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Clauses, defined, 23; kinds of, 23.
Clearness, 212-230; defined, 201;
importance of, 212; requirements of,
213; in choice of words, 213-221; in
use of pronouns, 213-218; in use of
participles, 218; in use of nouns and
other parts of speech, 219-221; in
number of words, 221-225; in order,
225-230.

Clerk, as verb, 116.
Clever, 28.

Climax, 249-252; from negative to
positive, 219-251; from less to more
important, 250-251; from literal to
figurative, 250.

Closure, as verb, 116.

Cloudless, more, 135.

Coal or coals, 28.

Coast, to, on sled or bicycle, 28.

Cold or coldly, 120.

Collective nouns, defined, 6; with

singular or plural verbs, 106-108.
Collegiate for collegian, 58.

Colloquial language,197.
Combine, as noun, 57.
Commercialism, 150.

Committee, singular or plural, 107-108.
Common nouns, 6.

Comparison, of adjectives, 19-20; of
adverbs, 20; adjectives and adverbs
incapable of, 135–136.

Completion for Completeness, 55.
Complex sentences, 22.

Compound personal pronouns, 9.

Compound sentences, 22.

Compounds, un-English, 207.

Concession for grant, 29.

Concision for conciseness, 55.

Concrete, as verb, 116.

Concrete nouns, 6.

Condottieri, 184-185.

Confess for admit, 111-112.
Confliction for conflict, 57.
Conjugations of verbs, 12-19.
Conjunctions, defined, 3; list of, 4;
no inflections, 20; vulgarisms, 152;
misused, 152-158; in emphatic places,
264.

Connectives, 4.
Conscious or aware, 130.

Consider of, 141.
Construction, English and un-Eng-
lish, 203-211; change of, 206-207;
necessary words omitted, 109, 207;
superfluous words inserted, 207; un-
English compounds, 207; and which,
208-211; weak use of and and other
connectives, 232-235. See Omission ;
Redundancy.

Coördinate clauses, 23.
Copula, 22.

Corner of the fire, 185.

Correctness, defined, 201. See Con-

struction; Good Use.

Crave for, 151.

Crayonize, 116.

Creditable for credible, 127.

Culture, as verb, 115-116; an over-
worked word, 172.

Cure of for outgrow, 112.
Curricula, every, 47.
Cut on the bias, 28.

Data, this, 47.

DE QUINCEY, THOMAS, 138, 176,
299.

Declensions, of nouns, 7-9; of pro-
nouns, 10-12.

Definite for definitive, 127.
Defoe, DANIEL, 291.

Degrees of comparison, 19-20.
Demand for ask, 112.

Demean, 112.

Demonstrative pronouns, 9.

Deo volente, 186.

Dependent clauses, 23.
Depot for station, 28, 184.
Depreciate for deprecate, 109.
Device, 50-51.

Dice, one, 79.

Dicta, a, 47.

Different than, 146–147.
Different to, 146–147.
Differentiate, 29, 167.

Diffuseness. See Redundancy.
Diplomatiste, 182.

Directly for as soon as, 131.
Disappoint, as noun, 58.
Discord, as verb, 115-116.
Doff, 27.

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-Ess, nouns in, 48-49.

-Est, superlatives in, 19-20.
Euphony, defined, 9; in articles,
32; in nouns, 42, 43; in pronouns,
67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 76. See Ease.
Even, misplaced, 136.
Everywheres, 118.

Examine into, 151.

Ease, 253-269; defined, 201; impor-
tance of, 253; in two senses, 253; |
uneuphonious words or phrases, 254-
255; repeated sounds, 255-257; re-
peated words, 257-260; easy or
clumsy construction, 260-261; in
number of words, 262-263; too few
words, 262; too many words, 262-
263; in order of words, 264-269;|
position of single words, 264-265;
place of insignificant words, 264-265; | Factor, 29, 51.

position of phrases and clauses, 265-

267; sentence-endings, 267-269.

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Examples, miscellaneous, of good
and bad English, 162–170.
Exceptionable for exceptional, 127–128.
Exclusive, redundant, 123.
Exposition for exhibition, 181.

Farouche, 182-183.

Feature, 51.

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how to begin a sentence, 242-243; |
how to end a sentence, 243-248;
antithesis, 248-249; climax, 249-
252.

Foreign origin, nouns of, 47-48.
Foreword, 31.

Formulas or formulæ, 48.

Four first for first four, 127.
Foyer, 182.

Fraicheur, 182.

FREEMAN, E. A., 249, 288.

Freight for freight train, 58.

He, for him, 62; standing for anybody,
everybody, each, neither, 76.
HEAD, SIR EDMUND, 87.

Headquarters, singular and plural, 45.
Helpmate for helper, 55.
Her for she, 62.

HERRICK, ROBERT, 139.
Him for he, 62.

Hire for let, 112.

Historical present tense, 97.

HODGSON, W. B., 129, 208.

Home for house, 51.

French words and phrases, 181- HOMER, 205.

