355.

from paragraph to paragraph, 352-
353.

indented, 343.

order of climax, 465.

point of view, 359-361, 362-363.
principles of choice, 410-411.
relation of sentences to, 414.
sentences in, 356-363.
unity in, 345–352.
Paralyzed, overworked, 381.
Paraphernalia, plural, 65.
Paraphrase, defined, 520.
Pard, for partner, 70.

Parenthesis, marks of, 24, 29, 33.
plural of, 64.

Parenthetical expressions, how set off,
26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33.
position of, in sentence, 459.

Part, portion, or percentage, 93.

Part from or with, 315.

Partially, or partly, 269.

Peruse, or read, 385.
Pessimist, 69.
Peter out, 11.
Pharmacist, 69.
Phase, misused, 100.
Phenomenon, plural of, 65.
Philanthropist, 69.

Phiz, for physiognomy, 69.
Phone, for telephone, 70.
Phonetics, singular or plural, 59.
Photo, for photograph, 70.
Phrases, and words, 379-409.
foreign, 391-395.

omission of, 438-441.

position of, 443-445, 458-462, 491-
492.

possessive case of, 47-49, 52.
See Words.

Pianist, 69.

Piano, or instrument, 397.

Piazza, or veranda, 12.

Pincers, plural, 58.

relative clause, 451, 478.

Participles, dangling, 423-425.

weak use of, 450-451.

Partly, or partially, 269.

Party, for person, 13, 88.
Pass by, 319.

Passive voice, or active, 451-453.

avoided with forms in -ing, 424.

Pater, Walter, 490.

Patroness, 68.

Pavement, or sidewalk, 11.

Pay, or remuneration, 385.

Pell-mell, 15.

Pence, pennies, 56.

Penult, for penultima, 70.
Per se, for by itself, 394.
Perceive, or see, 385.

Percentage, part, or portion, 93.
Perfect, capable of comparison, 265.
Perfect indicative, 184.

Perfect infinitive, 188-189.

Period, uses of, 24, 25, 27, 31, 32.
Periodic sentences, compared with
loose, 373-378, 445, 460 n., 462, 491.
defined, 373.

examples of, 460 n., 461 n., 468 n.
Periphrasis, defined, 520.

Permit of, 319.

Persecution of, 315.

Persian, words from the, 385.

Person, party for, 13, 88.

Person of pronouns, change in, 131-
133.

subjects of different persons con-
nected by or or nor, 203.
Personification, defined, 404–405, 520.

Pine for, 315.

Pitcher, or jug, 11.

Pity's sake, for, 50.
Place, or put, 223.
Plea, or argument, 91-92.
Plead, or argue, 92.

principal parts of, 153.
Plentiful, or abundant, 93.
Plenty, as adjective, 255.
as adverb, 255.

or abundance, 93.
Plover, plural of, 56.

Plural, of figures, letters, words, 29.
of nouns of foreign origin, 62-68.
of nouns, peculiar forms, 54-57.
of nouns, same as singular, 56.
of nouns, two forms differing in
meaning, 56.

or singular, of nouns, 58-62.
or singular, of pronouns, 135-138.
or singular, of verbs, 199-210.
Plural nouns, possessive of, 45.
Plurality, in vocabulary of politics,
386.

Poetry, words obsolete for prose in
present use for, 10, 18-19, 146, 212.
Point of view, in paragraphs, 359-361,
362-363.

in sentences, 425-427.
Pokerist, for poker-player, 69.
Politic, or political, 267.

Politics, singular or plural, 59.

Politics, vocabulary of modern, re-
quires long words, 386.

Polkist, for polka-dancer, 69.
Poloist, for polo-player, 69.

Ponder, or ponder on, ponder over, 319.
Pool, to, 11.

Pope, Alexander, 112, 155, 232, 406.
Porch, or stoop, 11.

Pork, origin of, 385.

Portion, part, or percentage, 93.

Position, of phrases and clauses, 443-
445, 458-462, 491-492.

of words, 441-443, 460, 488-490.
See Order.

misused, 305-317.
omitted, 321-324.
redundant, 319-321.
vulgarisms, 304-305.
would-be, 317-318.
Prescribe, or proscribe, 216.
Present indicative, 182-185.
Present infinitive, 187-189.
Present subjunctive, 193–194.
Present use, words in, 9-10, 18-19, 20-21.
Preterite indicative, 183-185.
Preterite subjunctive, 194–196.
Prevent, for anticipate, 15.
Preventative, for preventive, 105.
Previous, or previously, 261.

Prex, or prexy, for president, 70.
Priceless, capable of comparison, 265.

ative, 466.

Possessed of or with, 315.

Possessive case, apostrophe the sign
of, 29, 44.

before a gerund, 52-53, 119–121.
denoting joint or separate posses-
sion, 48.

general rule for use of, 51.
not to be used with of, 49.
of anybody else, 47.

of nouns in plural number, 45.
of nouns in 8, 45-46.

of phrases, 47-49, 52.

of pronouns, 50, 107, 119-121.

or objective with of, 46, 50-52.

