PRECISION, SIMPLICITY, EUPHONY

Adams Sherman Hill, professor of rhetoric at Harvard University for nearly 30 years, gives these three rules for good writing:

Precision: Of two forms of expression which may be used in the same sense, that one should be chosen which is susceptible of only one interpretation. Observance of this rule tends to give each word a meaning of its own.

Simplicity: Of two forms of expression which may be used in the same sense, the simpler should be chosen. The simpler a word or phrase, the more likely it is to be understood, and simplicity in language, like simplicity in dress or manners, belongs to the best society.

Euphony: Of two forms of expression which may be used in the same sense, that one should be chosen which is the more agreeable to the ear. It is of course wrong to give undue weight to considerations of euphony, but when no sacrifice is involved it is desirable to avoid an expression that is unusually difficult to pronounce or to substitute for an extremely disagreeable word one that is agreeable to the ear.

FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE WAR

NOTES

INDEX

[A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U][V][W][X][Y]

A
Abbreviations in heads, [10]
rules governing, [42]
about, use of, meaning approximately, [55]
above statement barred, [56]
academy, capitalization of, [17]
Accuracy, [4]-[5]
acts, capitalization of, [19]
actual photographs barred, [35]
a day preferred to per day, [54]
Adjectives, capitalization of, [20]
rules governing, [34]
administered, use of, [30]
administration, capitalization of, [17]
Adverbs, rules governing, [33]
advice confused with advise, [52]
advise confused with advice, [52]
affair, misuse of, [24]
affect confused with effect, [52]
afterward, spelling of, [52]
Ages, writing of, [38]
agreeable preferred to nice, [34]
agreeably to preferred to agreeable to, [33]
Agreement of verbs, [29]
airplane, spelling of, [51]
alarmingly preferred to dangerously, [33]
Alford, Dean, quoted, [57]
Allbutt, Sir Clifford, quoted, [50]
allege not a synonym for say, [30]
alliance, capitalization of, [19]
allies, capitalization of, [19]
Alliteration in heads, [10]
almost preferred to most, [54]
alright barred, [55]
although preferred to while, [28]
a. m., capitalization of, [20]
use of, [38]-[44]
amateur, meaning of, [55]
ambassador, misuse of, [24]
amendment, capitalization of, [19]
among, misused for between, [37]
preferred to amongst, [55]
amongst, prefer among to, [55]
Ampersand, use of, [43]
anesthetic, spelling of, [51]
a number of, prefer several to, [34]
anxious misused for eager, [35]
anybody, use masculine pronoun with, [27]
A. P., leads, [7]
style, [15]
apiece misused for each, [27]
Apostrophe, use of, [22]
appear, use of, intransitively, [29]
approximately preferred to about, [56]
Arab, capitalization of, [20]
armor, spelling of, [52]
armory, capitalization of, [20]
army, abbreviation of titles of, [44]
capitalization of, [19]
organization of, [60]
Articles, in heads, [8]
rules governing, [38]
use of, with names, [45]
artist, avoid feminine form of, [24]
as far as, use of, [33]
misused for that, [28]
long as, use of, [33]
assembly, capitalization of, [18]
Associated Press, see A. P.
