AAbbreviations in heads,10rules governing,42about, use of, meaning approximately,55above statementbarred,56academy, capitalization of,17Accuracy,4-5acts, capitalization of,19actual photographsbarred,35a daypreferred toper day,54Adjectives, capitalization of,20rules governing,34administered, use of,30administration, capitalization of,17Adverbs, rules governing,33adviceconfused withadvise,52adviseconfused withadvice,52affair, misuse of,24affectconfused witheffect,52afterward, spelling of,52Ages, writing of,38agreeablepreferred tonice,34agreeably topreferred toagreeable to,33Agreement of verbs,29airplane, spelling of,51alarminglypreferred todangerously,33Alford, Dean, quoted,57Allbutt, Sir Clifford, quoted,50allegenot a synonym forsay,30alliance, capitalization of,19allies, capitalization of,19Alliteration in heads,10almostpreferred tomost,54alrightbarred,55althoughpreferred towhile,28a. m., capitalization of,20use of,38-44amateur, meaning of,55ambassador, misuse of,24amendment, capitalization of,19among, misused forbetween,37preferred toamongst,55amongst, preferamongto,55Ampersand, use of,43anesthetic, spelling of,51a number of, preferseveralto,34anxiousmisused foreager,35anybody, use masculine pronoun with,27A. P., leads,7style,15apiecemisused foreach,27Apostrophe, use of,22appear, use of, intransitively,29approximatelypreferred toabout,56Arab, capitalization of,20armor, spelling of,52armory, capitalization of,20army, abbreviation of titles of,44capitalization of,19organization of,60Articles, in heads,8rules governing,38use of, with names,45artist, avoid feminine form of,24as far as, use of,33misused forthat,28long as, use of,33assembly, capitalization of,18Associated Press, see A. P.associations, capitalization of,17Asterisks, use of,22as yetsuperfluous,49at the corner ofsuperfluous,49attorney, abbreviation of,43audience, meaning of,55au faitto be avoided,54augerconfused withaugur,52augurconfused withauger,52author, avoid feminine form of,24auto, preferautomobileto,25autoist, prefermotoristto,24automatic pistolpreferred toautomatic revolver,55automobilepreferred toauto,25automobilist, prefermotoristto,24avenue, capitalization of,20awful, meaning of,35ax, spelling of,51axminster, capitalization of,20ayes and noes, spelling of,51Bbackward, spelling of,52bacteria, plural of,24balancemisused forrest,25Barred by the Sun,31base ball, spelling of,51basket ball, spelling of,51battle, capitalization of,18bay, capitalization of,18bazar, spelling of,51be, forms of, in heads,9omission of, in heads,10Belgians, king of,46Belgium, king of, misused,46Bennett, Arnold, quoted,23besidenot to be misused forbesides,37besidesnot to be misused forbeside,37better half, preferwifeto,55betweennot to be misused foramong,37Bible, capitalization of,19bills, capitalization of,19birdseye, spelling of,51birth, avoideuphemismsregarding,50birthday, capitalization of,18bishop, use of,48Bleyer, Dr. Willard G., quoted,6blond, spelling of,51bodypreferred toremains,50Bohemian, capitalization of,20Book sizes,44boughtpreferred topurchased,30boulevard, capitalization of,20bovineused as adjective,34boy scouts, capitalization of,20breachmisused forbreech,52Brevity,2,22bridegroompreferred togroom,25Bromides,57bros., use of,43Budapest, spelling of,51building, capitalization of,17bureau, capitalization of,17burialpreferred tointerment,50Burke, Edmund, quoted,16but thatpreferred tobut what,28but whatmisused forbut that,28by, book illustrated, artist,37Ccabinet, capitalization of,17cadets, capitalization of,20caliber of guns, punctuation of,22caliber, spelling of,52campfire girls, capitalization of,20canine, use as adjective,34Cannery,57can not, spelling of,51cape, capitalization of,18capitalmisused forcapitol,52Capitalization, rules governing,17capitolmisused forcapital,52cardinals, how referred to,48Carlyle, Thomas, quoted,5casket, prefercoffinto,50catalog, spelling of,52cello, spelling of,52century, use ordinal with,38certainly, no degrees of,55chamber,of deputies, etc., capitalization,18checks, spelling of,51Chile, spelling of,51Chili, spelling of,51Chinese names,45Christmas preferred toXmas,18church, capitalization of,18titles,48cigaret, spelling of,52circumstance, meaning of,24cities, abbreviation of,42citizensmisused