stop at a
438. 5. He wished to make a tool chest so he bought some
439. 6. They saw that he liked to read so they gave him
440. 7. She wished to make a good appearance at the party
441. 10. The campers thought they'd like a fire so they
442. 11. I was very tired when I reached home so I couldn't
443. 12. The work was difficult so it took three hours to
444. 13. The clock needed repairing so he took it to a
445. 15. She didn't know where to take the train so she
446. 1. If I were a king (but I'm not), I'd see that my
447. 3. If I had been careful, my work would be good. (I
448. 4. I wish I had been careful! (I was not.)
449. 3. If his work _was_--_were_ exact, he would have no
450. 5. If he _was_--_were_ a millionaire, he could not
451. 6. If such a thing _was_--_were_ possible, our
452. 7. If the election _was_--_were_ postponed, we should
453. 7. Suppose she ---- your guest, how would you
454. 8. He would appear very tall ---- it not for the
455. 9. We decided that if it ---- still raining by seven
456. 11. If the package ---- left yesterday, as you say, it
457. 12. If he ---- late yesterday, he must start earlier
458. 13. If every man ---- honest, business life would be
459. 15. If he ---- not interested, he surely looked as if
460. 16. ---- I certain that the bonds ---- safe, I should
461. 17. As the tablecloth ---- stained, we laid it on the
462. 18. If that stained tablecloth ---- mine, I'd try
463. 19. If I ---- as interested in farming as you are, I'd
464. 20. If her work ---- best, why didn't she get the
465. 7. Where have you _located_? Where have you _settled_?
466. 10. Do you _mind_ where you saw it? Do you _remember_ where you saw
467. 12. Did you _extend an invitation_ Did you _invite_ him?
468. 17. I _had_ a strange thing _happen_ A strange thing _happened_ to me
469. 19. _Loan_ me your pencil. _Lend_ me your pencil.
470. 20. I _can't seem_ to understand I _seem unable_ to understand
471. 21. I don't _take any stock_ in I _have no confidence_ in such
472. 22. How do you _size up_ the What _do you think_ of the
473. 23. I _beg to state_. . . . Omit.
474. 25. He _claims_ that he was He _asserts_ (maintains) that he
475. 28. Did you notice how that show Did you notice how that show
476. 30. He said _to go_ at once. He said _that we should go_ at
477. CHAPTER IX
478. 2. The chairman came upon the platform accompanied
479. 4. The lecture will be accompanied ---- stereopticon
480. 6. The years of prosperity were followed ---- years of
481. 7. He was accused ---- theft, but was acquitted ----
482. 9. An electric iron is especially adapted ---- summer
483. 11. This cloth is well adapted ---- summer clothing
484. 13. Let us agree now ---- a place to spend our summer
485. 14. That is not a proposition ---- which I shall
486. 16. Don't be angry ---- a person because he tells you
487. 18. Mr. Giles suggested that you would be glad to have
488. 23. I am employed ---- a fairly large salary ---- a
489. 25. I am confiding ---- you because I know that I can
490. 26. She confided her child ---- the care of her
491. 30. Perhaps he will change his plans if we remonstrate
492. 2. I shall accept _of_ your I shall accept your hospitality.
493. 5. It is a building _of from_ It is a building twenty to thirty
494. 7. John copies _after_ his father John copies his father
495. 8. I am wondering _about_ what I am wondering what I should do.
496. 9. I shall consult _with_ my I shall consult my lawyer.
497. 11. I shall leave later _on_. I shall leave later.
498. 12. I shall try _and_ go. I shall try _to_ go.
499. 13. I might _of_ gone. I might _have_ gone.
500. 16. Divide the work _between_ the Divide the work _among_ the four
501. 17. It will be done _inside_ of an It will be done _within_ an hour.
502. 18. Are you angry _at_ me? Are you angry _with_ me?
503. 22. We left the third of June. We left _on_ the third of June.
504. 2. Every one has finished his work except _he_--_him_
505. 3. It's a question that you and _I_--_me_ must decide;
506. 4. Girls like you and _she_--_her_ should have a good
507. 11. He wanted my brother and _I_--_me_ to go into
508. 12. Neither _she_--_her_ nor her sister have I seen
509. 13. My companion and _I_--_me_ took up the trail of
510. 14. _He_--_him_ and _I_--_me_ had, of course, to keep
511. 15. All are going on the excursion except _he_--_him_
512. 17. The rule applies to _we_--_us_ all--the manager,
513. 19. The letter was to be read by the president or
514. 21. We study Shakespeare with her sister and
515. 22. _She_--_her_ and her sister went to the lecture
516. 23. They sent for _she_--_her_ and _I_--_me_, not you
517. 24. The program was arranged by the president and
518. 25. They found that his father and _he_--_him_ had
519. 26. Mother is going to buy a birthday present to-day
520. 27. The play is interesting not only to you older
521. 28. They expected the work to be done by _she_--_her_
522. 29. The dispute between his neighbor and _he_--_him_
523. 30. He wants to speak to you and _I_--_me_.
524. 1. I'll agree that he is richer than _I_--_me_, but
525. 4. No one knows more about an automobile than
526. 5. You are more capable of doing the work than
527. 7. You finished the work almost as quickly as
528. 9. The manager said he would rather send me than
529. 11. It seems to me that they ought to go rather than
530. 12. I am surprised that you arrived sooner than
531. 13. They should have elected him rather than
532. 14. I am not so well-fitted as _he_--_him_ to hold the
533. 15. You are more popular than _he_--_him_.
534. 3. We not only bought the books you wished but the
535. 4. We like the place in which we live both on account
536. 7. I neither like the appearance of the shop nor the
537. 8. They did it both for the sake of your brother and
538. 9. This sample not only is much darker but heavier
539. 10. They are barred who neither can read nor write.
540. 1. Neither effort _nor_--_or_ money was spared in the
541. 2. I have considered planting maple, oak, and elm
542. 3. We do not believe in _either_ enduring oppression
543. 4. He has _no_--_neither_ time, patience, _nor_--_or_
544. 5. If you ask me which of the three I prefer, I'll be
545. 6. Three courses will be given in the subject this
546. 7. I had already passed three branch roads, but
547. 8. I hardly think he accepted _any_--_either_ of the
548. 9. Neither the doctor _or_--_nor_ his wife was at
549. 10. Both the books look shop-worn. I'll take
550. 6. John will discover that he cannot win promotion
551. 7. No one can learn how to spell ---- first learning
552. 8. No one will learn to spell ---- he learns to
553. 9. No one will succeed ---- he has energy and
554. 11. You cannot succeed in any way ---- by seizing each
555. 12. It is impossible to grow beautiful flowers ----
556. 6. For pleasure and exercise I think there is no game
557. 7. He said that the town looked just ---- it had when
558. 10. He has the same sort of drawl ---- his father
559. 14. To give the stitch the proper twist throw the
560. 15. He walks ---- he were lame.