Possessive sign, natural place of, 47.
Postal, as noun, 104.

Post-card, or postal card, 11.
Posted, 13.

Postmistress, 68.

Pot-luck, 15.

Power in expression, defined, 413.
Practicable, or practical, 269.

Practice in writing, value of, 411, 470-
471.

Prairie-schooner, for wagon, 10-11.
Précis, for summary, 392.

Predicate nominative, pronoun as, 109,
111, 114.

Predominance, prominence, or emi-
nence, 274.

Predominant, prominent, or eminent,
274.

Preface, or foreword, 15.

Prelim, for preliminary examination,

70.

Prep, for preparatory student, 70.

Pronouns, omitted, 139-141.
position with reference to noun,
442-443, 477.

possessive case of, 50, 107, 119-121.
redundant, 138-139.
reflexive, 113, 115, 140.

relative, 111-112, 124-130, 170, 338,
433-434, 479-481.

same as or same that, 128-129.
singular or plural, 135-138.
such as, 128, 129.

that, which, or who, 125-127, 129.
the one and the ones, 121–122.
the one and the other, or the
former and the latter, 434-435.
vulgarisms, 107-108.

which, who, or that, 125-127, 129.
whose or of which, 127-128, 129.
with infinitive, 110, 111.
Proportion, singular or plural, 204.
Proposal, or proposition, 73–74.
Propose, or purpose, 213.

Proposition, or proposal, 73-74.
Proscribe, or prescribe, 216.
Prose, defined, 523.

kinds of, 496-518.

Prospectus, plural of, 63.

Protest, protest against, 315, 321-322.

Proved, or proven, 148.

Proverbs, general words in, 395.
Provoke, or aggravate, 219.
Proxy, for procuracy, 70.
Pseudonym, 392.

Public, singular or plural, 205.
Pulpit dialect, 13.
"Punch," 16, 133.
Punctuation, 23-34.

as affecting clearness of sentence,
examples, 33-34, 367, 370, 436.
close or open, 24.
Purpose, or propose, 213.
Pursuance of, 315.
Put, or place, 223.

with in or into, 310-311.

Put in an appearance, 381.

Quad, for quadrangle, 70.
Quadruped, for horse, 397.
Quail, plural of, 56.

Qualities of expression, 412-493.

Quantity, amount, or number, 93-94.
Quart, origin of, 385.

Quartet, for four, 88, 389.

Quite, for rather or very, 280–281.
Quite a, 281.

Quixotic, origin of, 10.

Quoits, plural, 58.

Quorum, origin of, 10.

Quotation, within a quotation, 29.
Quotation-marks, uses of, 24, 28-29, 33.

R. s. v. p., Répondez s'il vous plaît,

42.

Radius, plural of, 63.
Rail at, 315.

Railroad, as verb, 235-236.
or railway, 12.
Raise, as noun, 103.
or elevate, 385.
or rise, 148.

principal parts of, 148.
Raised, for risen, 148.
Ramshackle, 13.

Rank, overworked, 381.
Rare, or underdone, 11.
Rather, or quite, 280.
with had, 15-16.
with were, 16.
Ratification, 386.
Read, or peruse, 385.
Real, for really, 252.
Recess, as verb, 235.

Reckon, for assert or suppose, 11.
Recognizable by, 315.
Recoil from, 315.
Recollect of, 304

Reconcile to or with, 315.

Recourse, resort, or resource, 80.
Redundancy, as affecting clearness,
438.

as affecting ease, 485.

as affecting force, 454-458.

Redundant adjectives and adverbs,

295-300.

of words, when desirable, 473-474.

of words, when objectionable, 436,
474-476, 477 n., 485 n.

Representatives, 386.

Repulse, or repel, 227.

Same as, or same that, 128-129.
Sanguinary, or bloody, 385.
Sargent, H. H., 330 n.

Satirical poetry, defined, 528.
Satisfactory, comparison of, 265.
Saturnalia, singular or plural, 65.
Scallawag, 13.

Scarce, for scarcely, 260.
Scarcely than, 332.
Scientist, 69.

Scissors, plural, 58.
Scope, misused, 100.

Scott, Sir Walter, 12, 87, 113, 123, 170,
177, 229, 328, 373-374.

Scrape acquaintance, 16.
Sculptress, 68.

See Slang.

Reputation, or character, 92.
Requirement, requisite, or requisition,
80.

Resemblance, in appearance or sound,
71-86, 211-219, 266–276.

in sense, 86-98, 219-229, 277-289.
Resolutions, 386.

Resort, resource, or recourse, 80.
Rest, or remainder, or balance, 87.
singular or plural, 204.
Restrictive relative clause, 26.
Resume, for sum up, 393.
Resurrect, to, 235.

Revenge for (an injury), 315.
Revenge on (a person), 315.

Revision in writing, value of, 470. See
Writing.

Rhetoric, value of study of, 493–495.

Rhinoceros, plural of, 63.

Rhyme, 526-527.

Rhythm, 524.

Riant, for laughing, 392.

Richards, Mrs., 156.