forpersons,24City directory, importance of,5City editor, telephone to,4civil war, capitalization of,18claimantmisused forclamant,52Clarity,22-58Clauses, punctuation of,22Cleanliness of thought,3Clemens, Samuel L., see Mark Twain,31Clock time, how to write,44clubs, capitalization of,17clue, spelling of,51Cobb, Irvin S., quoted,35Cobbett, William, quoted,34coffinpreferred tocasket,50Collective nouns,25college, capitalization of,17college degrees, abbreviation of,44capitalization of,19collide, only moving objects,30Colon, use of,22capitalization after,17color, spelling of,52of,49comatose, meaning of,54Commas, use of,22compared to, meaning of,30compared with, meaning of,30Complectedpreferred tocomplexioned,55Compounds, how formed,48consistently withpreferred toconsistent with,33condition, bad, preferred tobad shape,55congress, capitalization of,18Conjunctions, punctuation before,22in heads,8rules governing,28consensus of opinion, use of,49consist inmisused forconsist of,37consist ofmisused forconsist in,37constitution, capitalization of,20consul, confused withambassador, etc.,24confused withcounsel,52consummated, when to avoid,50convict, preferinmateto,59copbarred,54Copy, reading,6preparation of,7Corrections, making,1councilconfused withcounsel,52council chamber, capitalization of,20councilorconfused withcounselor,52counselconfused withcouncil,52counselorconfused withcouncilor,52county, capitalization of,18coup de grace, use of,54coup d'etat, use of,54couple, misuse of,24courthouse, capitalization of,20courts, capitalization of,17Creed, journalist's,25criticallypreferred todangerously,33crown prince, capitalization of,17Cupid, avoid use of,50curb, spelling of,51Curiosity,4Cuttlefish,7czar, capitalization of,17Ddamaged, inanimate things are,30Dana, Charles A., quoted,31,55dancer, avoid feminine form of,24dangerously, preferalarminglyto,33Dangling participle,11Darwinian theory,55Dash in heads,10data, number of,24Date lines,punctuationand capitalization of,22Dates, how to write,38often called for,62day, capitalization of,18dealt, use of,30death, write simply of,50decalog, spelling of,52deceased, preferdeadman to,50declaration of independence, capitalization of,18decollete, spelling of,51decoration day, capitalization of,18Definite article misused,38defunct, avoid use of,50degree of temperature, use figures for,38abbreviation of,44capitalization of,19deity, capitalization of names and pronouns used for,19democrat,-ic, capitalization of,18denial, use of subjunctive to imply,29Department head,8capitalization of,17departs, preferleavesto,30depositaryconfused withdepository,52depot, preferstationto,25capitalization of,20de riguerto be avoided,54Derivatives, capitalization of,20Dialect,14dialog, spelling of,52dickto be avoided,55Diction,14Dictionary, get interested in,16sanctions nothing,50different, when superfluous,49different from, preferred todifferent to,37Dimensions, how to write,38dipto be avoided,55dispatch, spelling of,51distance ofsuperfluous,49dive, past tense of,30divedpreferred todove,30divineto be avoided as noun,24Do and don't,54dominion day, capitalization of,18don't, use of,44Double meaning in heads,10Doubling up have's,31dove, preferdivedto,30Dr., use of,48draft, spelling of,51drouth, spelling of,51duke, capitalization of,17Duke of Argyll, quoted,22duma, capitalization of,18spelling of,51Eeach, preferred toapiece,27use masculine pronoun with,27eagerpreferred toanxious,35East,-ern,-erner, capitalization of,18Editing copy,6Editorial head,8effectconfused withaffect,52E. G., use of,44either, use of,27emigrantconfused withimmigrant,52Emperor, capitalization of,17employe, spelling of,51Ending a sentence withto,29End-mark, use of,7English money, abbreviation of,44entente, capitalization of,19enthuseto be avoided,30entirely completed, use of,49envoy, use of,24Epithets, capitalization of,19equally well, use of,49Errors in grammar,11Eskimo, spelling of,51esthetic, spelling of,51et al., use of,54Ethics of the profession,5Euphony,71event, use of,24Events, names of notable, capitalization of,18every, use masculine pronoun with,27ex-, use of,17Exception proves the rule,55Ffacsimile, use of,51Facts,2,4,8fakermisused forfakir,52fakirmisused forfaker,52fartherdistinguished fromfurther,
