This has bothered me all morning, because-- you know-- I am all about authority! Just ask the experts!
Fortunately, the two
page 352 of Harbrace Handbook of English by John C. Hodges. 1941. Harcourt, Brace and Company: New York, Chicago |
A. subheadings of the first degree
1. subheadings of the second degree
a. subheadings of the third degree
(1). subheadings of the fourth degree
I could be wrong, but I remember MSWord offering a choice of the parenthetical subheading. Of course, that's when I used MSWord back in the
BONUS below
It's only fair of me to note that the infallible source, Wikipedia, has a fairly decent entry on outlining which presents several subordination schemes down to the fifth and sixth levels. You would think that I should have checked Wikipedia first-- think of the time I'd have saved! But look what I would have missed:
EE 440 Take Home Blue Book ... 12/14/56 |
Note that Paul's English text is eleven years old! English Composition sure did change slowly back in the
You just don't find BONUSES
[Interestingly, the take home exam was folded and tucked away between the page of Appendix A, Glossary of Faulty Diction. "The use of like as a conjunction for as or as if is not good usage."]
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* I failed to provide citation information for the two crappy old books shown in the previous post.
Left: The Writing of English (Complete Edition), Manly, Rickert, and Freeman. 1929. Henry Holt and Company: New York
Right: Prentice-Hall Handbook for Writers, Second Edition, Leggett, Mead, and Charvat. 1954. Prentice-Hall, Inc.: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
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