561. 1. You will find the new clerks fully ---- courteous
562. 2. You will not find the new clerks ---- courteous as
563. 3. Elms do not grow ---- well in this climate as do
564. 4. We did not carry ---- much advertising this year as
565. 5. Under our system of individual instruction a
566. 7. I do not seem to learn languages ---- easily as
567. 10. He is not ---- active as he was twenty years ago.
568. 1. The ---- sisters discovered that it was ---- late
569. 2. It is ---- dark in that corner; come ---- the
570. 3. He spends ---- much time in dreaming, ---- little
571. 4. He would have done better if he had not given ----
572. 5. ---- more hours were passed in the all ---- weary
573. 6. It was ---- cold ---- stay out more than ----
574. 8. ---- stay there for ---- weeks would be ----
575. 9. The doctor said that the ---- men were ---- sick
576. 10. About ---- hours ago I met Mary who said that she
577. 13. ---- is no doubt that ---- knowledge of
578. 17. I was just ---- you ----.
579. 19. I could ---- done the work if I had had more ----
580. 20. If I had tried harder, I might ---- done the work
581. CHAPTER X
582. 3. Nice, pleasant, delightful, dainty, fine,
583. 10. Scholar, student, pupil.
584. 12. My mind often reverts back to the time when I
585. 13. That high building that is going up on Twelfth
586. 14. From his appearance he looked to be in very poor
587. 15. He is afraid of the results that will ensue if he
588. 16. The present state of affairs that is now
589. 17. The reason why I was not at work yesterday was
590. 18. I shall never forget the terrible sights that I
591. 19. I have been debating in my mind whether I ought to
592. 20. He was a mere little child when he first began to
593. 21. Mix together both the butter and the sugar, and
594. 22. The two pieces of cloth are just exactly the same
595. 23. You will find this chair equally as comfortable as
596. 24. He said that when he started in his business that
597. 25. It was the office of Morgan & Son where I got my
598. 26. China is undergoing a vast change at the present
599. 27. At about the age of fourteen years he left his
600. 29. He always shows great deference and respect when
601. 31. You can easily get the training that will make you
602. 32. For sale, a large, commodious house, arranged with
603. 33. We are making all the necessary improvements that
604. 34. I went to high school to take up stenography.
605. 9. What is a street car transfer? How does it look and
606. 10. What occupation do you wish to follow, and why?
607. 13. Why do the farmers of Kansas insure their barns
608. 25. What is meant by a corner in wheat?
609. 7. Buying vegetables from a farmer and selling them to
610. 8. Printing business cards and blotters on a small
611. 11. Painting holiday postal cards or fancy cards for
612. 12. Printing on postal cards pretty scenes that you
613. 14. Selling crocheted or embroidered articles.
614. 5. He was not promoted because his excuse was always,
615. 6. He was not promoted because he learned nothing from
616. 7. He was not promoted because he was always
617. 8. He was not promoted because he was content to be a
618. 9. He was not promoted because he ruined his ability
619. 10. He was not promoted because he did not learn to
620. 15. To be successful one must have confidence in
621. 3. You may secure a position through another's
622. 6. The proper attitude toward an employer is one of
623. 12. The habit of exaggeration is dangerous.
624. 1. Know your subject thoroughly. If you have insufficient knowledge, you
625. 2. Understand your point of view exactly and explain it clearly. If you
626. 3. After you have gathered your facts, study them as a whole. What three
627. 4. Work out the details of each argument. A mere statement of each is
628. 5. Prepare an outline. It will show you whether your arguments follow
629. 6. In talking, follow the plan explained in Exercise 140, being
630. 1. We shall forget a great many facts that we learn at
631. 2. Oil should be used instead of water in sprinkling
632. 3. Half of the keys would not work on the typewriter
633. 4. Last year September was very warm, and the winter
634. 5. My cousin never went to high school, and when he
635. 6. When you are working, your employer will never ask
636. 7. Every one should be punctual in doing his work. If
637. 8. The day is either sunny or it is not sunny. To-day
638. 9. It always rains when I wear new shoes. I am wearing
639. 1. The high school should have the same session as the
640. 2. The high school session should begin at eight
641. 6. Every high school pupil should receive a business
642. 7. Stenography (or bookkeeping) is a more important
643. 8. If a pupil fails in the first semester of a
644. 9. A pupil should not be expected to learn a lesson
645. 10. Moving picture shows do more harm than good.
646. 1. Every city should have a public park in the
647. 2. The large department stores should be abolished and
648. 4. It is bad business policy to conduct cut-price
649. 5. The newspapers are the greatest educators of the
650. 6. Billboard advertisements destroy the beauty of a
651. 9. All government should be conducted on the civil
652. 10. Underselling a competitor ruins trade.
653. 1. It is better to be a farm hand than a factory
654. 2. Every girl should prepare herself to earn her own
655. 5. Advertising has increased the cost of living. (See
656. 8. Labor troubles are brought about because the poor
657. 10. Tariff increases the cost of living.
658. 1. The wages of women should be the same as those of
659. 3. Employers should be liable for the life and health
660. 4. The boycott is a legitimate method of obtaining
661. 5. National expositions do not benefit the cities in
662. 8. National party lines should be discarded in
663. 9. City governments should be allowed to decide their
664. 10. Municipal offices should be appointive and not
665. 11. The commission form of government is best for
666. 13. A personal property tax cannot be levied with
667. 14. The United States should not further extend its
668. 15. The President should be elected by a direct vote
669. 16. Ex-presidents of the United States should become
670. 17. The President and the Vice-President should be
671. 18. The United States should subsidize a merchant
672. 19. Foreign-built ships, owned by Americans, should be
673. 20. The governors of states should not have the power
674. 21. A three-fourths vote of a jury should be
675. 22. The coast defenses of the United States should be
676. 24. The results of Arctic explorations have not
677. CHAPTER XI
678. 3. The Constitution of the United 13. Business.
679. 4. Why we celebrate the Fourth of 15. Physicians should
680. 10. Education. Germany.
681. 10. The business course in this school.
682. 2. Most inventors would not have succeeded without
683. 3. The more training a man has, the better chance he
684. 12. The use of machinery has lowered the cost of
685. 30. The good effects of ridicule.
686. 3. Original editorials on one or more of the following:
687. 4. Personal experiences, amusing incidents, or anecdotes, preferably
688. 5. For sale advertisements, or "want ads" that the class would
689. 7. The field after the harvest.
690. 6. Conclusion.
691. 1. The cause.
692. 2. Disadvantages.
693. 3. Riots.
694. CHAPTER XII
695. 1. Why in writing and printing do we separate one word from the next? In
696. 4. The word to keep in mind in punctuation is _separate_. If two words
697. 1. To show the possessive case of nouns (See Exercise 82); as,
698. 2. To indicate the omission of one or more letters; as,
699. 3. To show the plural of letters, figures, and words that usually have
700. 2. This month's sales exceed last month's by one
701. 4. The mistake was caused by his making his 7's like
702. 5. Have you received the treasurer's report? No, I
703. 6. Is this book your's or her's?
