Prox., Proximo. Next, or the next month.
Q. E. D., Quod erat demonstrandum. Which was to be demonstrated.
R. S. V. P., or R. s. v. p., Répondez, s’il vous plaît. Answer, if you please.
Viz., or viz., Videlicet. Namely, to wit. Videlicet has etymologically about the force of “You see,” or “It can be seen.”
Vs., Versus. Against.
CHAPTER IV
GRAMMATICAL PHASES OF WRITING ENGLISH
The present chapter reviews only those grammatical principles that are sometimes violated by students who have had a year of formal grammar.
Clearness.—If composition is the art of communicating one’s ideas in words, it is certain that clearness is the first requisite of good writing. Clearness, perfect intelligibility, is secured by means innumerable. One secret however of being clear is to regard grammatical usages. If a man is to be understood exactly, he must be grammatical. No one is excepted. “Grammar,” said Molière, “knows how to lord it even over kings.”