Incredible, absolute adjective, 264. Indian, North American, words from Indicative or subjunctive mood, 192- Indices, indexes, 56 Indispensable, absolute adjective, 264. Infinitive, position of adverbs with, 292-295. Instigate, 88. Instigator, 88. Institution, misused, 99. Instrument, for piano, 397. Interjection, punctuation after, 25. Interruption, marked by dash, 28, 33. or in, 309-311. Intolerable, absolute adjective, 264. Inwit, for conscience, 15. Irreparable, absolute adjective, 264. It, or its, before a gerund, 120. Italian, words from the, 63, 385. Jackson, Andrew, 206. James, Henry, 47, 157, 172, 174, 175, Jerrold, Douglas, 121. Johnson, Samuel, 13, 14, 201, 232, 257 Jump up, 298. Junius, 410, 464. Keats, John, 19, 115, 397. Instigation, or instance, prompting, 88. Keep up, 298. Laid, for lay, 147. Landor, W. S., 112, 166, 169. Language, sources of life in a, 379. or latter, 263. Late, as adverb, 260. Latest, or last, 273. Latin, ablative absolute in, 483. words from the, 10, 63-65, 385. Latin idioms, to be avoided in English Latin plurals, 63-65. or other, 434-435. Laundry, as verb, 235. Lava, origin of, 385. Lay, or lie, 147. principal parts of, 147. Lead, principal parts of, 153. Legal dialect, 11, 13. Legislature, 386. Lend, or loan, 234. Lengthy, or long, 286. Less, fewer, or smaller, 279. or figurative, 401-409. Literary language, 382, 385, 410. Long and the short of it, the, 16. Long words, compared with short, Longfellow, H. W., 18, 115, 145 n., Look (verb), adjective or adverb with, Letters (of the alphabet), plural of, Lowell, J. R., 18, 35-36, 61, 101, 115, 29. Letter-writing, 35-43. familiar letters, 35-38. formal letters, 38-43. Lewes, G. H., 196, 197. principal parts of, 147. 177, 213, 387-388, 404, 405. Lucidity in expression, defined, 413. Luggage, or baggage, 12. Lurid, overworked, 381. Luxuriant, or luxurious, 273-274. -ly, repetition of adverbs in, 471. Macaulay, Lord, 14, 88, 170, 176, 202 n., Machinist, 69. Mad, or angry, 286. Might and main, with, 15. Migrate from and to, 314. Maetzner's "English Grammar," 197 n. Mind's eye, 50. Maintain, or claim, assert, declare, Maize, or corn, 11. Minto, William, 376 n. Misplaced adverbs, 291-292, 465. Miss, plural of, 56. Majority, in vocabulary of politics, 386. Mistress, 68. or bulk, 93. or plurality, 93. singular or plural, 204. Make mention of, 304-305. Mal de mer, for seasickness, 10. Man after man, treated as singular, Man-clerk, plural of, 55. Manifestly, apparently, or evidently, Manner of things, all, 256. Massachusetts, Statutes of, 34 n., 169. Materialize, misused, 230-231. Mauvais sujet, for worthless fellow,392. Me, or I, 109, 110. Means, singular or plural, 58. Meantime, for in the meantime, 455. Measles, singular or plural, 58. Medium, plural of, 65. Megaphone, 386. Men, possessive of, 45. Misuse, of adjectives and adverbs, of conjunctions, 327-337. of prepositions, 305–317. Mob, from mobile vulgus, 13, 70, 385. Mother-in-law, plural of, 55. Moue, for grimace, 392. Mr., plural of, 56. Mrs., in address, 40 n. in signature, 41. plural of, 56. Much, or many, 279. with so, too, very, 281. Merciless, capable of comparison, 265. Muchly, for much, 257. Meredith, George, 467. Messrs., 40, 56. Metaphor, defined, 402-403. Might, or could, 154-158. Mucilage, or gum, 11. Multitude, singular or plural, 204. Mumps, singular or plural, 58. Murderess, 68. Mussulman, plural of, 54. Must, 158. Mutual, for common, 278. Mutually, redundant, 297. Myself, for I myself, I, 113, 114. Narration, form of discourse, 502-507 Nasty, overworked. 381. "Nation," 142 n., 222 n., 281 n., 294 n., | Nouns, case before a gerund, 52–53. 318 n. collective, 125, 204-205, 256. in -ics, 59. in -ist, 69. in s, possessive of, 45-46. of foreign origin, 62–68. plural, same form as singular, 56. Novel, or new, 286. Now, as adjective, 290. Nowhere near, for not nearly, 255. Nuance, for shade, 392. Number, or quantity, or amount, 93- 94. singular or plural, 204. Newman, Cardinal, 294, 377, 467-468, Number, of nouns, 54-68. 470, 494 495. News, singular, 58. Newspapers, American, 19, 61, 101, 206. influence on language, 386-387. 99.66 Nice, overworked, 380-381. Night's lodging, 50. No one, his with, 132. or neither, 122. No use, for of no use, 322. None, both singular and plural, 136. of pronouns, 135-138. of verbs, 199-210. of verbs with collective nouns, 204- Number of words, as affecting clear- as affecting ease, 485-487. Oasis, plural of, 64. Objective case, or nominative, of pro- or possessive, of nouns and pro- from general incoherence, 429-430. from misplaced words, 441-443. or other parts of speech, 431- from omission of words or phrases, from redundancy, 438, 485. in use of adjectives and participles, See Clearness. Observance, or observation, 73. Obsolete and obsolescent words, de- | Open, as noun, 105. fined, 9. used less than new ones, 15. objective case with, or possessive, Of her own accord, 50. Of which, or whose, 127-128, 129 Old, or aged, ancient, 385. Old Norse, words from the, 385. Oliphant, Mrs., 35, 136 n., 166, 168, 172, Omission, of adjectives and adverbs, of articles, 249-251. of conjunctions, 339-340. of punctuation from title-pages and of words necessary to clearness, of words necessary to ease, 486. Omnipotent, absolute adjective, 264. redundant, 298, 319, 320. On our account, 50. On the point, or at the point, 312. On to, for on or to, 318. erst or whilom for, 10. One, or a, 245. or former, 434-435. or the one, 121. repetition of, 132. One another, or each other, 123. One's, or his, 132. One-time, as adjective, 290. Only, or alone, 261. in double negatives, 301-302. redundant, 297. Onomatopoeia, defined, 521. as verb, misused, 139. Opening, of familiar letters, 37-38. Optional, as noun, 104. Or, correlative of either, 330, 443. or nor, 330-331. singular subjects joined by, 135, 203 Orate, to, 235. Order, in description, 500-502. in exposition, 509-510. Order of words, as affecting clearness, as affecting ease, 488-493. Ordinary, or average, 285. Other, or latter, 434 435. with comparatives and superla Ought, should in sense of, 178. with didn't, had, hadn't, 142. Out of harm's way, 50. Out of, redundant, 320. Out of kilter, 13. Overworked words, 380-381. Oxford English Dictionary, 13 n., 14 n., 56 n., 58 n., 59 n., 72 n., 79 n., 87 n., 98 n., 103, 107 n., 128 n., Pack, for carry, 11. Pains, singular or plural, 58. Pan out, 11. Panacea, plural of, 64. Pants, for pantaloons, 70. Onus probandi, for burden of proof, Paragraphs, 343-363. 393. defined, 343. |