associations, capitalization of, [17]
Asterisks, use of, [22]
as yet superfluous, [49]
at the corner of superfluous, [49]
attorney, abbreviation of, [43]
audience, meaning of, [55]
au fait to be avoided, [54]
auger confused with augur, [52]
augur confused with auger, [52]
author, avoid feminine form of, [24]
auto, prefer automobile to, [25]
autoist, prefer motorist to, [24]
automatic pistol preferred to automatic revolver, [55]
automobile preferred to auto, [25]
automobilist, prefer motorist to, [24]
avenue, capitalization of, [20]
awful, meaning of, [35]
ax, spelling of, [51]
axminster, capitalization of, [20]
ayes and noes, spelling of, [51]
B
backward, spelling of, [52]
bacteria, plural of, [24]
balance misused for rest, [25]
Barred by the Sun, [31]
base ball, spelling of, [51]
basket ball, spelling of, [51]
battle, capitalization of, [18]
bay, capitalization of, [18]
bazar, spelling of, [51]
be, forms of, in heads, [9]
omission of, in heads, [10]
Belgians, king of, [46]
Belgium, king of, misused, [46]
Bennett, Arnold, quoted, [23]
beside not to be misused for besides, [37]
besides not to be misused for beside, [37]
better half, prefer wife to, [55]
between not to be misused for among, [37]
Bible, capitalization of, [19]
bills, capitalization of, [19]
birdseye, spelling of, [51]
birth, avoid euphemisms regarding, [50]
birthday, capitalization of, [18]
bishop, use of, [48]
Bleyer, Dr. Willard G., quoted, [6]
blond, spelling of, [51]
body preferred to remains, [50]
Bohemian, capitalization of, [20]
Book sizes, [44]
bought preferred to purchased, [30]
boulevard, capitalization of, [20]
bovine used as adjective, [34]
boy scouts, capitalization of, [20]
breach misused for breech, [52]
Brevity, [2], [22]
bridegroom preferred to groom, [25]
Bromides, [57]
bros., use of, [43]
Budapest, spelling of, [51]
building, capitalization of, [17]
bureau, capitalization of, [17]
burial preferred to interment, [50]
Burke, Edmund, quoted, [16]
but that preferred to but what, [28]
but what misused for but that, [28]
by, book illustrated, artist, [37]
C
cabinet, capitalization of, [17]
cadets, capitalization of, [20]
caliber of guns, punctuation of, [22]
caliber, spelling of, [52]
campfire girls, capitalization of, [20]
canine, use as adjective, [34]
Cannery, [57]
can not, spelling of, [51]
cape, capitalization of, [18]
capital misused for capitol, [52]
Capitalization, rules governing, [17]
capitol misused for capital, [52]
cardinals, how referred to, [48]
Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, [5]
casket, prefer coffin to, [50]
catalog, spelling of, [52]
cello, spelling of, [52]
century, use ordinal with, [38]
certainly, no degrees of, [55]
chamber, of deputies, etc., capitalization, [18]
checks, spelling of, [51]
Chile, spelling of, [51]
Chili, spelling of, [51]
Chinese names, [45]
Christmas preferred to Xmas, [18]
church, capitalization of, [18]
titles, [48]
cigaret, spelling of, [52]
circumstance, meaning of, [24]
cities, abbreviation of, [42]
citizens misused for persons, [24]
City directory, importance of, [5]
City editor, telephone to, [4]
civil war, capitalization of, [18]
claimant misused for clamant, [52]
Clarity, [22]-[58]
Clauses, punctuation of, [22]
Cleanliness of thought, [3]
Clemens, Samuel L., see Mark Twain, [31]
Clock time, how to write, [44]
clubs, capitalization of, [17]
clue, spelling of, [51]
Cobb, Irvin S., quoted, [35]
Cobbett, William, quoted, [34]
coffin preferred to casket, [50]
Collective nouns, [25]
college, capitalization of, [17]
college degrees, abbreviation of, [44]
capitalization of, [19]
collide, only moving objects, [30]
Colon, use of, [22]
capitalization after, [17]
color, spelling of, [52]
of, [49]
comatose, meaning of, [54]
Commas, use of, [22]
compared to, meaning of, [30]
compared with, meaning of, [30]
Complected preferred to complexioned, [55]
