Cautions Against the Use of Incorrect English.
13. Use the adjective in expressing condition, appearance, quality, or kind. (Use the adj. to modify a noun or a pronoun.) 14. Use the adverb in expressing manner or degree. 15. Use less to denote size or quantity; use fewer to denote number. 16. Omit the article before a noun used in a general sense. 17. Use the article before a noun used in a particular sense. 18. Before two or more words denoting the same object, use the article but once. 19. If the different words denote objects to be distinguished use the article with each word. 20. Place a modifier where it will affect only the element to be modified. 21. Do not use of between both or all and its noun. 22. Use next to the noun the adjective of broadest signification; or, the one denoting the quality most easily recognized. 23. Avoid using an adverb between the parts of an infinitive.