TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES—PART VI, NO. 32

WORD STUDY
AND
ENGLISH GRAMMAR

A PRIMER of INFORMATION ABOUT
WORDS THEIR RELATIONS
AND THEIR USES

BY

FREDERICK W. HAMILTON, LL.D.

EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR
UNITED TYPOTHETÆ OF AMERICA

PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA
1918

Copyright, 1918
United Typothetae of America
Chicago, Ill.

PREFACE

This volume, and those which follow it in Part VI of this series, is acompilation from various sources. The occasion does not call for anoriginal treatise, but it does call for something somewhat differentfrom existing text-books. The books prepared for school use are tooacademic and too little related to the specific needs of the apprenticeto serve the turn of those for whom this book is intended. On the otherhand the books for writers and printers are as a rule too advanced forthe best service to the beginner. The authors of this Part, therefore,have tried to compile from a wide range of authorities such material aswould be suited to the needs and the experience of the young apprentice.

The "Rules for the Use and Arrangement of Words" are taken with somemodifications from "How to Write Clearly," Edwin A. Abbott, Boston;Roberts Bros. This is a very excellent little book but is now, Ibelieve, out of print. The tables of irregular verbs are the same asthose used in "English Grammar for Common Schools," Robert C. and Thomas Metcalf, New York; American Book Co.

The student is recommended to study some good grammar with great care.There are many good grammars. The one used in the schools in theapprentice's locality will probably do as well as any.

The student should learn to use the dictionary intelligently and shouldaccustom himself to using it freely and frequently.

The student should also learn to use words correctly and freely. Thereare many good books devoted to the study of words, some of which oughtto be easily available. One of the latest and one of the best is"Putnam's Word Book" published by Putnams, New York. It costs about a dollar and a half.

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