Compounds, how formed, [48]
consistently with preferred to consistent with, [33]
condition, bad, preferred to bad shape, [55]
congress, capitalization of, [18]
Conjunctions, punctuation before, [22]
in heads, [8]
rules governing, [28]
consensus of opinion, use of, [49]
consist in misused for consist of, [37]
consist of misused for consist in, [37]
constitution, capitalization of, [20]
consul, confused with ambassador, etc., [24]
confused with counsel, [52]
consummated, when to avoid, [50]
convict, prefer inmate to, [59]
cop barred, [54]
Copy, reading, [6]
preparation of, [7]
Corrections, making, [1]
council confused with counsel, [52]
council chamber, capitalization of, [20]
councilor confused with counselor, [52]
counsel confused with council, [52]
counselor confused with councilor, [52]
county, capitalization of, [18]
coup de grace, use of, [54]
coup d'etat, use of, [54]
couple, misuse of, [24]
courthouse, capitalization of, [20]
courts, capitalization of, [17]
Creed, journalist's, [25]
critically preferred to dangerously, [33]
crown prince, capitalization of, [17]
Cupid, avoid use of, [50]
curb, spelling of, [51]
Curiosity, [4]
Cuttlefish, [7]
czar, capitalization of, [17]
D
damaged, inanimate things are, [30]
Dana, Charles A., quoted, [31], [55]
dancer, avoid feminine form of, [24]
dangerously, prefer alarmingly to, [33]
Dangling participle, [11]
Darwinian theory, [55]
Dash in heads, [10]
data, number of, [24]
Date lines, punctuation and capitalization of, [22]
Dates, how to write, [38]
often called for, [62]
day, capitalization of, [18]
dealt, use of, [30]
death, write simply of, [50]
decalog, spelling of, [52]
deceased, prefer dead man to, [50]
declaration of independence, capitalization of, [18]
decollete, spelling of, [51]
decoration day, capitalization of, [18]
Definite article misused, [38]
defunct, avoid use of, [50]
degree of temperature, use figures for, [38]
abbreviation of, [44]
capitalization of, [19]
deity, capitalization of names and pronouns used for, [19]
democrat, -ic, capitalization of, [18]
denial, use of subjunctive to imply, [29]
Department head, [8]
capitalization of, [17]
departs, prefer leaves to, [30]
depositary confused with depository, [52]
depot, prefer station to, [25]
capitalization of, [20]
de riguer to be avoided, [54]
Derivatives, capitalization of, [20]
Dialect, [14]
dialog, spelling of, [52]
dick to be avoided, [55]
Diction, [14]
Dictionary, get interested in, [16]
sanctions nothing, [50]
different, when superfluous, [49]
different from, preferred to different to, [37]
Dimensions, how to write, [38]
dip to be avoided, [55]
dispatch, spelling of, [51]
distance of superfluous, [49]
dive, past tense of, [30]
dived preferred to dove, [30]
divine to be avoided as noun, [24]
Do and don't, [54]
dominion day, capitalization of, [18]
don't, use of, [44]
Double meaning in heads, [10]
Doubling up have's, [31]
dove, prefer dived to, [30]
Dr., use of, [48]
draft, spelling of, [51]
drouth, spelling of, [51]
duke, capitalization of, [17]
Duke of Argyll, quoted, [22]
duma, capitalization of, [18]
spelling of, [51]
E
each, preferred to apiece, [27]
use masculine pronoun with, [27]
eager preferred to anxious, [35]
East, -ern, -erner, capitalization of, [18]
Editing copy, [6]
Editorial head, [8]
effect confused with affect, [52]
E. G., use of, [44]
either, use of, [27]
emigrant confused with immigrant, [52]
Emperor, capitalization of, [17]
employe, spelling of, [51]
Ending a sentence with to, [29]
End-mark, use of, [7]
English money, abbreviation of, [44]
entente, capitalization of, [19]
enthuse to be avoided, [30]
entirely completed, use of, [49]
envoy, use of, [24]
Epithets, capitalization of, [19]
equally well, use of, [49]
Errors in grammar, [11]
Eskimo, spelling of, [51]
esthetic, spelling of, [51]
et al., use of, [54]
