phone, prefertelephoneto,25Phrases, holy, capitalization of,19pianist, avoid feminine form of,24Pictorial power of words,16pistolconfused withrevolver,55Pittsburgh, spelling of,52place, capitalization of,20platonic, capitalization of,20plead, past tense of,31pleadedpreferred topled,31pled, preferpleadedto,31plow, spelling of,51plurality, meaning of,24p. m., use of,38,44capitalization of,20poet, avoid feminine form of,24Poisons, use of names of,54pole, capitalization of,18police court, capitalization of,20policemanpreferred tocop,54poorhouse, capitalization of,20port, abbreviation of,42Porto Rico, spelling of,51possibly, redundant withmay,49Post, New York Evening, quoted,58postoffice, capitalization of,20preachers, use of,48precinct, capitalization of,18Precision,71Preparing copy,7Prepositions in heads,8rules governing,37present incumbentto be avoided,49present tense, heads in,8,10president, abbreviation of,8capitalization of,17preventative, preferpreventiveto,24previously topreferred toprevious to,33Prices written in figures,38priest, use of,48princes, capitalization of,17principalconfused withprinciple,52Prison record, do not print,59procurepreferred tosecure,30Profanity, use of,3professor, use of,45program, spelling of,52progressive, capitalization of,18prone, meaning of,54Pronouns, rules governing,27Proper nouns and derivatives, capitalization of,20prophecyconfused withprophesy,52proportionpreferred toper cent,24proven, preferprovedto,30pseudonympreferred tonom de plume,54Punctuation, in heads,10inside quotation marks,23rules governing,22purchased, preferboughtto,30QQuestion mark, use of,2Quotation marks, in heads,10use of,23Quotations misapplied,55verify,56Rrabbi, use of,48racingtime written in figures,38races, capitalization of,19raise, use of,29,30Reading copy,6recorder, definition of,55reformation, capitalization of,18regular monthly meetingto be avoided,49reichstag, capitalization of,18relieved of, preferrobbed ofto,30religious denominations, capitalization of,18remains, preferbodyto,18renderto be avoided,55repertory, spelling of,51Reporters, instructions to,4kept out of story,54republican, capitalization of,18Reputation, woman's,3residence, preferhometo,25restpreferred tobalance,25resides, preferlivesto,30Rev., use of,48revolution, capitalization of,18revolvermisused forpistol,55rise, use of,29,30river, capitalization of,18road, capitalization of,20robbed ofpreferred torelieved of,20Roman numerals, use of,38table of,39room, capitalization of,18Ross, Charles G., quoted,6,8Ssable hearseto be avoided,50sad ritesto be avoided,50saint, abbreviation of,44same, the, use of,27Savior, spelling of,52Scores written in figures,38Scriptural texts, how to write,44searconfused withsere,52seasons, capitalization of,20sections of states, etc., capitalization of,18secure, preferobtainto,30seerconfused withsear,52Semicolons, use of,22senate, capitalization of,18senior, abbreviation of,43capitalization of,18sereconfused withseer,52set, use of,29,30severalpreferred toa number of,34sewage, meaning of,24sewer, meaning of,24sewerage, meaning of,24Shakespeare, spelling of,51Shakespearean, spelling of,51shape, preferconditionto,55ship bodyto be avoided,50sightconfused withsite,52signature, writeunder a,37sine qua nonto be avoided,54sit, use of,29,30siteconfused withsight,52skilful, spelling of,51Simplicity,2,4,5,11,71Sincerity,5Slang, use of,55punctuation of,23smell, use of, intransitively,29socialist,-ic, capitalization of,18societies, capitalization of,17socratic, capitalization of,20so far asto be avoided,33sofollowed by negative,33solemn blackto be avoided,50so long as, use of,33some, barred as adverb,33prefersomewhatto,33somebody, use masculine pronoun with,27somewhatpreferred tosome,33sort of, omit article after,38S O S, punctuation of,43so thatto be avoided,49sound, use of, intransitively,29Sources of information,4south,-ern,-erner, capitalization