without: This, as used for “except” or “unless” is at the present day a vulgarism. “Without you intend business, do not call”; say, unless.
witness. Compare [SEE].
woman. Compare [LADY].
worse: An adverb sometimes used for more; as, “He disliked tea worse than coffee”: a vulgarism.
worst kind: For much or extremely; as, “I need (or want) a new pen the worst kind”: a vulgarism, besides equivocally suggesting “the worst kind of a pen.”
would better. Compare [HAD BETTER].
would say: A hackneyed expression used by many commercial correspondents; inelegant and useless.
would seem should not be used for “seems.”
wrath. Compare [TEMPER].