Ethics of the profession, [5]
Euphony, [71]
event, use of, [24]
Events, names of notable, capitalization of, [18]
every, use masculine pronoun with, [27]
ex-, use of, [17]
Exception proves the rule, [55]
F
facsimile, use of, [51]
Facts, [2], [4], [8]
faker misused for fakir, [52]
fakir misused for faker, [52]
farther distinguished from further,

[33]
favor, spelling of, [52]
fearful, meaning of, [35]
Feature heads, [8]
feel, use of, intransitively, [29]
feline misused as a noun, [34]
Feminine forms of words, [24]
fiance and fiancee, use of, [54]
Fictitious names, capitalization of, [19]
Figures, beginning a story, [7]
rules governing, [38]
punctuation of, [22]
Filipino, spelling of, [51]
Fine writing, [4], [14]
Firm names, use of, [42]
first of series, writing of, [55]
First three years of the war, [72]–[74]
flag, capitalization of, [19]
Flaubert, Camille, quoted, [61]
floral offerings, use of, [50]
flowers, use of, [50]
follow copy, use of phrase, [7]
foot ball, spelling of, [51]
Force, [58]
forecast, past tense of, [31]
forecasted, prefer forecast to, [31]
foregoing statement, use of, [56]
Foreign phrases, [2], [14], [54]
former, capitalization of, [17]
fort, abbreviation of, [42]
forward, spelling of, [52]
Fourth of July, capitalization of, [18]
Fr., use of, [48]
frisk, misuse of, [55]
from misused with diseases, [37]
when to omit, [37]
Front page paper, [2]
funeral, terms referring to, [50]
further distinguished from farther, [33]
future before him, phrase to avoid, [49]
G
gaiety, spelling of, [51]
gaily, spelling of, [51]
Game, newspaper work as a, [3]
garden, capitalization of, [18]
gat, misuse of, [55]
gatling, capitalization of, [20]
gentleman, use of, [25]
Geographical terms, capitalization of, [18]
Girls, protection of good name of, [54]
goodby, spelling of, [51]
government, capitalization of, [17]
governor, capitalization of, [17]
Grace, [58]
Grammar, [11]
bad, not funny, [14]
Grievance, treatment of reader with a, [2]
grim reaper to be avoided, [50]
groom misused for bridegroom, [25]
guarantee misused for guaranty, [51]
guillotine, capitalization of, [20]
grows smaller, misuse of, [55]
gun, misuse of, [55]
H
Hackneyed phrases, [57]
hall, capitalization of, [17]
Handles, name, [45]
hang, past tense of, [31]
hanged, use of, [31]
happen, use of, [30]
happening, use of, [24]
Heads, [8]
heart disease, use of, [50]
failure, use of, [50]
Hebrew, rules governing use of, [46]
he or she, avoid, [27]
healthful, use of, [35]
healthy, use of, [35]
Herculean, capitalization of, [20]
high noon, avoid, [49]
high school, capitalization of, [19]
highway, capitalization of, [20]
Hill, Adams Sherman, quoted, [71]
Hindu, spelling of, [51]
his or her, avoid, [27]
hoard confused with horde, [52]
hoi polloi, use of, without article, [49]
holidays, capitalization of, [18]
holy names, places, events, etc., capitalization of, [19]
home preferred to residence, [25]
homeopathic, spelling of, [51]
horde confused with hoard, [52]
hospital, capitalization of, [17]
hotel, capitalization of, [17]
house, of representatives, etc., capitalization of, [18]
Hull, Palmer, etc., capitalization of, [17]
preferred to residence, [25]
Howells, William Dean, quoted, [14]
human used as adjective, [34]
hung, use of, [31]
Hymen, avoid use of, [50]
Hyphens, use of, [22]
I
I, when barred, [27]
-ics, nouns ending in, [24]
i. e., use of, [44]
if misused for whether, [28]
Illustration head, [8]
illy, never use, [33]
immigrant confused with emigrant, [52]
immoral confused with unmoral, [52]
Impersonal viewpoint, [5]
in a street, prefer on a street to, [37]
incident, meaning of, [24]
Indefinite figures, [38]
Indentions, [7]
india rubber, capitalization of, [20]
in distinguished from into, [37]
Infinitives, split, [29]
time of, [29]
injured, inanimate things not, [30]
inmate preferred to convict, [59]
