The Century Handbook of Writing
Garland Greever; Easley S. Jones
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  • Figures, Use of, [84]
  • Figures of speech, Mixed, [35]
  • Final consonant (in spelling), [75]
  • Final e before a suffix, [76]
  • Fine, Abuse of, [68]
  • Fine writing, [61]
  • Flowery language, [61]
  • Formal invitations, [87h]
  • Former, [68]
  • Gent, [68]
  • Geographical names, [91e]
  • Gerund
    • Dangling, [23]
    • Defined, [58]
    • With possessive, [50g]
  • Good use, [65], [66]
  • Gotten, [68]
  • Grammar, [50]-[59]
  • Grammatical terms, [58]
  • Guess,[68]
  • Hackneyed expressions, [61]
  • Had ought, [68]
  • Handwriting, [80c]
  • Hanged and hung, [67]
  • Healthy and healthful, [67]
  • Historical present, [33 Note]
  • However, Position of, [27]
  • Human, humans, [68]
  • Hygienic and sanitary, [67]
  • Hyphen
    • Between syllables, [85]
    • In compound words, [78]
  • Idioms, [65]
  • Illogical thought, [4], [5], [6], [7]
  • Imagery mixed, [35]
  • Impersonal construction, Needless use of, [60]
  • Improprieties, [66]
  • Incomplete construction, [2]
  • Indefinite it, you, they, [22 Note]
  • Indention of paragraphs, [88]
  • Inflection, [58]
  • Infinitive
    • Case with, [50e]
    • Defined, [58]
    • Sign of, to be repeated, [37]
    • Split, [28]
    • Tense of, [55]
  • Instants and instance, [67]
  • Interjections
    • Defined, [58]
    • Punctuation of, [91c], [98e]
  • Invitations, Formal, [87h]
  • Is when clauses, [6]
  • Is where clauses, [6]
  • Italics, [82], [96e]
  • Its (possessive adjective), without apostrophe, [50f], [97d]
  • Kind of, [68]
  • Later and latter, [67]
  • Lead and led, [67]
  • Learn and teach, [67]
  • Leave and let, [67]
  • Length of paragraph, [88b]
  • Length of sentences, [12], [13], [48b]
  • Less and fewer, [67]
  • Letters, [87]
  • Liable and likely, [67]
  • Lie and lay, [59D], [67]
  • Like (for as), [67], [68]
  • List
    • Of connectives, [36]
    • Of principal parts, [54]
    • Of grammatical terms, [58]
    • Of words confused in meaning, [67]
    • Of words incorrectly used, [68]
    • Of words logically akin, [72]
    • Of words confused in spelling, [73]
    • For spelling, [79]
  • Loan, [68]
  • Locate, [68]
  • Logic, [4], [5], [6], [7]
  • Logical Agreement, [4], [5], [6]
  • Logical Sequence, [25]
  • Lose and loose, [67]
  • Lots of, [68]
  • Majority and plurality, [67]
  • Manuscript, [80]
  • Might of, [68]
  • Misplaced word, [27]
  • Mixed constructions, [34]
  • Mixed imagery, [35]
  • Modal aspects, [58]
  • Mode
    • Definition of, [58]
    • Use of subjunctive, [55d]
  • Modifiers
    • Grouping of, [24], [25]
    • Needless separation of, [24], [27]
    • Squinting, [26]
    • Wrongly used as sentences, [1], [90b]
  • Money, [84c]
  • Most (for almost), [66], [68]
  • Myself, Needlessly used for I or me, [68]
  • Negative, Double, [34 Note]
  • Neither, Number of, [51a]
  • Neither ... nor, [31]
  • Nice, Inaccurate use of, [62], [68]
  • Nicknames, Quotations with, [96d]
  • Not only ... but also, [31]
  • Nouns, Classes of, [58]
  • Number
    • Shift in, [33]
    • These kind, etc., [51b]
    • Each, Every, etc., [51a]
    • Collective nouns, [51c]
    • Of verbs, [52]
  • Numbers, Use of, [84]
    • Formation of plural, [77d], [97e]
  • O and Oh, [68]
  • Objective case, [50d], [50e]
  • Off of, [68]
  • Omission
    • Of words, [3]
    • From quotations, [96i]
  • Only, Position of, [27]
  • Outlines, [86]
  • Overlapping thought, [8 Note]
  • Owing to, Proper use of, [5 Note]
  • Paragraphs, [88]
  • Parallel structure, [30], [31], [45]
  • Parenthesis and parenthetical elements, [91e], [94a], [95]
  • Participle
    • Dangling, [23]
    • Definition of, [58]
  • Parts of speech, [58]
  • Party, Abuse of, [68]
  • Passive voice, not emphatic, [46]
  • Past tense, Wrong forms of, [54]
  • Past perfect tense, [55]
  • Period, [90], [91b], [92a Note]
    • After quotation, [96g Note]
    • Not used after question mark, [98b]
    • "Period blunder," [1], [90b]
  • Periodic sentence, [43]
  • Person, Change in, [33]
  • Phonetic spelling, [71 Note]
  • Phrases
    • Defined, [58]
    • Not to be used as sentences, [1 Note]
    • Absolute, [91e]
  • Plurals, Spelling of, [77]
  • Poetry to be separated from prose, [41], [80b]
  • Point of view, Shift in, [32]
  • Ponderous language, [60]
  • Possessive
    • With gerund, [50g]
    • Apostrophe with, [50f], [97]
    • Inanimate objects in, [50h]
  • Practical and practicable, [67]
  • Predicate adjective, [58]
  • Predicate noun, [58]
  • Prefixes, [72]
  • Prepositions
    • Defined, [58]
    • Omitted, [3], [37]
    • Repeated carelessly, [38]
  • Principal parts, [54]
  • Principal and principle, [67]
  • Pronouns
    • Agreement with antecedent, [50i]
    • Case of, [50]
    • Kinds of, [58]
    • Reference of, [20], [21], [22]
    • Wrong use of myself, yourself, for I, me, you, [68]
  • Pronunciation as a guide to spelling, [71]
  • Proof and evidence, [67]
  • Proposition, Synonyms for, [62]
  • Proven, [68]
  • Pseudo- and quasi-, [67]