The mechanics of writing, a compendium of rules regarding manuscript-arrangement, spelling, the compounding of words, abbreviations, the representation of numbers, syllabication, the use of capitals, the use of italics, punctuation, and paragraphing . ight-handmargin 20. Do not crowd the writing at the bottom of apage; take a new page. Pages 21. The pages of a manuscript should be numberedat the top, in Arabic, not Roman numbers. 22. The title should be written at least two inchesfrom the top of the page. Between the title and the firstline of the composition at least an inch should intervene.
The mechanics of writing, a compendium of rules regarding manuscript-arrangement, spelling, the compounding of words, abbreviations, the representation of numbers, syllabication, the use of capitals, the use of italics, punctuation, and paragraphing . ight-handmargin 20. Do not crowd the writing at the bottom of apage; take a new page. Pages 21. The pages of a manuscript should be numberedat the top, in Arabic, not Roman numbers. 22. The title should be written at least two inchesfrom the top of the page. Between the title and the firstline of the composition at least an inch should intervene. 23. The first line of each page should stand at leastan inch from the top of the page. 24. There should be a blank margin of at least twoinches at the left side of each page. 25. The right-hand ends of the lines of writing on apage of manuscript should not vary unnecessarily in dis-tance from the edge of the page. The right-hand mar-gin of a manuscript need not be, like that of a printedpage, perfectly straight; but it should not be conspicu-ously straggling in outline. BAD (observe the straggling right-hand margin) : £a£z>%> Ja» v~mA £c PAGES AND PARAGRAPHS 9 Improved (compare the right-hand margin with that of thepreceding copy) :. Paragraphs* 26. In manuscript the first line of every paragraph IncLiuumshould be indented at least an inch — that is, shouldbegin at least an inch farther to the right than lines thatdo not begin paragraphs. WRONG:Right: Mf j*JLl<^* i- Tie rf£U* 1 See Exercise 601. 10 MANUSCRIPT Initial quotation mark 27. When the first word of a paragraph is precededby a quotation mark, the indention should be measuredfrom the margin to the quotation mark, not from themargin to the first word. The following indention is right: Para- 28. A paragraph occupying only one line — , one onePline° consisting of a very few words or of only one word —should be begun at the same distance from the left-handmargin as any other paragraph, as in the fo
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