in order to, avoid use of, [49]
insanitary misused for unsanitary, [52]
Institutions, Michigan, [59]
Instructions, to reporters, [4]
to copy readers, [6]
Interlining, [7]
interment, use of, [50]
Interrogation point, use of, [22]
into distinguished from in, [37]
invited guest, misuse of, [49]
I O U written without periods, [43]
island, capitalization of, [18]
isthmus, capitalization of, [18]
item used for story, [55]
its distinguished from it's, [27]
J
Jew, use of, [46]
Journalist's creed, [25]
judge, capitalization of, [17]
distinguished from justice, [55]
junior, abbreviation of, [43]
capitalization of, [18]
justice, capitalization of, [17]
distinguished from judge, [55]
of supreme court, [56]
K
kaiser, capitalization of, [17]
Khartum, spelling of, [51]
kiddies, avoid use of, [54]
kidnaped, spelling of, [51]
kids, use of, [54]
kind of not followed by article, [38]
king, capitalization of, [17]
with Roman numerals, [38]
knight, use of title of, [46]
Knight Templar, plural of, [52]
Korea, spelling of, [51]
L
Labor Day, capitalization of, [18]
lady, use of, [25]
la grippe, omit article with, [49]
lane, capitalization of, [20]
late, the, use of, [50]
latitude, use figures to express, [38]
Law of libel, [3], [64]-[71]
laws, capitalization of, [19]
lay, use of, [29]-[30]
Leaders, use of, [22]
Leads, [7]
A. P., [15]
leaves preferred to departs, [30]
legislative bodies, capitalization of, [18]
legislature, capitalization, [18]
Leipzig, spelling of, [51]
lend preferred to loan, [30]
lengthy, prefer long to, [34]
lessen confused with lesson, [52]
Libel laws, [3], [64]-[71]
liable misused for likely, [33]
Liberal, capitalization of, [18]
lie, use of, [29]-[30]
lieutenant-governor, capitalization of, [17]
like misused as conjunction, [28]
likely preferred to liable, [33]
live at hotel preferred to stop at hotel, [30]
lives preferred to reside, [30]
livid, use of, [35]
loan, prefer lend to, [30]
localities, capitalization of names of, [18]
long preferred to lengthy, [34]
Longfellow, Henry W., quoted, [11]
longitude, use figures with, [38]
long way, spelling of, [52]
look, use of, intransitively, [29]
lurid, use of, [35]
M
M in heads, [9]
macadam, capitalization of, [20]
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, quoted, [51]
maize confused with maze, [52]
majority, meaning of, [24]
man preferred to gentleman, [25]
maneuver, spelling of, [51]
many preferred to a number of, [34]
Margins, [7]
marriage confused with wedding, [50]
master to be avoided, [45]
may in heads, [10]
mayor, capitalization of, [17]
maze confused with maize, [52]
medieval, spelling of, [51]
memoranda, number of, [24]
Metric system, [40]-[41]
Metier, learning the, [6]
Mich., use of, [43]
Michigan Institutions, [59]
middle west, capitalization of, [18]
Military titles, punctuation of, [19]
capitalization of, [19]
abbreviation of, [44]
minister, diplomatic, [24]
of gospel, [48]
miraculous escape, avoid use of, [56]
Misspelled names, [45]
Mohammed, spelling of, [51]
Money, sums of, [24]
how written, [38]
English, abbreviation of, [44]
months, abbreviation of, [44]
more certain to be avoided, [55]
most misused for almost, [54]
Most Rev., use of, [48]
motor car preferred to auto, [25]
motorist preferred to autoist, [24]
mount, abbreviation of, [42]
murder not always barred, [54]
Mrs. Judge, use of, barred, [45]
N
Names, abbreviation of, [43]
connected, capitalization of, [20]
holy, capitalization of, [19]
of railroads, [52]
rules governing use of, [45]
rules governing capitalization of, [17]
nationalities, capitalization of, [19]
navy, abbreviation of titles of, [44]
capitalization of, [19]
organization of, [60]
nearby, spelling of, [51]
nee, use of, [34]
Negatives in heads, [10]
neither, use of, [27]
Newburgh, spelling of, [52]
new recruit to be avoided, [49]
News, aim of, The, [1]
capitalization of The, [19]
