After, or since, 313, 332. Aggravate, or irritate, provoke, 219. Agree to, upon, with, 314. Al fresco, for outdoor, 10. Alkali, origin of, 10. All, or each, or every one, 122–123. with comparatives and superla- Allegory, defined, 519. Allow, for assert or suppose, 11. Allusion, or reference, 86. most for, 254. Alms, singular or plural, 58. Alone, or only, 261. Along these lines, overworked, 381. Ambiguity. See Clearness, Obscurity. American and British usage, 11-12. or between, 307–308. Amount, quantity, or number, 94. Analogy, argument from, 514-515. Ancient, or old, 385. And, with relative clause, 338, 479- Any, with comparatives and superla. Any one who, or whoever, 112. Any place else, for anywhere else, 256- Anybody, he and his with, 136. with comparatives, 300. Anybody else's, or anybody's else, 47. uses of, 24, 29, 33, 44. Argue, or plead, 92. Argument, or plea, 91-92. form of discourse, 511-518. Arise, or rise, 212. Arnold, Matthew, 18, 35, 380. a or an, 241-243. a (or an) or one, 245. with gerunds, 247-248, 323. As, after same and such, 128-129. for who, 107. or because, for, since, 327-328. or so, as correlative, 282. As follows, 16. As if, or like, 326. subjunctive required with, 194–196. As well as, in relation to subject of Ask, or demand, 393. Asparagus, or sparrow-grass, 13. Assert, or allow, calculate, reckon, 11. or state, 94. Assertion, or statement, 94. Assets, plural, 58. Assist at, for be present at, 393. or of, 311-312. or to, 304, 306-307, 313. At arm's length, 50. At his tongue's end, 50. At home, 304, 322. At most, or at the most, 247. At my wit's end, 50. At present, or at the present, 247. Athletics, singular or plural, 59. Attention, original meaning of, 402. Austen, Jane, 380-381, 419, 453, 488, 490. Automaton, plural of, 66. Avail of, 140, 229. Average, or ordinary, 285. Averse to or from, 314. Avocation, or vocation, 73. Awake, principal parts of, 152. Axiomatic, absolute adjective, 264. Bacillus, plural of, 63. Bacterium, plural of, 65. Balance, for rest or remainder, 12, 87. Bas-bleu, for blue-stocking, 10. Beau idéal, 391. Because, ambiguous, 436, 440. or as, for, since, 327-328. Bed's foot, 50. Befit, principal parts of, 152. Beginnings and endings of sentences, Behave, requires qualifying word, 300. Being performed, or performing, 453. Beseech, principal parts of, 152. Bête noire, for bugbear, 10. with might or were, 16, 16 n. or among, 307-308. Bible, 21, 46, 50, 58 n., 59 n., 61, 81, 93, Bicycle, 10, 13, 70. principal parts of, 145. Bloody, or sanguinary, 385. Booking-office, or ticket-office, 11. Both, for each, 279. of three or more, 328. Both... and, 250, 443. Bouderie, for sulkiness, 391. Bring up, 298. Cable, for message by cable, 102. Cæsar, 483. Cæsura, defined, 527. Calculate, for assert or suppose, 11 Can, or may, 154-158. Can but, or cannot but, 302-303. Cap, for captain, 70. British and American usage in words, Capacity, or ability, 91. By your leave, 50. Captivate, or capture, 215. Carcass, 15. Careful, to be, or to watch out, 11. Carlyle, Thomas, 402, 447, 472. Carry, for keep, 143. or bring, fetch, 220. Cart, 9. Carven, for carved, 10. Case, before a gerund, 52-53, 119–121. objective or possessive, of nouns and pronouns, 46, 49, 50-52. possessive, of pronouns, 107, 119-121. "Catholic World,” 21. Century Dictionary, 21 n., 24 n., 74 n., 93, 100 n., 145 n., 227 n., 231 n., 232 n., Ceremonial, or ceremonious, 77-78. Certain, certainly, capable of compari- Change, of construction, 479. of point of view, 359-361, 425-427. Change for (a thing), 314. Byron, Lord, 88, 104, 112, 113, 147, 396, Characteristic of, 314. 397, 399, 403, 404, 405. Cab, for cabriolet, 70. origin of. 385. Charge to (a person), 314. Chaste, overworked, 381. Cherub, plural of, 66. Chesnutt, C. W., 122. Chinese, words from the, 385. Choate, Rufus, 379. Choice, or election, selection, 385. Choice of words, as affecting clear- as affecting ease, 471-485. Choose, principal parts of, 152. Chum, for chamber-fellow, 70. Circular, as noun, 105. Circumlocution, defined, 520. Claim, or assert, declare, maintain, Clarendon, Lord, 369. Class, treated as singular, 256. dependent, 166-172,174-177,185-187. affected by choice of words, 431-438. affected by order of words, 441-446. importance of, 431. in exposition, 510-511. Clergyman, or divine, 87. Clerk, as verb, 234. Clever, 12. College dialect, 11, 453. Colloquial language, how it gets into preferable to bookish, 382. words excusable in, 13, 136, 142–143. Colon, uses of, 24, 27, 30, 32. Come at, misused, 306-307. Comma, uses of, 24, 25-27, 31-32, 34 n. Commensal, for table-companion, 393. Committee, singular or plural, 205. Comparative or superlative degree, Comparatives, double, 254. Compo, for composition, 70. See Clearness, Ease, Force, Unity. Concern, misused, 230. Conclusively, absolute adverb, 264. Conditional clauses, indicative or sub- junctive in, 192–197. shall and will in, 169. should and would in, 176–177. Condone, or atone for, 226. Climatic, or climactic, 272. Climax, 465-468, 469. Confab, for confabulation, 70. Coincide with, 314. tives with, 256. relatives with, 125. verbs with, 204-205. Confess, or admit, 221. Collective nouns, demonstrative adjec- Conformity with or to, 314. Confronted by or with, 314. 'Congressional Record," 194 Conjecture, expect, or suppose, 222. not always needed, 334, 436. prohibitory, 170, 177. redundant, 338–339. vulgarisms, 325-326. weak use of, 449–450. See Connectives. Connectives, between sentences, 356- wise choice of, useful to force, 449. Conscience' sake, for, 46. Consensus of opinion, overworked, 381. Consols, for consolidated annuities, 70. Constitutional, as noun, 103-104. English and un-English, 482-485. Contend, or claim, assert, declare, Continually, absolute adverb, 264. Convene, or convoke, 226. Conversant with, 314. guage. Countess, 68. Coup de soleil, for sunstroke, 10. Courtesy, rule of, in use of shall and Cowper, William, 21, 35, 156, 232, 233. Credible, or creditable, 272. Crisis, plural of, 64. overworked by Matthew Arnold,380. Daguerreotype, origin of, 10. De Quincey, Thomas, 257, 294, 376 n.. De Vinne, T. L., 33 n. Dead, or deceased, 385. See Colloquial lan- Deceit, or deception, 78. Convoke, or convene, 226. Cooper, J. F., 19. Copyist, 69. Cork, origin of, 385. Corn, or maize, 11. Corner of the fire, for chimney-corner, Corp, for corporal, 70. Correct, capable of comparison, 265. to express inclination, 155. Decided, or decisive, 266. Decisive, absolute adjective, 264. Declaration of Independence, 92. Deep, as adverb, 260. Deer, both singular and plural, 56. Demean, or debase, degrade, lower, Dependent clauses, tenses in, 185–187. |