The Style Book of The Detroit News - Detroit news

INDEX

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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]

Transcriber's Note:

Spelling, grammar and punctuation have been preserved as they appear in the original publication except as follows:

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cartridges and bandages, changed to
cartridges and [bandages.]

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thay are saying changed to
[they] are saying