of,18Space, triple,7spectators, meaning of,55Spelling,51Split infinitives,29square, capitalization of,18Stars and Bars, capitalization of,19Stars and Stripes, capitalization of,19States, abbreviations of,42station, preferred todepot,25capitalization of,20Statistics, use figures in,38vital,50Stevenson, Robert Louis, quoted,6stocks, capitalization of names of,19stop at hotelto be avoided,30stork, avoid reference to,50story, preferitemto,55street, capitalization of,20strata, number of,24street numbers, writing of,38punctuation of,22sturm und drangto be avoided,54subpena, spelling of,51Subjunctive, use of,29such, use of, as pronoun,27suffraget, spelling of,52suicide, when to use,54sultan, capitalization of,17Sun, the New York, words barred by,31Superfluous words,49Superlatives to be avoided,34supine, meaning of,54supreme court, capitalization of,17Synonyms, search for,16in heads,8misuse of,14Ttake place, use of,30technic, spelling of,51telephonepreferred tophone,25temperature, how to write,38terrace, capitalization of,20terrible, meaning of,35testimony, punctuation of,23Thanksgiving Day, capitalization of,18that, barred as adverb,33preferred toas,28use of,28the, capitalization of,17theater, capitalization of,17spelling of,52Thesaurus, use of,58these sortmisused,27things, names of notable, capitalization of,18thisbarred as adverb,33thitherto be avoided,55Three rules,22Tibet, spelling of,51timber, spelling of,52Time, how to write,38tires, spelling of,51Titles, capitalization of,17church,49punctuation of,19rules governing,45to, different, barred,37in infinitives,29things compared,30today, spelling of,51toga, misuse of,55Tolstoy, spelling of,51tomorrow, spelling of,51tory, capitalization of,18totally destroyedto be avoided,49totsto be avoided,54toward, spelling of,52trade unions, plural of,51transpire, meaning of,30treaties, capitalization of,19triple entente, etc., capitalization of,19Trite phrases,58trouserspreferred topants,55true factsto be avoided,49Truth,2,5,14Turgenieff, spelling of,51turn overpreferred toturn turtle,30Twain, Mark, quoted,31tying, spelling of,51Uunder a signaturepreferred,37Underscoreu,7union,-ist, capitalization of,18Union Jack, capitalization of,19Unit lines in heads,9university, capitalization of,19unlesspreferred towithout,28unmoralconfused withimmoral52unsanitaryconfused withinsanitary,52Untruth,2upper peninsula, etc., capitalization of,18utopia, capitalization of,20Vvarsity, punctuation of,52Verbs, in heads,9rules governing,29very, eschew the word,34Very Rev., use of,48vice-president, capitalization of,17viceroy, capitalization of,17violinist, avoid feminine form of,24Vital statistics,50viz., use of,44Vocabulary, broaden the,16votes, use figures for,38vilify, spelling of,51vying, spelling of,51Wwantpreferred towish,30War, first three years of,72-74ward, capitalization of,18war, capitalization of,18Win heads,9wages, number of,55way, capitalization of,20Way to become original,61we,editorial, use of,55Webster, Edward Harlan, quoted,16Webster's dictionary,48weddingconfused withmarriage,50Weights and measures,40weird, use of,35well known, use of,49west,-ern,-erner, capitalization of,18whether, or not,49preferred toif,28whilemisused foralthough,28preferred towhilst,55whilstto be avoided,55whisky, spelling of,51White House, capitalization of,20whitherto be avoided,55Whitman, Walt, quoted,4wholesomepreferred tohealthful,35who, use of,28whom, use of,27widow, use of,50widow womanto be avoided,49wife, use of,50,55Wilkes-Barre, spelling of,51Williams, Walter, quoted,25wishpreferred towant,30with, book illustrated, sketches,37things compared,30withoutmisused forunless,28womanpreferred tolady,25Women, protection of good name of,54Words, pictorial power of,16superfluous,49woolly, spelling of,51world series, spelling of,51XXmas, prefer Christmas to,44Yyears, punctuation of,22Your audience,35