Richardson, Samuel, 50, 164, 166, 170.

Riches, plural, 58.

Ride, or drive, 227.

principal parts of, 153.

Rig, for vehicle, 13.

Right, for very, 11.

Ring, principal parts of, 153.

Rise, or arise, 212.

or raise, 148.

principal parts of, 148.
Rosebery, Lord, 100, 404, 407.
Round (or around), or about, 280.
Run, principal parts of, 153.
Run in debt, 310.

Ruskin, John, 365-366, 386, 412, 496.
Rutherford, Mark, 157.

Safe, capable of comparison, 265.
Sail-loft, plural of, 55.

Seamstress, 68.
Search for, 315.

Seasickness, or mal de mer, 10.
Seat, sit, or set, 148.

"Secret Journals of Congress," 194.
See, or discern, perceive, 385.

principal parts of, 153.
Selection, or choice, 385, 502.
-self, pronouns in, 113-115.
Semicolon, misuse of, 34 n.
uses of, 24, 27, 32.

Sense, resemblance in, misleading, 86-
98, 219-229, 277-289.

Senses, word in two, 440, 476.
Sensible, or sensitive, 274.
Sentences, 364–378.

active or passive voice, 451-453.
antithesis, 463-464, 467-469.

beginnings and endings, 458-463,

Sentences, repeated words, 473–477.
short or long, 364-373.
subordinate ideas made too prom-
inent, 427-429, 449-451.

too little in, 419-420, 438-441, 486.
too much in, 416-419, 454-458, 485.
translation-English, 482-485.
weak use of conjunctions, 449–450.
weak use of participles, 450-451.
See Clearness, Ease, Force, Obscur-
ity, Unity.
Sequence of tenses, 185-192.
Seraph, plural of, 66.

Series, both singular and plural, 56.
or succession, 94.

Set, or sit, 148-149.

principal parts of, 148.

Set out for, 315.

Sewage, or sewerage, 81.
Shake, principal parts of, 153.
Shakspere, William, 18, 51, 61, 101, 112,

115, 120, 123, 125, 128, 143, 144,
162, 163, 168, 169, 176, 177, 178,
219, 233, 243, 254, 256, 285, 286,
329, 408, 489.

Shall or will, 159-172, 178-182.

common errors in use of, 163-164,
165-166, 167, 168, 171.
distinction between simple futurity
and volition, 159.

in clauses introduced by indefinite
relative pronouns, 170.

in conditional clauses, 169.
in declarative sentences, first per-
son, 160.

in declarative sentences, second
person, 160-161.

in declarative sentences, third per-
son, 161-163.

in dependent clauses, 166-172.
in general relative clauses, 170.
in independent clauses, 159-166, 171.
in indirect questions, 171.
in interrogative sentences, 164–166.
rule of courtesy, 159, 172.
shall, after prohibitory conjunc-
tion, 170-171.

shall, imperative quality of, 161, 162.
shall, in early English, 162.
shall, in promises, 163.
shall, in prophecy, 162–163.
will, in its original meaning, 162.
will, in official letters of direction,
161.

will, to denote a habit, 162.

See Should or would.

Shambles, plural, 58.
Shawl, origin of, 385.

She, or her, 109.
Shears, plural, 58.

Sheep, both singular and plural, 56.
possessive plural of, 45.
Shelley, P. B., 400, 404, 405.
Shepherdess, 68.
Sheridan, R. B., 126.

Shine, principal parts of, 153.
Shoddy, 13.

Shoe, principal parts of, 153.
Shoe's latchet, 50.
Shoon, for shoes, 10.

Short sentences, compared with long,
364-373.

Short words, compared with long, 384-
390, 410, 448.

Shorten, or abbreviate, 385.
Shot, plural of, 56.

Should or would, 172-182.

general rule for use of, 172, 178.
in conditional clauses, 176–177.
in dependent clauses, 174–177.
in independent clauses, 172-174,
in interrogative sentences, 173-174.
should, after prohibitory conjunc-
tion, 177.

should, in sense of ought, 178.
should, with force of subjunctive,

177-178.

should, with like, be willing, prefer,
173.

would, to denote a habit, 178.
would, to express a wish, 178,
See Shall or will.
Shovelful, plural of, 54.
Show, principal parts of, 153.
Shrink, principal parts of, 153.
Shrouded up, 298.
Shrub, origin of, 385.

Side issues, overworked, 381.
Sidewalk, or pavement, footway, 11.
Sightly, misused, 255.

Significance, or signification, 81.
Sill, E. R., 344–345.

Simile, defined, 402-403. See Figures
of speech.

Since, or after, 313, 332.

or as, because, for, 327-328.
Sing, principal parts of, 153.
Singular, and plural, alike in some
nouns, 56.

or plural, of nouns, 58-62.

or plural, of pronouns, 135-138.
or plural, of verbs, 199-210.
Singular subjects, connected by or or
nor, 135, 203.

Sink, principal parts of, 149.
Sit, or set, or seat, 148.

principal parts of, 148.
Site, or situation, 81.
Size up, 13.

Skittles, plural, 58.