704. 4. The first word of a formal statement or resolution; as,
705. 5. The first word of every group of words paragraphed separately in an
706. 7. The words _Bible_ and _Scripture_, the books of the Bible, all names
707. 8. All proper nouns, proper adjectives, and words that are considered
708. 9. The important words in the title of a book, play, or composition.
709. 10. Such words as _Paragraph_, _Article_, or _Section_, when accompanied
710. 11. See Exercise 75.
711. 1. To indicate the end of a declarative sentence; as,
712. 2. To indicate an abbreviation; as,
713. 11. You are enjoying yourself!
714. 1. When a speaker's words are quoted exactly, they should be enclosed in
715. 2. If the quotation itself is a question, although it forms part of a
716. 3. The same applies to a quotation that requires an exclamation mark;
717. 4. When the words of explanation follow the quoted words, the
718. 5. When the author's words of explanation interrupt the speaker's words,
719. 4. Division into sentences is made within a quotation just as elsewhere.
720. 5. When a quotation is very long, consisting of several paragraphs,
721. 6. When a quotation occurs within a quotation, the one within is
722. 7. Any words quoted from a book or article, or any words quoted with a
723. 8. A formal question, statement, or resolution for a debate is not
724. 4. If you will ask the shipping clerk I volunteered I
725. 8. Tell me this said the man how can we enforce the
726. 9. The question before us is how can we enforce the
727. 10. John whispered did you hear his mother say yes you
728. 11. As I was walking along the river he continued I
729. 14. We cannot cross said the captain the bridge is
730. 15. The bridge is down said the captain and I fear
731. 16. Is the bridge down asked the captain does no one
732. 17. The captain said the bridge is down do you know
733. 18. What shall we do asked a soldier if the bridge is
734. 20. As we were riding along spoke up one of the
735. 2. When several adjectives follow one another, all modifying the same
736. 3. When a succession of phrases modifies the same noun.
737. 1. The bonds will be taken over on or before October 1
738. 2. On January 1 1913 the company had outstanding
739. 4. The transaction was officially conducted between
740. 5. A late announcement of the Census Bureau tells us
741. 6. Many mechanical devices in common use may be traced
742. 7. The per capita saving in the banks of the United
743. 8. The population in 1820 was 10,000,000 and in 1910
744. 9. Mexico draws about 55% of her imports from the
745. 10. In one decade Germany's exports to Latin-America
746. 1. William E. Curtis, _one of the world's ablest
747. 2. The new device, the adding machine, has greatly
748. 3. Wall street, the great center of business life,
749. 4. The people in moderate circumstances, the excellent
750. 5. The Montreal Tramways Company, the first company to
751. 6. The Early Gem musk melon, one of the best shipping
752. 7. In making up our collections and bargain offers for
753. 8. The Chinese Giant, a new variety of sweet pepper,
754. 9. Amundsen, the discoverer of the south pole, is a
755. 1. The Commonwealth Edison Company, _which controls
756. 2. The concern _that controls the electric light and
757. 3. The lesson _that I take at nine o'clock_ is
758. 4. In English _which I take at nine o'clock_ we are
759. 6. I am going to work in any city _where I can find
760. 7. I am going to work in Denver _where my uncle
761. 9. The house _that is the oldest in town_ is used as a
762. 10. The Franklin Museum _which occupies the oldest
763. 11. The town museum is the place _that I like to
764. 12. The chimney _that was blown down last night in the
765. 13. The old ruined tower _which has long been a
766. 14. We counted ten chimneys _that were blown down last
767. 15. The stenography system _that I studied_ is
768. 16. I think she uses Munson's _which she considers a
769. 17. Last year I pursued a course in stenography _which
770. 19. The only milk _that is fit to drink_ comes from a
771. 20. Systematic inspection has been carried on _which
772. 1. We have an enormous crop of cotton the value of
773. 2. "The root of the mail order evil is the idea which
774. 3. Mr. Hilton who was sales manager at that time
775. 4. The lecture will be delivered by Mr. Brenton who is
776. 5. Our dog whose fur was wet by his plunge into the
777. 6. Genevieve who had always been the leader in the
778. 7. A late product of the brain of George Westinghouse
779. 8. Careful selection of investments upon which the
780. 9. As a direct result of the conference between the
781. 10. How would you like to wear a hat that has been
782. 1. Popular-priced goods are the safest for a retail
783. 2. A sheriff seldom finds large quantities of
784. 3. They bring higher prices relatively than the
785. 4. The catalogue houses have little fear for
786. 5. Steel conditions remain about as they have been for
787. 6. Steel men are of the opinion that to increase
788. 7. The steel business for the last three months has
789. 8. Boraxated soap chips will benefit your tableware
790. 9. The man who works to the limit of his physical
791. 10. A wide-awake manager tries plan after plan testing
792. 1. Three things are necessary: intelligence,
793. 2. The buffalo supplies them with almost all the
794. 3. Quoting from the current number of the _----
795. 1. For the first fifty miles we had companions with us
796. 2. About a week previous four men had arrived from
797. 3. Reynal was gazing intently he began to speak at
798. 4. Objects familiar from childhood surrounded me crags
799. 1. The Christmas presents that he wants are the
800. 2. Do the exercise thus first lunge to the left second
801. 3. We are offering for sale three residences of the
802. 4. The following are the two that we liked best 438
803. 5. One use of the comma is to set off an appositive
804. 6. The comma is used to set off an independent adverb
805. 7. The plan is this I'll do the work and you pay for
806. 8. The officers are as follows Edward Lawrence for
807. 1. When the millennium comes--if it ever does--all of
808. 2. "I believe--" began the lawyer.
809. CHAPTER XIII
810. 1. The carpenter _threw_ down his hammer _and walked_
811. 2. _Throwing_ down his hammer, the carpenter walked
812. 4. I went downtown _to apply_ for the position.
813. 1. A teamster drove out of the alley east of the
814. 2. The tongue struck the front of the car and bored a
815. 4. The half dozen passengers were badly frightened and
816. 6. In a few minutes the fire engines arrived and began
817. 7. Crowds came from all directions and silently
818. 8. The people poured out of the theater and cheered
819. 9. The half dozen passengers soon recovered and stood
820. 10. The firemen did their work quickly and departed
821. 6. Subordinate conjunctions.
822. 1. We stayed at home for two reasons: first of all, we
823. 2. In China the wedding takes place at the
824. 3. First in the procession come the standard bearers.
825. 4. Six years ago I went sailing on Lake George with my
826. 5. The wind was high and it would come in gusts. This
827. 6. Several times the boat leaned over at an angle of
828. 7. The heart is the most important organ in the body.