AAbbreviations in heads,10rules governing,42about, use of, meaning approximately,55above statementbarred,56academy, capitalization of,17Accuracy,4-5acts, capitalization of,19actual photographsbarred,35a daypreferred toper day,54Adjectives, capitalization of,20rules governing,34administered, use of,30administration, capitalization of,17Adverbs, rules governing,33adviceconfused withadvise,52adviseconfused withadvice,52affair, misuse of,24affectconfused witheffect,52afterward, spelling of,52Ages, writing of,38agreeablepreferred tonice,34agreeably topreferred toagreeable to,33Agreement of verbs,29airplane, spelling of,51alarminglypreferred todangerously,33Alford, Dean, quoted,57Allbutt, Sir Clifford, quoted,50allegenot a synonym forsay,30alliance, capitalization of,19allies, capitalization of,19Alliteration in heads,10almostpreferred tomost,54alrightbarred,55althoughpreferred towhile,28a. m., capitalization of,20use of,38-44amateur, meaning of,55ambassador, misuse of,24amendment, capitalization of,19among, misused forbetween,37preferred toamongst,55amongst, preferamongto,55Ampersand, use of,43anesthetic, spelling of,51a number of, preferseveralto,34anxiousmisused foreager,35anybody, use masculine pronoun with,27A. P., leads,7style,15apiecemisused foreach,27Apostrophe, use of,22appear, use of, intransitively,29approximatelypreferred toabout,56Arab, capitalization of,20armor, spelling of,52armory, capitalization of,20army, abbreviation of titles of,44capitalization of,19organization of,60Articles, in heads,8rules governing,38use of, with names,45artist, avoid feminine form of,24as far as, use of,33misused forthat,28long as, use of,33assembly, capitalization of,18Associated Press, see A. P.associations, capitalization of,17Asterisks, use of,22as yetsuperfluous,49at the corner ofsuperfluous,49attorney, abbreviation of,43audience, meaning of,55au faitto be avoided,54augerconfused withaugur,52augurconfused withauger,52author, avoid feminine form of,24auto, preferautomobileto,25autoist, prefermotoristto,24automatic pistolpreferred toautomatic revolver,55automobilepreferred toauto,25automobilist, prefermotoristto,24avenue, capitalization of,20awful, meaning of,35ax, spelling of,51axminster, capitalization of,20ayes and noes, spelling of,51Bbackward, spelling of,52bacteria, plural of,24balancemisused forrest,25Barred by the Sun,31base ball, spelling of,51basket ball, spelling of,51battle, capitalization of,18bay, capitalization of,18bazar, spelling of,51be, forms of, in heads,9omission of, in heads,10Belgians, king of,46Belgium, king of, misused,46Bennett, Arnold, quoted,23besidenot to be misused forbesides,37besidesnot to be misused forbeside,37better half, preferwifeto,55betweennot to be misused foramong,37Bible, capitalization of,19bills, capitalization of,19birdseye, spelling of,51birth, avoideuphemismsregarding,50birthday, capitalization of,18bishop, use of,48Bleyer, Dr. Willard G., quoted,6blond, spelling of,51bodypreferred toremains,50Bohemian, capitalization of,20Book sizes,44boughtpreferred topurchased,30boulevard, capitalization of,20bovineused as adjective,34boy scouts, capitalization of,20breachmisused forbreech,52Brevity,2,22bridegroompreferred togroom,25Bromides,57bros., use of,43Budapest, spelling of,51building, capitalization of,17bureau, capitalization of,17burialpreferred tointerment,50Burke, Edmund, quoted,16but thatpreferred tobut what,28but whatmisused forbut that,28by, book illustrated, artist,37Ccabinet, capitalization of,17cadets, capitalization of,20caliber of guns, punctuation of,22caliber, spelling of,52campfire girls, capitalization of,20canine, use as adjective,34Cannery,57can not, spelling of,51cape, capitalization of,18capitalmisused forcapitol,52Capitalization, rules governing,17capitolmisused forcapital,52cardinals, how referred to,48Carlyle, Thomas, quoted,5casket, prefercoffinto,50catalog, spelling of,52cello, spelling of,52century, use ordinal with,38certainly, no degrees of,55chamber,of deputies, etc., capitalization,18checks, spelling of,51Chile, spelling of,51Chili, spelling of,51Chinese names,45Christmas preferred toXmas,18church, capitalization of,18titles,48cigaret, spelling of,52circumstance, meaning of,24cities, abbreviation of,42citizensmisused