Letter writing: introductory remarks on, 114; rules for, 115–125; examples of correct, 126–128; the signature, 122–123; envelope, 123–124; postal cards, 125; in general, 125; business, formal, informal, treatment of, 115–122.
Letters (correspondence): capitalization, punctuation, etc., rules for, 11, 12, 29; dates, where placed and when capitalized, 30; postal regulations, 129–141.
Letters: use of dash to indicate omission of, 13; use of apostrophe to indicate omission of, 19; used to mark divisions in enumerations, to be set in parentheses, 18; spacing of superior and inferior, 59.
“Liable,” distinguished from _likely_, 107.
Literary references: minor subdivisions, not capitalized, 28.
“Locate,” distinguished from _settle_, 107.
“Luxuriant,” distinguished from _luxurious_, 107.
Mail matter: first class, defined, 129; second class, 129; third class, 130; fourth class, 131; wrapping of, 132; forwarding of, 132; what cannot be mailed, 132; concealed matter, 133; domestic rates, 134; foreign rates, 134; rates for Cuba, Mexico, Canada, and Panama, 135; foreign parcels post, 136; money orders, 137; international money orders, 137; registered, domestic, and foreign, 138; special delivery, 139; postal distances and time from New York, 140.
“Man,” compounds with, 49. _See_ under _Gentleman_.
Manuscript: how to indicate capitals in, 30; italics in, 64.
Manutius, Aldus: relation to punctuation of, 3; designer of italic types, 62.
Measures: tables of, and general rules for, 149–160; linear, 150; square, 150; dry, 150; liquid, 150; paper, 151; time, 151; circular, 151; cloth, 151; mariners’, 151; surveyors’, 151; cubic, 152; British, 152; electrical, 155; builders’, 157; of timber and wood, 157; grain, 157; hay, 158; yard, 158; of barrels, 159; in the British Dependencies, 159; in European countries, 159–160.
Medical: signs, list of, 92; capitalization of, terms, 23.
“Memoranda,” plural of _memorandum_, 109.
Metric system: of weights and measures, 149; of equivalents, 152.
Military bodies, numbers of, spelled out, 32.
Miscellaneous terms, abbreviations of, 81–89.
Monetary signs, abbreviations of, 90–91; spacing of, 60.
Months of year: capitalization of, 23; numbers preceding spelled out, 32; abbreviations of, 65–66.