Newspapers, capitalization, of names of, [19]
New Year's, capitalization of, [18]
New York Sun, words barred by the, [31]
nice, prefer agreeable to, [34]
Nicknames, use of, [45]
capitalization of, [19]
No., use of, [43]
nobody preferred to not anybody, [27]
no one preferred to not any one, [27]
nom de guerre in good usage, [54]
nom de plume to be avoided, [54]
north, -ern, -erner, capitalization of, [18]
Nouns, rules governing, [24]
novice, meaning of, [55]
Numbers, rules governing, [38]
punctuation of, [22]
street, [22], [38]
O
O, use of, [55]
obsequies to be avoided, [50]
Observation, [23]
obtain preferred to secure, [30]
occasionally, use of, [33]
occur, use of, [30]
occurrence, meaning of, [24]
ocean, capitalization of, [18]
off from, prefer off to, [37]
off of, prefer off to, [37]
off, use of, [37]
of when used with diseases, [37]
oh, use of, [55]
O. K., use of, [20]
old adage to be avoided, [49]
Old Glory, capitalization of, [19]
old veterans to be avoided, [49]
on a street preferred to in a street, [37]
on the part of to be avoided, [37]
only, beware of, [33]
Ordinals, [38]
orient, capitalization of, [17]
oriental, capitalization of, [20]
Originality, [61]
Oslerian theory, [55]
over a signature to be avoided, [37]
Overscore n, [7]
P
pajamas, spelling of, [51]
Panamans, spelling of, [52]
pants, prefer trousers to, [55]
painfully, when to avoid, [33]
paraphernalia, number of, [24]
parcel post, spelling of, [51]
paris green, capitalization of, [20]
park, capitalization of, [18]
parliament, capitalization of, [18]
parlor, capitalization of, [18]
parlous, prefer perilous to, [35]
Participial construction, [24]
Participle, dangling, [11]
Particles, capitalization of, in foreign names, [20]
parties, political, capitalization of, [18]
political, abbreviation of, [44]
partly completed to be avoided, [49]
party misused for person, [24]
Paste sheets, do not, [7]
pasteurize, capitalization of, [20]
pen name preferred to nom de plume, [54]
people misused for persons, [24]
per, use of, [54]
per cent, use of, [38], [54]
per day, prefer a day to, [54]
perilous preferred to parlous, [35]
Period, use of, [22]
ring, [7]
periodicals, capitalization, of names of, [19]
person preferred to party, [24]
phenomena, number of, [24]
philistine, capitalization of, [20]
philippic, capitalization of, [20]

phone, prefer telephone to, [25]
Phrases, holy, capitalization of, [19]
pianist, avoid feminine form of, [24]
Pictorial power of words, [16]
pistol confused with revolver, [55]
Pittsburgh, spelling of, [52]
place, capitalization of, [20]
platonic, capitalization of, [20]
plead, past tense of, [31]
pleaded preferred to pled, [31]
pled, prefer pleaded to, [31]
plow, spelling of, [51]
plurality, meaning of, [24]
p. m., use of, [38], [44]
capitalization of, [20]
poet, avoid feminine form of, [24]
Poisons, use of names of, [54]
pole, capitalization of, [18]
police court, capitalization of, [20]
policeman preferred to cop, [54]
poorhouse, capitalization of, [20]
port, abbreviation of, [42]
Porto Rico, spelling of, [51]
possibly, redundant with may, [49]
Post, New York Evening, quoted, [58]
postoffice, capitalization of, [20]
preachers, use of, [48]
precinct, capitalization of, [18]
Precision, [71]
Preparing copy, [7]
Prepositions in heads, [8]
rules governing, [37]
present incumbent to be avoided, [49]
present tense, heads in, [8], [10]
president, abbreviation of, [8]
capitalization of, [17]
preventative, prefer preventive to, [24]
previously to preferred to previous to, [33]
Prices written in figures, [38]
priest, use of, [48]
princes, capitalization of, [17]
principal confused with principle, [52]
Prison record, do not print, [59]
procure preferred to secure, [30]
Profanity, use of, [3]
professor, use of, [45]
program, spelling of, [52]
progressive, capitalization of, [18]
prone, meaning of, [54]