829. 8. This is a good machine. And since that's the case,
830. 9. In every business there are many bad debts. Some
831. 10. The night was dark, and there were no stars. The
832. 1. You should not stop studying your lessons until
833. 2. In talking to the postman yesterday, he said that
834. 4. Before becoming a physician, the law sets a very
835. 5. Having eaten our luncheon very hastily, the
836. 6. The difficulty could easily be settled, going about
837. 7. Although determined to get my money, the task was
838. 8. Having installed an adding machine, our office work
839. 9. On entering the car, the first thing that caught my
840. 10. Silk should be washed with warm water and a mild
841. 11. The house was redecorated, making it clean and
842. 12. The book should be carefully studied, reviewing
843. 14. Having entered college, Mr. Brown watched his
844. 16. They say he will be lame, caused by a fall on the
845. 17. While trying to break the half mile record, his
846. 18. Many people object to football, because in
847. 19. He did not wish to take up an extra study, thus
848. 20. While a child, my father often told me stories of
849. 21. Absorbed all day in superintending his work, in
850. 22. Discussing the happenings in the ward with an old
851. 24. Although a good tonic, I did not gain weight while
852. 25. In the new telephone, upon lifting the receiver, a
853. 26. Leaving the window open when she went to lunch, of
854. 27. Dictionaries must be returned to the desk after
855. 1. Sometimes a pronoun may refer to either of two antecedents; as,
856. 2. Sometimes the sentence must be entirely recast and a direct quotation
857. 3. Sometimes the pronoun refers to a word that has not been expressed or
858. 4. A sentence containing an indefinite _they_ or _it_ is corrected thus:
859. 1. She asked her mother if she could go, and she said
860. 2. John told James he was sure he did not know the
861. 5. A light touch is important in a typewriter, because
862. 6. The size of the crops is important to the farmers,
863. 7. They decided to reorganize the company, which is
864. 8. They went into the hands of a receiver, which is an
865. 9. There is a boat on the lake over which there is a
866. 10. He stole some money which brought about an
867. 12. John is famous for telling anecdotes, and he got
868. 13. The sleighing party last night was a success,
869. 15. They engaged a gardener, which doubled their
870. 16. Why don't you get some of that new fur trimming
871. 17. They had an accident on the street car this
872. 18. In the newspaper it said that the lecture would
873. 20. Do they have the original paintings in our art
874. 23. They have a great many foreigners in New York
875. 24. John accompanied his brother to the city where he
876. 25. I had expected to take the 9:30 train, but I
877. 26. Going up to the horse he put a lump of sugar into
878. 27. In letter writing one should always be exact and
879. 28. Those hooks are not rust-proof because the back of
880. 29. The telephone is a great convenience to all. They
881. 30. As we came down the road, it sounded like a train,
882. 2. She stood at the window, trying to close it with a
883. 3. The city is supplied with water from cold springs
884. 4. The famous S. F. ice cream is made in this factory
885. 5. A man should not be allowed to cast a vote, who
886. 6. After taking the medicine for a short time, the
887. 7. In real value, this magazine towers head and
888. 8. There are pages of fashion news and embroidery
889. 9. The number of the sewing machine is 37A with a drop
890. 12. He left the same station at which, thirty years
891. 14. The lighting system has been developed to a really
892. 15. The dynamo is so arranged that when the train is
893. 16. The batteries must be large enough during the run
894. 17. Please send me 6 Dining Tables No. 46 that extend
895. 18. Large trees grow on each side of the house which
896. 19. They decided to give a bonus to the one doing the
897. 20. We had almost got to the corner before we saw the
898. 24. If we expect to completely fill the order to-day,
899. 4. A red and a blue and a black ribbon.
900. 1. I always have and I'm sure I always shall be
901. 2. They have a stenographer and bookkeeper, who are
902. 3. I believe he has already or will soon begin the
903. 4. The cushions of the rocker are much softer than the
904. 5. The arrangement of your flat is much more
905. 6. The number of shelves in your sideboard is just the
906. 7. I think the articles you ordered will arrive as
907. 9. When your message arrived, I had already or at
908. 10. It may not be better but it is fully as good as
909. 11. I think you cook fully as well if not better than
910. 12. His poems hold a place in our hearts second only
911. 14. We decided to make the change both for the sake of
912. 15. You will find the armchair fully as comfortable,
913. 20. A conservatory is where there are all kinds of
914. 1. In the large department stores every clerk is to
915. 2. When one hears a cry of "Fire," your first thought
916. 3. He seemed fond of his work and to have skill in
917. 4. I decided on taking the trip and to keep my
918. 5. X Y Z Cleaner is good for softening water and other
919. 6. Because of the rise in the price of meats and owing
920. 8. The crowds began to watch the fire and cheering
921. 9. I heard the opera last year and have gone again
922. 10. It was wonderful to see how fast they worked and
923. 11. I can't decide whether to take up stenography or
924. 12. He taught us the principles of letter writing, and
925. 13. Hoping that the work progressed, and unless a
926. 14. The study of the earth has always been stimulated
927. 15. He insists on our taking the trip and to go
928. 16. In reviewing, it is well to go over each part of
929. 17. Mr. Fitzmorris is a man of great technical skill
930. 18. It will cost her hundreds of dollars to make the
931. 19. He had assumed control of the office, planned the
932. 20. We have decided to go on the excursion to the
933. 1. The Federal Government began an investigation into
934. 2. It cost $2.39 a year for fire in the United States
935. 3. The number of our fires is increasing, which is
936. 4. In ten years our population has increased 73 per
937. 5. Having considered the details, the conclusion is
938. 7. Having settled the plan of attack, the rest was
939. 8. The manager warned him not to make the mistake
940. 9. To keep flannels from shrinking, wash in the
941. 10. To open a fruit jar run a knife under the edge and
942. 12. Electric lights are economical, clean, and give
943. 13. You should buy your suit now, both for the sake of
944. 14. If in doubt as to the best word, a book of
945. 15. The comma fault is where, two principal clauses
946. CHAPTER XIV
947. 1. Do not write paragraphs containing only one sentence. Such paragraphs
948. 2. Do not go to the other extreme, writing paragraphs of great length.
949. 3. Sentence of conclusion, if there is one.
950. 1. The kitchen was a cheerful place. (Tell all the
951. 2. In the kitchen the preparations for the feast went
952. 3. Examinations are helpful to the student. (In what
953. 4. Winter is more enjoyable than summer. (Contrast the
954. 5. Riding a motorcycle is apt to make a boy reckless.
955. 9. Every department store should have regular fire
956. 10. Every sale ought to be an advertisement.
957. 10. The greatest modern invention.
958. 5. Young Americans have little respect for authority.
959. 6. The study that I like best.
960. 3. The objections to football.
