Offices not able to carry out the code as set forth in detail in these pages, should make notes of deviations, abiding by such portions of the code as their equipments make possible. By a few interlineations, notations, etc., or by an office card of deviations this work will be made useful even where it is not followed to the letter.
[78.] Wave-lines, etc. The custom is almost too well known to record that one line under a word or words means that the underscored matter is to be set in italics, that two lines mean small capitals, and that three signify capitals. Similarly, a wave-line under a word or words means that the portions of the manuscript thus underscored are to be set in lower-case bold-faced type. Two wave-lines under matter mean that it is to be set in bold-faced capitals. A single line down the left side of matter means that it is to be set in type smaller than the body of the article, and two lines indicate that the matter is to be set in type of still smaller face.
[79.] Writers’ Absurdities. Book-offices have their own intricacies of style, with the additional bother of having to suit the varying whims of authors and publishers. “Many men of many minds” write for the papers, but their various whims need not be humored as those of book-writers need be. Authors of books frequently insist upon having things their own way, and too often the printers have to make that way for them, in opposition to what the authors write. This is certainly something for which the authors should be made to pay. If an author is determined to have certain matters of style conform to a certain set of whims, or even of good, logical opinions, he should write accordingly, or pay extra for the necessary changes. Teall.
[80.] Work of Stenographers. If stenographers would master the principles of the system explained herein they would increase their efficiency. As conducted nowadays there is great lack of system in the work turned out by stenographers and others who use typewriting machines.
Though many of the principles and rules herein set forth are with reference to the work of printing-houses, the fact remains that the principles that make for good printing make also for good composition in general. The De Vinne system should be mastered by typewriters, and used by them on all work that is left to their own judgment.
[81.] Words Spelled Anew. There has been considerable recent (September, 1906) discussion of the reformed spelling as recommended by the Simplified Spelling Board, of New York City. The list has been recommended by eminent scholars of both Europe and America, and many of the words have been in general use for many years. In adopting the list recently, President Roosevelt said: “It is not an attack on the language of Shakespeare and Milton, because it is in some instances a going back to the forms they used, and in others merely the extension of changes which, as regards other words, have taken place since their time. It is not an attempt to do anything far-reaching or sudden or violent, or, indeed, anything very great at all. It is merely an attempt to cast what slight weight can properly be cast on the side of the popular forces which are endeavoring to make our spelling a little less foolish and fantastic.”
82. THREE HUNDRED WORDS.
The complete list is as follows:
| Use | Instead of |
|---|
| abridgment | abridgement |
| accouter | accoutre |
| accurst | accursed |
| acknowledgment | acknowledgement |
| addrest | addressed |
| adz | adze |
| affixt | affixed |
| altho | although |
| anapest | anapaest |
| anemia | anaemia |
| anesthesia | anaesthesia |
| anesthetic | anaesthetic |
| antipyrin | antipyrine |
| antitoxin | antitoxine |
| apothem | apothegm |
| apprize | apprise |
| arbor | arbour |
| archeology | archaeology |
| ardor | ardour |
| armor | armour |
| artizan | artisan |
| assize | assise |
| ax | axe |
| bans | banns |
| bark | barque |
| behavior | behaviour |
| blest | blessed |
| blusht | blushed |
| brazen | brasen |
| brazier | brasier |
| bun | bunn |
| bur | burr |
| caliber | calibre |
| caliper | calliper |
| candor | candour |
| carest | caressed |
| catalog | catalogue |
| catechize | catechise |
| center | centre |
| chapt | chapped |
| check | cheque |
| checker | chequer |
| chimera | chimaera |
| civilize | civilise |
| clamor | clamour |
| clangor | clangour |
| clapt | clapped |
| claspt | clasped |
| clipt | clipped |
| clue | clew |
| coeval | coaeval |
| color | colour |
| colter | coulter |
| commixt | commixed |
| comprest | compressed |
| comprize | comprise |
| confest | confessed |
| controller | comptroller |
| coquet | coquette |
| criticize | criticise |
| cropt | cropped |
| crost | crossed |
| crusht | crushed |
| cue | queue |
| curst | cursed |
| cutlas | cutlass |
| cyclopedia | cyclopaedia |
| dactyl | dactyle |
| dasht | dashed |
| decalog | decalogue |
| defense | defence |
| demagog | demagogue |