Pronouns, rules governing, [27]
Proper nouns and derivatives, capitalization of, [20]
prophecy confused with prophesy, [52]
proportion preferred to per cent, [24]
proven, prefer proved to, [30]
pseudonym preferred to nom de plume, [54]
Punctuation, in heads, [10]
inside quotation marks, [23]
rules governing, [22]
purchased, prefer bought to, [30]
Q
Question mark, use of, [2]
Quotation marks, in heads, [10]
use of, [23]
Quotations misapplied, [55]
verify, [56]
R
rabbi, use of, [48]
racing time written in figures, [38]
races, capitalization of, [19]
raise, use of, [29], [30]
Reading copy, [6]
recorder, definition of, [55]
reformation, capitalization of, [18]
regular monthly meeting to be avoided, [49]
reichstag, capitalization of, [18]
relieved of, prefer robbed of to, [30]
religious denominations, capitalization of, [18]
remains, prefer body to, [18]
render to be avoided, [55]
repertory, spelling of, [51]
Reporters, instructions to, [4]
kept out of story, [54]
republican, capitalization of, [18]
Reputation, woman's, [3]
residence, prefer home to, [25]
rest preferred to balance, [25]
resides, prefer lives to, [30]
Rev., use of, [48]
revolution, capitalization of, [18]
revolver misused for pistol, [55]
rise, use of, [29], [30]
river, capitalization of, [18]
road, capitalization of, [20]
robbed of preferred to relieved of, [20]
Roman numerals, use of, [38]
table of, [39]
room, capitalization of, [18]
Ross, Charles G., quoted, [6], [8]
S
sable hearse to be avoided, [50]
sad rites to be avoided, [50]
saint, abbreviation of, [44]
same, the, use of, [27]
Savior, spelling of, [52]
Scores written in figures, [38]
Scriptural texts, how to write, [44]
sear confused with sere, [52]
seasons, capitalization of, [20]
sections of states, etc., capitalization of, [18]
secure, prefer obtain to, [30]
seer confused with sear, [52]
Semicolons, use of, [22]
senate, capitalization of, [18]
senior, abbreviation of, [43]
capitalization of, [18]
sere confused with seer, [52]
set, use of, [29], [30]
several preferred to a number of, [34]
sewage, meaning of, [24]
sewer, meaning of, [24]
sewerage, meaning of, [24]
Shakespeare, spelling of, [51]
Shakespearean, spelling of, [51]
shape, prefer condition to, [55]
ship body to be avoided, [50]
sight confused with site, [52]
signature, write under a, [37]
sine qua non to be avoided, [54]
sit, use of, [29], [30]
site confused with sight, [52]
skilful, spelling of, [51]
Simplicity, [2], [4], [5], [11], [71]
Sincerity, [5]
Slang, use of, [55]
punctuation of, [23]
smell, use of, intransitively, [29]
socialist, -ic, capitalization of, [18]
societies, capitalization of, [17]
socratic, capitalization of, [20]
so far as to be avoided, [33]
so followed by negative, [33]
solemn black to be avoided, [50]
so long as, use of, [33]
some, barred as adverb, [33]
prefer somewhat to, [33]
somebody, use masculine pronoun with, [27]
somewhat preferred to some, [33]
sort of, omit article after, [38]
S O S, punctuation of, [43]
so that to be avoided, [49]
sound, use of, intransitively, [29]
Sources of information, [4]
south, -ern, -erner, capitalization of, [18]
Space, triple, [7]
spectators, meaning of, [55]
Spelling, [51]
Split infinitives, [29]
square, capitalization of, [18]
Stars and Bars, capitalization of, [19]
Stars and Stripes, capitalization of, [19]
States, abbreviations of, [42]
station, preferred to depot, [25]
capitalization of, [20]
Statistics, use figures in, [38]
vital, [50]
Stevenson, Robert Louis, quoted, [6]
stocks, capitalization of names of, [19]
stop at hotel to be avoided, [30]
stork, avoid reference to, [50]
story, prefer item to, [55]
street, capitalization of, [20]
strata, number of, [24]
street numbers, writing of, [38]
punctuation of, [22]
sturm und drang to be avoided, [54]
subpena, spelling of, [51]
Subjunctive, use of, [29]
such, use of, as pronoun, [27]