961. 1. A man who cannot read and write English should not
962. 4. Women should not vote because they do not read the
963. 6. I wish I had seen the coronation of George V. Every
964. 7. Canada would gain by reciprocity with the United
965. 8. The United States would gain by reciprocity with
966. 10. The waste of lumber by forest fires results from
967. 11. The waste of lumber in cutting railroad ties is
968. 14. Efforts should be made to keep the birds in our
969. 16. Peddlers should not be allowed to call their
970. 17. Great crowds gathered in the city during aviation
971. 18. The electric toaster is good for hurry-up
972. 19. Ironing with an electric iron is more convenient
973. 20. The wireless apparatus makes sea voyages safer
974. 22. Cats should be exterminated because they spread
975. 23. The parcel post will decrease the profits of the
976. 24. A good book is opened with expectation and closed
977. 26. The object of the Child Welfare Exhibit is to
978. 27. One of the best enactments of our time is the
979. 1. By repeating at the beginning of the new paragraph or sentence part
980. 3. By using connecting links, sometimes called _transition words_
981. CHAPTER XV
982. 1. An unusually worded opening that puts the writer's affairs in the
983. 5. Conclusion, making this action easy.
984. 1. The heading, which includes the writer's address
985. 2. The introduction, which includes the name and the
986. 6. The signature.
987. introduction in the letter, except that the punctuation may be omitted
988. 9. room 15 1321 pennsylvania ave washington d c sept 2
989. 18. Explain the difference between (16) and (17).
990. 1. citronelle business mens association citronelle
991. 2. 173 broadway new york June 10 19-- mr walter thomas
992. 3. 25 broad st maplewood n h messrs hausen & ottman 18
993. 4. john randolph & co druggist 14 jefferson st
994. 5. 43 south 5th ave madison wis aug 8 19-- the white
995. 2. Mr. John R. Tobin, president of the Detroit State
996. 4. Professor C. M. Watson, Harvard College, Cambridge,
997. 5. John F. Campbell, Manager Bond Department, First
998. 7. Mrs. Thomas D. MacDonald, 126 E. Second Street,
999. 1. A letter from a business house in your town signed
1000. 5. A letter from Taylor and Critchfield signed by you
1001. 6. A letter from Mrs. Thomas D. MacDonald (7 above).
1002. 1. Order fifty copies of the Business Arithmetic that
1003. 2. Clip from a newspaper an advertisement of
1004. 3. Bring in an advertisement of household
1005. 4. Bring in an advertisement of furniture. Write a
1006. 5. A magazine offers one of several books as a premium
1007. 1. You have advertised your eight-room, furnace-heated
1008. 2. You live on a side street, which for the last week
1009. 3. The cars on which you ride every day are very
1010. 4. You wish to have a telephone installed. Make
1011. 5. Two weeks ago you wrote (4). Still you have no
1012. 6. Write the telephone company's reply. Be very
1013. 7. You understand that your Congressman has the
1014. 1. Omitting the subject; as,
1015. 2. Omitting articles and prepositions; as,
1016. 3. Using abbreviations
1017. 4. Using a phrase as a sentence; as,
1018. 1. _Kindly._--A good word in itself but greatly
1019. 2. _We beg to state._--Never use _beg_ in this sense.
1020. 3. _Your favor_, _your esteemed favor_, _your valued
1021. 4. _Will you be so good as to._--Belongs in the class
1022. 5. _Would say._--Avoid this expression.
1023. 1. Order from the Grand Rapids Furniture Co., Grand
1024. 2. The Grand Rapids Furniture Co. replies,
1025. 1. You are a florist of Rockford, Ill. Write to S. M.
1026. 2. S. M. Porter & Son reply, acknowledging your order,
1027. 1. Samuel Radford of Douglas, Mich., wishes to buy a
1028. 2. The company reply: They have shipped the boat. (Is
1029. 3. Telegraph his decision.
1030. 1. Messrs. Lee and Watkins, druggists of Gallon, Ohio,
1031. 2. You are a traveling salesman for Pierce, King & Co.
1032. 3. Write from Pierce, King & Co. to Messrs. Lee and
1033. 4. Imagine that the salesman's reply (2) had been
1034. 1. J. F. Brookmeyer, Peru, Ind., is a dealer in shoes.
1035. 2. J. H. Brookmeyer sends a certified check for the
1036. 1. John R. Phillips, 32 New York Building, Seattle,
1037. 2. Mr. Phillips has not answered (1). Write him again,
1038. 3. Your bank notifies you that your draft has been
1039. 4. Phillips writes an apologetic letter, giving
1040. 5. Accept this offer.
1041. 1. A mail order house discovered that its files
1042. 2. One correspondent in reply demands a return of $16,
1043. 1. What is the advantage of the policy shown in the following suggestion
1044. 2. State the advantage in the policy of a large clothing concern which
1045. 3. Write such a letter.
1046. 1. Conrad H. Harwood of 122 Winter Street, Vandalia,
1047. 2. Wilson, Black & Co. acknowledge the receipt of
1048. 1. C. F. Gardner, a merchant of 432 Puyallup Ave.,
1049. 2. Fiske & Jones apologize for the delay and explain
1050. 3. Fiske & Jones telegraph the C.M. & P.S.R.R. to
1051. 1. OFFICE MAN--who can handle correspondence and
1052. 2. MAIL ORDER MAN--up-to-date, experienced; must have
1053. 3. AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN--who are willing to start at
1054. 4. BRIGHT YOUNG MAN--for office work in large
1055. 5. OFFICE CLERK--a girl who can write a plain, rapid,
1056. 6. HELP WANTED--salesman having established trade on
1057. 1. James W. Walker & Co., 325 Second St., Pittsburgh,
1058. 2. James W. Walker & Co. reply that they are sending
1059. 3. The Barnard Emerson Co. write that page two, line
1060. 4. James W. Walker & Co. reply that page two, line
1061. 5. The Barnard Emerson Co. agree to do the work on
1062. 6. James W. Walker & Co. write, saying that they
1063. 1. The Arlington Coal Company, Old Colony Building,
1064. 2. The Red Rock Coal Co. reply that they will offer
1065. 3. The Arlington Coal Co. write that the Red Rock Coal
1066. 2. Several mail orders have been received in excess of
1067. 1. Offer the uncleared land at a very low price. Offer
1068. 2. You received no response from (1). Try to sell the
1069. 3. You received no response from (1) or (2). Try to
1070. 1. The _Modern Magazine_ offers a set of Mark Twain's
1071. 2. You have not responded. The _Modern Magazine_ feels
1072. 3. You have not responded. The magazine extends the
1073. 2. Stick to your druggist because he holds the key to
1074. 3. What is the reason that my trade is staying with
1075. 4. The reasons why trade stays with me--what my
1076. 5. The pure food question--why we must handle only
1077. 6. We are registered pharmacists--what this means to
1078. 7. Why our sales expense is smaller now than
1079. 1. Variety of stock; assurance that they can please,
1080. 3. The small profit on which they run their business
1081. 4. Buying on the "easy payment" plan enables you to
1082. 1. The machine is ball bearing; therefore very easy to
1083. 3. Summary of (1) and (2). The investment required is
1084. 5. Summary of the above. The following figures show
1085. CHAPTER XVI
1086. 1. Define the word _industry_. When is a business
1087. 2. _a._ Name several raw materials.