phone, prefertelephoneto,25Phrases, holy, capitalization of,19pianist, avoid feminine form of,24Pictorial power of words,16pistolconfused withrevolver,55Pittsburgh, spelling of,52place, capitalization of,20platonic, capitalization of,20plead, past tense of,31pleadedpreferred topled,31pled, preferpleadedto,31plow, spelling of,51plurality, meaning of,24p. m., use of,38,44capitalization of,20poet, avoid feminine form of,24Poisons, use of names of,54pole, capitalization of,18police court, capitalization of,20policemanpreferred tocop,54poorhouse, capitalization of,20port, abbreviation of,42Porto Rico, spelling of,51possibly, redundant withmay,49Post, New York Evening, quoted,58postoffice, capitalization of,20preachers, use of,48precinct, capitalization of,18Precision,71Preparing copy,7Prepositions in heads,8rules governing,37present incumbentto be avoided,49present tense, heads in,8,10president, abbreviation of,8capitalization of,17preventative, preferpreventiveto,24previously topreferred toprevious to,33Prices written in figures,38priest, use of,48princes, capitalization of,17principalconfused withprinciple,52Prison record, do not print,59procurepreferred tosecure,30Profanity, use of,3professor, use of,45program, spelling of,52progressive, capitalization of,18prone, meaning of,54Pronouns, rules governing,27Proper nouns and derivatives, capitalization of,20prophecyconfused withprophesy,52proportionpreferred toper cent,24proven, preferprovedto,30pseudonympreferred tonom de plume,54Punctuation, in heads,10inside quotation marks,23rules governing,22purchased, preferboughtto,30QQuestion mark, use of,2Quotation marks, in heads,10use of,23Quotations misapplied,55verify,56Rrabbi, use of,48racingtime written in figures,38races, capitalization of,19raise, use of,29,30Reading copy,6recorder, definition of,55reformation, capitalization of,18regular monthly meetingto be avoided,49reichstag, capitalization of,18relieved of, preferrobbed ofto,30religious denominations, capitalization of,18remains, preferbodyto,18renderto be avoided,55repertory, spelling of,51Reporters, instructions to,4kept out of story,54republican, capitalization of,18Reputation, woman's,3residence, preferhometo,25restpreferred tobalance,25resides, preferlivesto,30Rev., use of,48revolution, capitalization of,18revolvermisused forpistol,55rise, use of,29,30river, capitalization of,18road, capitalization of,20robbed ofpreferred torelieved of,20Roman numerals, use of,38table of,39room, capitalization of,18Ross, Charles G., quoted,6,8Ssable hearseto be avoided,50sad ritesto be avoided,50saint, abbreviation of,44same, the, use of,27Savior, spelling of,52Scores written in figures,38Scriptural texts, how to write,44searconfused withsere,52seasons, capitalization of,20sections of states, etc., capitalization of,18secure, preferobtainto,30seerconfused withsear,52Semicolons, use of,22senate, capitalization of,18senior, abbreviation of,43capitalization of,18sereconfused withseer,52set, use of,29,30severalpreferred toa number of,34sewage, meaning of,24sewer, meaning of,24sewerage, meaning of,24Shakespeare, spelling of,51Shakespearean, spelling of,51shape, preferconditionto,55ship bodyto be avoided,50sightconfused withsite,52signature, writeunder a,37sine qua nonto be avoided,54sit, use of,29,30siteconfused withsight,52skilful, spelling of,51Simplicity,2,4,5,11,71Sincerity,5Slang, use of,55punctuation of,23smell, use of, intransitively,29socialist,-ic, capitalization of,18societies, capitalization of,17socratic, capitalization of,20so far asto be avoided,33sofollowed by negative,33solemn blackto be avoided,50so long as, use of,33some, barred as adverb,33prefersomewhatto,33somebody, use masculine pronoun with,27somewhatpreferred tosome,33sort of, omit article after,38S O S, punctuation of,43so thatto be avoided,49sound, use of, intransitively,29Sources of information,4south,-ern,-erner, capitalization