suffraget, spelling of, [52]
suicide, when to use, [54]
sultan, capitalization of, [17]
Sun, the New York, words barred by, [31]
Superfluous words, [49]
Superlatives to be avoided, [34]
supine, meaning of, [54]
supreme court, capitalization of, [17]
Synonyms, search for, [16]
in heads, [8]
misuse of, [14]
T
take place, use of, [30]
technic, spelling of, [51]
telephone preferred to phone, [25]
temperature, how to write, [38]
terrace, capitalization of, [20]
terrible, meaning of, [35]
testimony, punctuation of, [23]
Thanksgiving Day, capitalization of, [18]
that, barred as adverb, [33]
preferred to as, [28]
use of, [28]
the, capitalization of, [17]
theater, capitalization of, [17]
spelling of, [52]
Thesaurus, use of, [58]
these sort misused, [27]
things, names of notable, capitalization of, [18]
this barred as adverb, [33]
thither to be avoided, [55]
Three rules, [22]
Tibet, spelling of, [51]
timber, spelling of, [52]
Time, how to write, [38]
tires, spelling of, [51]
Titles, capitalization of, [17]
church, [49]
punctuation of, [19]
rules governing, [45]
to, different, barred, [37]
in infinitives, [29]
things compared, [30]
today, spelling of, [51]
toga, misuse of, [55]
Tolstoy, spelling of, [51]
tomorrow, spelling of, [51]
tory, capitalization of, [18]
totally destroyed to be avoided, [49]
tots to be avoided, [54]
toward, spelling of, [52]
trade unions, plural of, [51]
transpire, meaning of, [30]
treaties, capitalization of, [19]
triple entente, etc., capitalization of, [19]
Trite phrases, [58]
trousers preferred to pants, [55]
true facts to be avoided, [49]
Truth, [2], [5], [14]
Turgenieff, spelling of, [51]
turn over preferred to turn turtle, [30]
Twain, Mark, quoted, [31]
tying, spelling of, [51]
U
under a signature preferred, [37]
Underscore u, [7]
union, -ist, capitalization of, [18]
Union Jack, capitalization of, [19]
Unit lines in heads, [9]
university, capitalization of, [19]
unless preferred to without, [28]
unmoral confused with immoral [52]
unsanitary confused with insanitary, [52]
Untruth, [2]
upper peninsula, etc., capitalization of, [18]
utopia, capitalization of, [20]
V
varsity, punctuation of, [52]
Verbs, in heads, [9]
rules governing, [29]
very, eschew the word, [34]
Very Rev., use of, [48]
vice-president, capitalization of, [17]
viceroy, capitalization of, [17]
violinist, avoid feminine form of, [24]
Vital statistics, [50]
viz., use of, [44]
Vocabulary, broaden the, [16]
votes, use figures for, [38]
vilify, spelling of, [51]
vying, spelling of, [51]
W
want preferred to wish, [30]
War, first three years of, [72]-[74]
ward, capitalization of, [18]
war, capitalization of, [18]
W in heads, [9]
wages, number of, [55]
way, capitalization of, [20]
Way to become original, [61]
we, editorial, use of, [55]
Webster, Edward Harlan, quoted, [16]
Webster's dictionary, [48]
wedding confused with marriage, [50]
Weights and measures, [40]
weird, use of, [35]
well known, use of, [49]
west, -ern, -erner, capitalization of, [18]
whether, or not, [49]
preferred to if, [28]
while misused for although, [28]
preferred to whilst, [55]
whilst to be avoided, [55]
whisky, spelling of, [51]
White House, capitalization of, [20]
whither to be avoided, [55]
Whitman, Walt, quoted, [4]
wholesome preferred to healthful, [35]
who, use of, [28]
whom, use of, [27]
widow, use of, [50]
widow woman to be avoided, [49]
wife, use of, [50], [55]
Wilkes-Barre, spelling of, [51]
Williams, Walter, quoted, [25]
wish preferred to want, [30]
with, book illustrated, sketches, [37]
things compared, [30]
without misused for unless, [28]
woman preferred to lady, [25]
Women, protection of good name of, [54]
Words, pictorial power of, [16]
superfluous, [49]
woolly, spelling of, [51]
world series, spelling of, [51]
X
Xmas, prefer Christmas to, [44]
Y
years, punctuation of, [22]
Your audience, [35]