1088. 3. Name some companies or industries whose business it
1089. 4. Name some companies or groups of companies that
1090. 5. Name some wholesale houses. In what does their
1091. 6. Name several kinds of retail businesses. In what
1092. 7. Name some companies that manufacture only one
1093. 8. Name some companies that manufacture more than one
1094. 9. Name some companies that manufacture several
1095. 10. Name some companies which, in manufacturing one
1096. 11. Name a number of by-products and what they are
1097. 1. Select any manufactured article that you have seen
1098. 2. Trace the labor that is necessary to put a loaf of
1099. 3. Trace the changes that the mineral undergoes to be
1100. 4. Trace the changes that cotton must undergo before
1101. 5. Trace the changes that wool undergoes before it can
1102. 6. Trace the changes that the skins of animals undergo
1103. 7. Trace the changes that silk undergoes before it can
1104. 8. Trace the changes that hemp undergoes before it can
1105. 9. Trace the changes that hides undergo before they
1106. 10. Trace wood from the tree to a piece of fine
1107. 11. Trace the steps in the process of making maple
1108. 12. Trace the steps in making a piece of glazed
1109. 15. Trace the steps necessary to make a five dollar
1110. 15. The advantages and the disadvantages of using baking powder.
1111. 1. The average young man has a better chance to
1112. 2. A manufacturing business offers a better
1113. 3. Manufacturing industries would suffer if
1114. 5. The labor union has no right to restrict the number
1115. 6. The profit-sharing plan produces greater efficiency
1116. 1. Write an order to The American Printing Mill, 1038
1117. 2. Write another order to The Trescott Silk Mill, 976
1118. 3. You have received an order from Spencer & Mitchell,
1119. 4. You have received an order from William F. Atwood,
1120. 5. The goods have arrived from The Trescott Silk Mill.
1121. 6. A. W. Trescott, President of The Trescott Silk
1122. 7. You have on hand about 50 gross men's striped
1123. 8. Accept their offer of $1.50 a gross for the
1124. 9. A customer sends a cash order for goods at last
1125. 10. Owing to the mildness of the winter, you fear that
1126. 11. A teamsters' strike has delayed your shipments.
1127. 12. Miss Sarah MacComb has a small dry goods store in
1128. 1. You have been manager of the Forsyth Furniture Co.,
1129. 2. Investigate the conditions in one of the cities
1130. 3. Of the four cities, Great Falls appeals to you as
1131. 4. He replies that Great Falls has the most extensive
1132. 5. Great Falls is your choice. After your factory is
1133. 6. The Secretary replies, offering you a contract on
1134. 7. Write to the Central American Supply Co.,
1135. 8. Write to Gregory Bros., wholesale dry goods
1136. 9. Write to the Excelsior Varnish Co., Merchants'
1137. 12. Find out where a Great Falls merchant would buy
1138. 13. Write to the Hanover National Bank of New York
1139. 14. A dealer in Portland, Ore., writes, complaining
1140. 15. You receive an order, one item of which is 3 doz.
1141. 1. The location of a factory.
1142. 2. The advantages of using machinery in manufacture.
1143. 3. The number of working hours.
1144. 4. The advantages of the profit-sharing plan, both for employer and for
1145. 5. Specialized labor.
1146. 6. Special products.
1147. 10. A visit to a shoe factory (or any other factory).
1148. CHAPTER XVII
1149. 2. Those operating on land--the railroad companies.
1150. 2. How would you have the front of your store painted?
1151. 3. Do you think it would pay you to have the interior
1152. 4. What quality of stock would you select? The same
1153. 5. Do you think window display would pay? Would you
1154. 6. Does the delivery wagon pay? Would it be advisable
1155. 7. Would you sometimes cut the price of some necessity
1156. 8. Is it a good thing to have a general cut-price-sale
1157. 9. Would you give credit? Would the class of people
1158. 10. Is the use of trading stamps and premiums good
1159. 11. Why do you often find a meat market in connection
1160. 12. There are two kinds of retail meat markets: (1)
1161. 13. Could a retailer combine the two spoken of in
1162. 14. Would you advertise by means of handbills? By
1163. 15. What would you do if another grocery opened across
1164. 1. You have bought Burton & Sanders' grocery at Fort
1165. 2. At the same time have an article appear in a local
1166. 3. Write to Peabody, Harper & Co., Rush Street Bridge,
1167. 4. You have decided to advertise in a local paper.
1168. 5. Find out what are the advertising rates of a paper
1169. 6. Reproduce a letter that a woman living in town
1170. 7. You are in receipt of a letter from Peabody, Harper
1171. 8. Send an order to Peabody, Harper & Co. for $200
1172. 9. Your business is increasing and you need another
1173. 10. Write a short circular advertising an inexpensive
1174. 11. Peabody, Harper & Co. write, confirming your order
1175. 12. When the goods arrive, you find no tomatoes among
1176. 13. Peabody, Harper & Co. reply to your letter in
1177. 14. The tomatoes sent by freight do not arrive. Write
1178. 15. The grocery company telephones the railroad
1179. 16. (_a_) The railroad company reports that by mistake
1180. 1. You wish to get a partner to open a meat market in
1181. 2. Your friend replies that the proposal appeals
1182. 3. After the partnership is formed, your partner
1183. 4. Orr & Locket acknowledge the receipt of the order,
1184. 5. A Detroit manufacturer sends you f.o.b. prices on
1185. 7. He writes confirming your order, saying that the
1186. 8. At the same time the shipper's bank sends a letter
1187. 9. You telephone your bank to draw on your account for
1188. 10. Your bank writes, confirming the telephone
1189. 11. The automobile manufacturer has meanwhile received
1190. 1. To those who would carry their own purchases he
1191. 2. If the customer bought very bulky goods, or if he
1192. 3. Those who wished to pay once a month instead of at
1193. 1. You are a manufacturer and wholesale distributor
1194. 2. What would be the advantage of having your
1195. 3. What would be the advantage of being located in a
1196. 4. Speed gets orders. With this in view, what would
1197. 5. If you were looking for big trade in a big city,
1198. 6. Would it be a good plan to make a specialty of
1199. 7. If you were just starting a wholesale hardware or
1200. 8. Would you bear part of the expense of retailers'
1201. 9. Would it be good business for the salesmen of the
1202. 10. Do you think it would increase sales to offer a
1203. 11. Tell which you think would be the better policy:
1204. 12. If you were getting out a new brand of carpenters'
1205. 13. If you were bringing out a new soap or washing
1206. 14. Would bringing out novelties from time to time
1207. 15. Do you think it would pay to send circulars to the
1208. 1. You are Thos. H. Peabody of Peabody, Harper & Co.'s
1209. introduction filled in later on the typewriter.
1210. 2. Write an advertisement to appear in the January
1211. 3. You receive an order from a retailer in which he
1212. 4. Write an advertisement for (1) a bookkeeper; (2) a
1213. 7. Answer (6) telling why you think you could sell
1214. 8. Write a circular letter to send to the trade
1215. 9. You have made a contract with the manufacturers of
1216. 10. The advertising agency replies that, as five
1217. 11. Notify the agency of your choice, giving your
1218. 12. Write a series of three letters to send to
1219. 1. For two months you have been without a credit man.