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From, for by or with, 144; redundant, How for that, 154.

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General expressions. See Words. Ignorami, 48.

GLADSTONE, W. E., 249.

Goes without saying, 185.
Going in town, 144.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER, 138, 253.
Good use, 27-31; defined, 30; au-
thority of, 30; influence of reput-
able writers on, 30; duty of ordinary
writers to follow, 30; sources of dan-
ger to, 31; those who violate, 31.
Gotten, 92.

Graceful for gracefully, 121.
Grind, 28.

Gums for india-rubber overshoes, 28.

Habitual habit, 121.

Hadn't ought, 82.

HALL, FITZEDWARD, 82, 138, 139.
Hanged or hung, 79.

Hardly, don't, 160.

Hath, 27.

HAZLITT, WILLIAM, 249.

Illusions for allusions, 55.

Immediately for as soon as, 131.

Impugn for impute, 109.

In for at, by, into, to, within, 144–145.

In course, 141.

In need or in the need, 35-36.

In our midst, 44.

186.

In re,
In stays, 28.

In their midst, 44.
In town, going, 144.
Inaudible, more, 135.

Indented paragraph, 24.
Independent clauses, 23.

Indicative mood or subjunctive,
98-101.

Inflections, defined, 5; of nouns,
7-9; of pronouns, 10-12; of verbs,
12-19; of adjectives, 19-20; of ad-
verbs, 20.

-Ing, repetition of, 256-257.

Inside of for within, 141.
Insouciant, 182-183.

Interjections, defined, 4; no inflec-
tions, 20.

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Love for like, 109.

LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL, 176-178,

188, 192, 193.

Luff, 28.

-Ly, repetition of, 256.

MACAULAY, T. B., 30, 138, 176,252, 289.
Making or being made, 236.
Materialize, 113.
Mauvais sujet, 183.
May or can, 82-83.
Me for I, 61-62.

Mean for meanly, 120.

Means, when singular, when plural, 45.
Measles, singular and plural, 45.
MEIKLEJOHN, J. M. D., 148.
Memoranda or memorandums, 48.
Memorial for Memorial Hall, 58.
Men-clerks for man-clerks, 46-47.
Meretricious for meritorious, 128.
MERIVALE, CHARLES, 193.
Metaphors, mixed, 193–195.
Métier, 183.

Midst, in our, in their, 44.
MILTON, JOHN, 176, 291.
MINTO, WM., 299,

Misused, nouns, 50-56; pronouns, 61-
76; verbs, 109-115; adjectives, 125–
134; adverbs, 125-134; prepositions,
142-148; conjunctions, 152–158
Mixed metaphors, 193–195.
Monotony, dangers of, 197, 302.
Mood, or mode, indicative, 16; sub-
junctive, 16; imperative, 16; infini-
tive, 16; conditional, 17; potential,
17; emphatic, 17; optative, 17; of
determination, 17; obligatory, 17;
indicative or subjunctive, 98-101.
More, comparatives in, 20; for better,
118.

MORE, HENRY, 82.

Most, superlatives in, 20; for almost,

118.

Most of for better than, 119.
Mother-in-laws for mothers-in-law, 46.
Mouchoir, 183.

Moue, 183.

Much, for great, 119; omission of, 123;

for many, 126.

Muchly, 119.

Must, referring to past time, 83.
Mutual, 128.

Mutual friend, 128-129.
Mutually, redundant, 124.

National use, 28-29; defined, 28; not
local, 28; not professional, 28; for
an American, 28; not foreign, 29;
advantage and risk of departing
from, 29.

Near-by, as adjective, 130.

Née, 29, 183, 184.

Negatives, double, 159-161.
Neighbor, as verb, 115-116.

Neither, with plural verb, 105; at end

of negative sentence, 160.

New Style English, 177-180.
New verbs, 14.

NEWMAN, CARDINAL, 138, 253.
News, these, 45.

Nom de guerre, 184.
Nom de plume, 184.

Nor, singular subjects connected by,

105; in double negatives, 160.
Nouns, defined,1; proper, 6; common,
6; collective, 6; concrete, 6; abstract,
7; inflections, declensions, 7-9; num-
ber, 7; case, 8-9; sign of possessive
case, 41-43; possessive case or of,
43-44; singular or plural, 45-47; of
foreign origin, 47-48; in -ess, 48–49;
in -ist, 49; abbreviated forms, 49-50; |
misused, 50-56; list of misused, 56;
not nouns, 57-59; adjectives used
as, 58-59; collective, with singular
or plural verbs, 106-108.
Now, as adjective, 131.

Nowhere near for not nearly, 119.
Nuance, 183.

Number, of nouns, 7-8. 45-47; of
pronouns, 10-11, 75-76; of verbs, 13,
101-107; of verbs with collective
nouns, 106-108.
Nuptials, plural noun, 45.

Object of verb, 8.

Obscurity, in use of pronouns, 213-
218; in use of participles, 218; in
use of nouns and other parts of
speech, 219-221; from omission of

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