of,18Space, triple,7spectators, meaning of,55Spelling,51Split infinitives,29square, capitalization of,18Stars and Bars, capitalization of,19Stars and Stripes, capitalization of,19States, abbreviations of,42station, preferred todepot,25capitalization of,20Statistics, use figures in,38vital,50Stevenson, Robert Louis, quoted,6stocks, capitalization of names of,19stop at hotelto be avoided,30stork, avoid reference to,50story, preferitemto,55street, capitalization of,20strata, number of,24street numbers, writing of,38punctuation of,22sturm und drangto be avoided,54subpena, spelling of,51Subjunctive, use of,29such, use of, as pronoun,27suffraget, spelling of,52suicide, when to use,54sultan, capitalization of,17Sun, the New York, words barred by,31Superfluous words,49Superlatives to be avoided,34supine, meaning of,54supreme court, capitalization of,17Synonyms, search for,16in heads,8misuse of,14Ttake place, use of,30technic, spelling of,51telephonepreferred tophone,25temperature, how to write,38terrace, capitalization of,20terrible, meaning of,35testimony, punctuation of,23Thanksgiving Day, capitalization of,18that, barred as adverb,33preferred toas,28use of,28the, capitalization of,17theater, capitalization of,17spelling of,52Thesaurus, use of,58these sortmisused,27things, names of notable, capitalization of,18thisbarred as adverb,33thitherto be avoided,55Three rules,22Tibet, spelling of,51timber, spelling of,52Time, how to write,38tires, spelling of,51Titles, capitalization of,17church,49punctuation of,19rules governing,45to, different, barred,37in infinitives,29things compared,30today, spelling of,51toga, misuse of,55Tolstoy, spelling of,51tomorrow, spelling of,51tory, capitalization of,18totally destroyedto be avoided,49totsto be avoided,54toward, spelling of,52trade unions, plural of,51transpire, meaning of,30treaties, capitalization of,19triple entente, etc., capitalization of,19Trite phrases,58trouserspreferred topants,55true factsto be avoided,49Truth,2,5,14Turgenieff, spelling of,51turn overpreferred toturn turtle,30Twain, Mark, quoted,31tying, spelling of,51Uunder a signaturepreferred,37Underscoreu,7union,-ist, capitalization of,18Union Jack, capitalization of,19Unit lines in heads,9university, capitalization of,19unlesspreferred towithout,28unmoralconfused withimmoral52unsanitaryconfused withinsanitary,52Untruth,2upper peninsula, etc., capitalization of,18utopia, capitalization of,20Vvarsity, punctuation of,52Verbs, in heads,9rules governing,29very, eschew the word,34Very Rev., use of,48vice-president, capitalization of,17viceroy, capitalization of,17violinist, avoid feminine form of,24Vital statistics,50viz., use of,44Vocabulary, broaden the,16votes, use figures for,38vilify, spelling of,51vying, spelling of,51Wwantpreferred towish,30War, first three years of,72-74ward, capitalization of,18war, capitalization of,18Win heads,9wages, number of,55way, capitalization of,20Way to become original,61we,editorial, use of,55Webster, Edward Harlan, quoted,16Webster's dictionary,48weddingconfused withmarriage,50Weights and measures,40weird, use of,35well known, use of,49west,-ern,-erner, capitalization of,18whether, or not,49preferred toif,28whilemisused foralthough,28preferred towhilst,55whilstto be avoided,55whisky, spelling of,51White House, capitalization of,20whitherto be avoided,55Whitman, Walt, quoted,4wholesomepreferred tohealthful,35who, use of,28whom, use of,27widow, use of,50widow womanto be avoided,49wife, use of,50,55Wilkes-Barre, spelling of,51Williams, Walter, quoted,25wishpreferred towant,30with, book illustrated, sketches,37things compared,30withoutmisused forunless,28womanpreferred tolady,25Women, protection of good name of,54Words, pictorial power of,16superfluous,49woolly, spelling of,51world series, spelling of,51XXmas, prefer Christmas to,44Yyears, punctuation of,22Your audience,35