1220. 2. Write the letter Mr. Wright sends Mr. Haddon in
1221. 3. At the same time Joseph Haddon writes, applying for
1222. 4. Write Mr. Haddon's letter thanking Mr. Wright for
1223. 5. Joseph Haddon, whom you have engaged, is proving to
1224. 6. A number of retailers remit the amount that they
1225. 7. Still a number do not respond. Write a third
1226. 8. Mr. Haddon discovers that there are about a hundred
1227. 9. Nathaniel Sears, a dealer in general merchandise at
1228. 10. After three days the salesman reports that Mr.
1229. 11. As Mr. Woodworth, write Mr. Sears a courteous
1230. 12. Charles Freeman, 141 Park Place, Newark, Ohio,
1231. 13. Mr. Haddon writes, accepting the note.
1232. 1. Suppose you were starting a mail order business.
1233. 3. What kind of stock would you advertise principally:
1234. 4. Your catalogue is your salesman. What would this
1235. 5. How would you bring special attention to your
1236. 6. Why is it advisable not to give your catalogue away
1237. 7. Would you sell as cheaply as you could or would you
1238. 8. Is it profitable for a mail order merchant to sell
1239. 9. Why can the mail order merchant sell more cheaply
1240. 10. _a._ How is the parcel post favorable to the mail order dealer?
1241. 11. Some distributors who handle only one kind of
1242. 12. Since the purchaser pays the freight, is it
1243. 1. A customer who wishes to buy some furniture
1244. 2. You have just added a new clothing department and
1245. 3. Write, especially to farmers, saying that with the
1246. 4. In the fall write a letter, addressing the farmers'
1247. 5. Write a letter, saying that you have just put up a
1248. 1. Let one pupil be chosen to dictate to the class each of the letters
1249. 1. Borroughs & Brown, a mail order firm at N. 11th and
1250. 2. Write, stating that in their catalogue No. 6, page
1251. 3. Borroughs & Brown write that they have no such
1252. 4. Borroughs & Brown, Dept. 18, House Furnishings,
1253. 5. The W. F. Wiggins Mfg. Co. telegraph Borroughs &
1254. 6. Borroughs & Brown write you, giving the information
1255. 7. The W. F. Wiggins Mfg. Co. write Borroughs & Brown,
1256. 8. Ten days later. Telegram. The W. F. Wiggins Mfg.
1257. 9. Borroughs & Brown write you that they have
1258. 10. Order five machines. Give full shipping
1259. 11. Borroughs & Brown telegraph the W. F. Wiggins Mfg.
1260. 12. Two weeks later than letter (10) write again,
1261. 13. Two weeks later than (11) write a telegram from
1262. 14. Send a telegram from the W. F. Wiggins Mfg. Co. to
1263. 15. Borroughs & Brown write to inform you that the
1264. 1. Get up a talk to persuade a freshman or a group of
1265. 2. To persuade girls to contribute to a fund to be
1266. 3. To induce particularly uninterested freshmen to buy
1267. 4. As a real estate agent induce a classmate to
1268. 5. Try to sell the manager of the baseball team a new
1269. 6. Try to sell a set of Dickens' (or any other
1270. 7. Try to sell the class or the teacher a new kind of
1271. 8. As an agent for the publishers try to sell this
1272. 9. You are trying to sell an automobile to a farmer.
1273. 10. Get up a talk to sell a runabout to a physician
1274. 11. You are a salesman for an automobile house and are
1275. 12. You are trying to sell an electric runabout to a
1276. 13. You are trying to sell the manager of a local
1277. 14. Get up a talk showing why a man with considerable
1278. 20. To obtain an order for groceries or teas and
1279. 15. He can who thinks he can.
1280. 1. A request has come in from your territory for your
1281. 2. You have just been talking with a prospective
1282. 3. You have just shown your motor truck to a business
1283. 4. A prospective customer has lost interest. Try to
1284. 5. Write a letter to a wealthy man who bought one of
1285. 6. Write an advertisement to appear in a local
1286. 7. Answer the advertisement, telling why you think you
1287. 8. Write a letter to a friend telling him you have
1288. 1. The mail order house ruins the trade of the country
1289. 2. The giving of free samples does not attract
1290. 4. The motor wagon is more advantageous for the
1291. 5. All manufactured food products should be sold in
1292. 1. A merchant must know his neighborhood before he
1293. 2. Selling by weight rather than by measure benefits
1294. 4. The price of a certain kind of goods, or of an
1295. 5. If merchants did not deliver purchases, goods would
1296. 6. Hard work and patience spell the merchant's
1297. 9. There is a difference between day and night
1298. 13. The parcel post tends to increase the business of
1299. 14. The object of an automobile exhibit is to sell
1300. 15. The five-and-ten-cent stores have succeeded
1301. 21. The automobile decreases railroad suburban business.
1302. 5. The relation between the express companies and the
1303. 8. The influence of the Panama canal in the growth of
1304. 9. The influence of the canal in the growth of
1305. 10. The influence of the canal in the growth of
1306. 12. The parcel post zones.
1307. CHAPTER XVIII
1308. 1. What are some of the advertising methods used in a
1309. 2. What are some of the advertising methods used in a
1310. 3. What is the principal advertising medium of the
1311. 4. What is classified advertising? Why are newspapers
1312. 5. What is "display" advertising as distinguished from
1313. 6. Give several instances of advertising by means of
1314. 7. Is the distribution of samples good advertising? Be
1315. 8. Is it a good thing to have a trade-mark? Name some
1316. 9. Is a bargain table good advertising? What is its
1317. 10. What class of advertising is done in the
1318. 11. What class of articles and products is advertised
1319. 12. Are articles advertised by billboards usually
1320. 14. Suppose you were bringing out a new soap and you
1321. 15. NEWS ITEM.--The University of Wisconsin has issued
1322. 16. Do handbills suggest cheapness to you?
1323. 7. Colors (especially reds, greens, and yellows) as against black and
1324. 8. White lettering on a black background.
1325. 1. Something entirely new for which you must create a
1326. 2. Something new but filling a long-felt need--"Just
1327. 3. A new brand of an old staple, like crackers, of
1328. 5. Economy or gain.
1329. 3. For a motor washer: Two cents a week pays your
1330. 6. For stockings: Wear like 60, look like 50, cost but
1331. 7. For a shaving soap: Comfort for your face, economy
1332. 10. For a clothing store: Exclusive styles for
1333. 11. For an inexpensive scouring powder: Why pour money
1334. 15. For a fountain pen: It can't leak.
1335. 15. That Raise! (Sub-heading in smaller type: What Would a Raise
1336. 1. Bring to class an advertisement in which the
1337. 2. Find an advertisement in which the headline
1338. 3. How might either advertisement be improved?