| demeanor | demeanour |
| deposit | deposite |
| deprest | depressed |
| develop | develope |
| dieresis | diaeresis |
| dike | dyke |
| dipt | dipped |
| discust | discussed |
| dispatch | despatch |
| distil | distill |
| distrest | distressed |
| dolor | dolour |
| domicil | domicile |
| draft | draught |
| dram | drachm |
| drest | dressed |
| dript | dripped |
| droopt | drooped |
| dropt | dropped |
| dulness | dullness |
| ecumenical | oecumenical |
| edile | aedile |
| egis | aegis |
| enamor | enamour |
| encyclopedia | encyclopaedia |
| endeavor | endeavour |
| envelop | envelope |
| Eolian | Aeolian |
| eon | aeon |
| epaulet | epaulette |
| eponym | eponyme |
| era | aera |
| esophagus | oesophagus |
| esthetic | aesthetic |
| esthetics | aesthetics |
| estivate | aestivate |
| ether | aether |
| etiology | aetiology |
| exorcize | exorcise |
| exprest | expressed |
| fagot | faggot |
| fantasm | phantasm |
| fantasy | phantasy |
| fantom | phantom |
| favor | favour |
| favorite | favourite |
| fervor | fervour |
| fiber | fibre |
| fixt | fixed |
| flavor | flavour |
| fulfil | fulfill |
| fulness | fullness |
| gage | gauge |
| gazel | gazelle |
| gelatin | gelatine |
| gild | guild |
| gipsy | gypsy |
| gloze | glose |
| glycerin | glycerine |
| good-by | good-bye |
| gram | gramme |
| gript | gripped |
| harbor | harbour |
| harken | hearken |
| heapt | heaped |
| hematin | haematin |
| hiccup | hiccough |
| hock | hough |
| homeopathy | homoeopathy |
| homonym | homonyme |
| honor | honour |
| humor | humour |
| husht | hushed |
| hypotenuse | hypothenuse |
| idolize | idolise |
| imprest | impressed |
| instil | instill |
| jail | gaol |
| judgment | judgement |
| kist | kissed |
| labor | labour |
| lacrimal | lachrymal |
| lapt | lapped |
| lasht | lashed |
| leapt | leaped |
| legalize | legalise |
| license | licence |
| licorice | liquorice |
| liter | litre |
| lodgment | lodgement |
| lookt | looked |
| lopt | lopped |
| luster | lustre |
| mama | mamma |
| maneuver | manoeuver |
| materialize | materialise |
| meager | meagre |
| medieval | mediaeval |
| meter | metre |
| mist | missed |
| miter | mitre |
| mixt | mixed |
| mold | mould |
| molder | moulder |
| molding | moulding |
| moldy | mouldy |
| molt | moult |
| mullen | mullein |
| naturalize | naturalise |
| neighbor | neighbour |
| niter | nitre |
| nipt | nipped |
| ocher | ochre |
| odor | odour |
| offense | offence |
| omelet | omelette |
| opprest | oppressed |
| orthopedic | orthopaedic |
| paleography | palaeography |
| paleolithic | palaeolithic |
| paleontology | palaeontology |
| paleozoic | palaeozoic |
| paraffin | paraffine |
| parlor | parlour |
| partizan | partisan |
| past | passed |
| patronize | patronise |
| pedagog | pedagogue |
| pedobaptist | paedobaptist |
| phenix | phoenix |
| phenomenon | phaenomenon |
| pigmy | pygmy |
| plow | plough |
| polyp | polype |
| possest | possessed |
| practise (v. and n.) | practice |
| prefixt | prefixed |
| prenomen | praenomen |
| prest | pressed |
| pretense | pretence |
| preterit | preterite |
| pretermit | praetermit |
| primeval | primaeval |
| profest | professed |
| program | programme |
| prolog | prologue |
| propt | propped |
| pur | purr |
| quartet | quartette |
| questor | quaestor |
| quintet | quintette |
| rancor | rancour |
| rapt | rapped |
| raze | rase |
| recognize | recognise |
| reconnoiter | reconnoitre |
| rigor | rigour |
| rime | rhyme |
| ript | ripped |
| rumor | rumour |
| saber | sabre |
| saltpeter | saltpetre |
| savior | saviour |
| savor | savour |
| scepter | sceptre |
| septet | septette |
| sepulcher | sepulchre |
| sextet | sextette |
| silvan | sylvan |
| simitar | cimeter |
| sipt | sipped |
| skilful | skillful |
| sithe | scythe |
| skipt | skipped |
| slipt | slipped |
| smolder | smoulder |
| snapt | snapped |
| somber | sombre |
| specter | spectre |
| splendor | splendour |
| stedfast | steadfast |
| stept | stepped |
| stopt | stopped |
| strest | stressed |
| stript | stripped |
| subpena | subpoena |
| succor | succour |
| suffixt | suffixed |
| sulfate | sulphate |
| sulfur | sulphur |
| sumac | sumach |
| supprest | suppressed |
| surprize | surprise |
| synonym | synonyme |
| tabor | tabour |
| tapt | tapped |
| teazel | teasel |
| tenor | tenour |
| theater | theatre |
| tho | though |
| thoro | thorough |
| thorofare | thoroughfare |
| thoroly | thoroughly |
| thru | through |
| thruout | throughout |
| tipt | tipped |
| topt | topped |
| tost | tossed |
| transgrest | transgressed |
| trapt | trapped |
| tript | tripped |
| tumor | tumour |
| valor | valour |
| vapor | vapour |
| vext | vexed |
| vigor | vigour |
| vizor | visor |
| wagon | waggon |
| washt | washed |
| whipt | whipped |
| whisky | whiskey |
| wilful | willful |
| winkt | winked |
| wisht | wished |
| wo | woe |
| woful | woeful |
| woolen | woollen |
| wrapt | wrapped |
83. FORMS OF ADDRESS.