forpersons,24City directory, importance of,5City editor, telephone to,4civil war, capitalization of,18claimantmisused forclamant,52Clarity,22-58Clauses, punctuation of,22Cleanliness of thought,3Clemens, Samuel L., see Mark Twain,31Clock time, how to write,44clubs, capitalization of,17clue, spelling of,51Cobb, Irvin S., quoted,35Cobbett, William, quoted,34coffinpreferred tocasket,50Collective nouns,25college, capitalization of,17college degrees, abbreviation of,44capitalization of,19collide, only moving objects,30Colon, use of,22capitalization after,17color, spelling of,52of,49comatose, meaning of,54Commas, use of,22compared to, meaning of,30compared with, meaning of,30Complectedpreferred tocomplexioned,55Compounds, how formed,48consistently withpreferred toconsistent with,33condition, bad, preferred tobad shape,55congress, capitalization of,18Conjunctions, punctuation before,22in heads,8rules governing,28consensus of opinion, use of,49consist inmisused forconsist of,37consist ofmisused forconsist in,37constitution, capitalization of,20consul, confused withambassador, etc.,24confused withcounsel,52consummated, when to avoid,50convict, preferinmateto,59copbarred,54Copy, reading,6preparation of,7Corrections, making,1councilconfused withcounsel,52council chamber, capitalization of,20councilorconfused withcounselor,52counselconfused withcouncil,52counselorconfused withcouncilor,52county, capitalization of,18coup de grace, use of,54coup d'etat, use of,54couple, misuse of,24courthouse, capitalization of,20courts, capitalization of,17Creed, journalist's,25criticallypreferred todangerously,33crown prince, capitalization of,17Cupid, avoid use of,50curb, spelling of,51Curiosity,4Cuttlefish,7czar, capitalization of,17Ddamaged, inanimate things are,30Dana, Charles A., quoted,31,55dancer, avoid feminine form of,24dangerously, preferalarminglyto,33Dangling participle,11Darwinian theory,55Dash in heads,10data, number of,24Date lines,punctuationand capitalization of,22Dates, how to write,38often called for,62day, capitalization of,18dealt, use of,30death, write simply of,50decalog, spelling of,52deceased, preferdeadman to,50declaration of independence, capitalization of,18decollete, spelling of,51decoration day, capitalization of,18Definite article misused,38defunct, avoid use of,50degree of temperature, use figures for,38abbreviation of,44capitalization of,19deity, capitalization of names and pronouns used for,19democrat,-ic, capitalization of,18denial, use of subjunctive to imply,29Department head,8capitalization of,17departs, preferleavesto,30depositaryconfused withdepository,52depot, preferstationto,25capitalization of,20de riguerto be avoided,54Derivatives, capitalization of,20Dialect,14dialog, spelling of,52dickto be avoided,55Diction,14Dictionary, get interested in,16sanctions nothing,50different, when superfluous,49different from, preferred todifferent to,37Dimensions, how to write,38dipto be avoided,55dispatch, spelling of,51distance ofsuperfluous,49dive, past tense of,30divedpreferred todove,30divineto be avoided as noun,24Do and don't,54dominion day, capitalization of,18don't, use of,44Double meaning in heads,10Doubling up have's,31dove, preferdivedto,30Dr., use of,48draft, spelling of,51drouth, spelling of,51duke, capitalization of,17Duke of Argyll, quoted,22duma, capitalization of,18spelling of,51Eeach, preferred toapiece,27use masculine pronoun with,27eagerpreferred toanxious,35East,-ern,-erner, capitalization of,18Editing copy,6Editorial head,8effectconfused withaffect,52E. G., use of,44either, use of,27emigrantconfused withimmigrant,52Emperor, capitalization of,17employe, spelling of,51Ending a sentence withto,29End-mark, use of,7English money, abbreviation of,44entente, capitalization of,19enthuseto be avoided,30entirely completed, use of,49envoy, use of,24Epithets, capitalization of,19equally well, use of,49Errors in grammar,11Eskimo, spelling of,51esthetic, spelling of,51et al., use of,54Ethics of the profession,5Euphony,71event, use of,24Events, names of notable, capitalization of,18every, use masculine pronoun with,27ex-, use of,17Exception proves the rule,55Ffacsimile, use of,51Facts,2,4,8fakermisused forfakir,52fakirmisused forfaker,52fartherdistinguished fromfurther,