1339. 1. An entertainment is to be given in the school hall.
1340. 2. Write an announcement of the same entertainment--to
1341. 6. You have permission to secure advertisements to be
1342. 15. A drug store.
1343. 1. Write a handbill announcing a 20% discount sale to
1344. 2. Describe a chair, table, or other article of
1345. 3. You are advertising a new brand of coffee in the
1346. 6. Advertise a well-known brand of soap in a magazine.
1347. 7. How would you advertise an automobile which has
1348. 8. A half-page advertisement by the Hudson Cereal
1349. 9. The Central Packing Company is running a series of
1350. 10. The Bay City Mill Co., Bay City, Mich., sells fine
1351. 3. The study of advertisements saves the shopper's
1352. 4. Advertised goods cost more than the unadvertised
1353. 5. Trade-marked and advertised goods have increased
1354. 6. Increased advertising causes the styles to change
1355. 7. Every advertisement must catch and hold the
1356. 8. Some advertisements hold the attention because they
1357. 9. Some advertisements succeed because of their clever
1358. 10. Every successful advertisement contains a
1359. 11. Mouth to mouth advertising is the best and the
1360. 12. Advertised goods are better because they have to
1361. 14. The cost of advertising is paid by the competitors
1362. 16. The advertising expert is a student of men.
1363. CHAPTER XIX
1364. 8. Explain why property is often mortgaged. Does the
1365. 11. Why do people employ real estate agents to take
1366. 12. Why is property near a railroad valuable? For
1367. 14. Why is property on a car line more valuable than
1368. 15. What effect would the building of a new street car
1369. 1. Suppose that you are a landlord and that in your
1370. 2. Suppose some boys playing ball on the street break
1371. 3. Write to Francis L. Russell, a real estate agent,
1372. 4. As if you were Francis L. Russell write a reply,
1373. 5. Imagine you are a tenant in the same building. The
1374. 6. The plumber has submitted a bill of $5.98 for the
1375. 7. You are a lawyer. Write to the landlord, informing
1376. 8. The landlord replies that he is enclosing $100 to
1377. 9. You are an insurance agent. Write to the landlord
1378. 10. One of the tenants has paid no rent for two
1379. 11. Francis L. Russell writes three short
1380. 12. You get inquiries about all of the above. Write
1381. 13. A man is interested in the 12 flat building, but
1382. 14. (_a_) Write to your bank, the First National, and
1383. 15. You have put through the deal. Write to the new
1384. 1. You own a large tract of land in the South, West, or Southwest.
1385. 2. Arrange and punctuate:
1386. 3. To prove the possibilities of the land spoken of in (1), you intend
1387. 4. Write a letter applying for the position. You must have farming
1388. 5. Write an advertisement of your land for a big newspaper. Exploit its
1389. 6. Reproduce a letter you received in answer to (5), asking for more
1390. 7. Write the reply to (6). Say you are enclosing the booklet spoken of
1391. 8. Prepare a series of three follow-up letters to be sent out to
1392. 5. Stove heated or steam heated property--which is the
1393. 6. The Mortgage.--(_a_) Why people mortgage their
1394. 7. The increase in the total value of farm lands
1395. 8. The decrease in the value of farm lands in the
1396. 12. The success of irrigation.
1397. 9. What is the difference between a straight life and
1398. 12. Why is it that the mortgagee, and not the owner,
1399. 1. You are an insurance agent. A man came to your
1400. 2. A new building has just been erected in your
1401. 3. Write to a man who rides downtown on the train
1402. 4. Write to one of your clients, informing him that
1403. 5. Write to another of your clients, informing him
1404. 6. From the client mentioned in (5) you receive a
1405. 7. You investigate the matter and find that the facts
1406. 8. He replies that, since the risk of fire is now so
1407. 9. A man writes to you, saying that he wishes to take
1408. 10. Write a letter to accompany the birthday present.
1409. CHAPTER XX
1410. 1. _Gold Certificates_ are issued with the government's guarantee that
1411. 2. _Silver Certificates_ are similar to gold certificates, except that
1412. 3. _United States Treasury Notes_ are promissory notes of the government
1413. 4. _National Bank Notes_ are promissory notes issued by the national
1414. 1. The check
1415. 2. The money order
1416. 5. The sight draft
1417. 1. In blank; that is, merely write your name across
1418. 2. In full, by saying, "Pay to the order of ----" and
1419. 3. By restricting the payment to a particular person;
1420. 1. F. R. Thompson, sales manager of the New York Trust
1421. 2. Mr. Fallows answers, saying that his knowledge of
1422. 3. Mr. Thompson replies that he is enclosing a copy of
1423. 4. Punctuate, using a letterhead:
1424. 5. Write the letter that the Mercantile Trust Company
1425. 6. Write the letter that Messrs. Thomas Cooke and Son
1426. 7. W. T. Randall, cashier of the Milwaukee Trust and
1427. 8. Some time ago a bank in your city discounted a note
1428. 9. Your bank loaned Clarence Wentworth $500 for ninety
1429. 10. John Elsworth, who has an account with you,
1430. 11. Your correspondent, the First National Bank of
1431. 1. Mr. Henry Carroll of Wausau, Wis., writes to Mr.
1432. 2. Mr. Randall replies by sending the 10 shares of
1433. 3. A dressmaker in South Bend, Ind., has applied to
1434. 4. The bank replies that she has maintained a small
1435. 5. Theodore Buchanan of St. Louis sends Philip Newborg
1436. 6. One of the depositors of the Milwaukee Trust and
1437. 7. The Scandinavian American bank writes to William T.
1438. 8. Mr. Adams pays the note. The Seattle Bank notifies
1439. 9. See Exercise 301, 10. As John Elsworth's banker
1440. 10. The National City Bank makes the collection and
1441. 11. One of your depositors has overdrawn his account.
1442. 12. In your city there is a real estate dealer who
1443. 13. One of your depositors has written to you, asking
1444. 14. R. F. Marsden, President of the Truesdale Cotton
1445. 1. Suppose that you were a newspaper correspondent in
1446. 2. As if you were the United States Commissioner of
1447. 3. The Portland bank writes to the Kansas City Trust
1448. 4. The Kansas City Trust Company replies that it will
1449. 5. The Portland bank informs the United States
1450. 10. The Owen Glass Currency Bill.
1451. CHAPTER XXI
1452. 4. Explain the difference between par and market
1453. 6. What is the difference between preferred and common
1454. 9. What are the advantages of a corporation over a
1455. 10. The following was copied from a morning paper.
1456. 11. Explain the following bond quotations:
1457. 12. Why are the bonds of successful public utility
1458. 13. Which company do you think would grow faster, a
1459. 14. Should a street car company pay part of its
1460. 15. If the population of a city doubled, what effect
1461. 3. In your own town:
1462. 11. The tariff and the steel industry, the wool industry, and the sugar
1463. 12. Railroad rate increases.
1464. Introduction of the letter, 232, 235-236.
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