Wait on, wait for. Do not confuse these two expressions. Wait on means to serve. Wait for means to await.
| Wrong: Do not wait on me if I do not come at noon. |
| Right: Do not wait for me if I do not come at noon. |
Wake, awake. Do not confuse wake and awake. See §57.
INDEX
References are to pages. Sections or subdivisions on the pages are sometimes indicated in parenthesis after the page numbers.
Since the EXERCISES follow throughout the subjects treated, exercises on any subject may be found by looking up that subject in this text index.
A, use of article, [44].
Abbreviated words, rule against, [187].
Abbreviations, punctuation of, [137] (§102); use of, in letters, [156], [158], [159], [160], [162], [163], [165], [171].
Accept, for except, [190], Glossary.