Sloop, origin of, 385.

Smaller, fewer, or less, 279.

Squaw, origin of, 385.
Squinting position, 442, 445, 475.
Stair's foot, 50.

Stamen, plural of, 65.
Stamina, 65.

Standard Dictionary, 287 n.
Stanza, or verse, 94.

Start in, 298.

Start out, 298.

State, or assert, 94.

259.

Smith, Sydney, 403.

Snap, a, 11.

Snipe, plural of, 56.

So, for so much, 281.

or as, as correlative, 282.

weak connective, 375, 449-450.

So much, or so, 281.
Sofa, origin of, 385.
Solecism, defined, 520.
Solicitation, or solicitude, 81.
Some, somewhat, something, 255-256.
Some place else, for somewhere else, 257.
Somebody else, possessive of, 47.
Something, or somewhat, 255-256.
Somewheres, for somewhere, 252.
Songstress, 68.

Sonnet, defined, 532.
Sooth, for true, 10.
Sorceress, 68.

Sort, treated as singular, 256.
Sort of a, 246.

Sound (adjective), comparison of, 265.
Sound (verb), adjective

with, 259.

or adverb

Sound, resemblance in, misleading,
71-86, 211-219, 266–276.

Sounds, harsh, 471-473, 474-476, 477 n.,
485 n.

Spanish, words from the, 385.
Sparrow-grass, for asparagus, 13.
Speak, principal parts of, 153.
Spec, for speculation, 70.

Species, both singular and plural, 56.

Specific expressions, combined with

general, 398, 410-411.

more forcible than general, 448.
uses of, 396-399, 400-401.

"Spectator" (19th century), 101, 324,

380 n.

Speculatist, for speculator, 69.

Speedist, for fast rider, 69.

Splendid, overworked, 380.

Split in two, 310.

Split infinitive, 292–295.

Spool, or reel, 11.
Spoonful, plural of, 54.

Spotless. absolute adjective, 264.
Spring principal parts of, 153.

Stimulant, stimulation, or stimulus, 74.
Stoop, for porch, 11.
Stop, or stay, 223.

Stopping, or filling (teeth), 11.
Story, names of characters in a, 397.
Stove, origin of, 385.
Straight, as adverb, 260.
Strange, or funny, 277.
Stratum, plural of, 65.
Street, origin of, 385.
Stricken, as adjective, 149.

for struck, 149.

Strike, principal parts of, 149.
Strike oil, 11.

Strive, principal parts of, 153.
Strive for, 315.

Stroke, to, misused, 236.
Struck, or stricken, 149.
Stupid, or dumb, 393.
Style, diffuse, 454.

"forcible-feeble," 448.
importance of ease, 470.
masters of, 470.

principle of adaptation, 410-411
principle of variety, 410-411.
Stylist, 69.

Sub, for sub-freshman, 70.

Subjunctive mood, distinguished from
indicative, 192–193.

in votes and resolutions, 194.
present subjunctive of be, 194.
preterite subjunctive of be, 194-196.
when indicative is preferred in
conditional clauses, 196-197.
Subordinate ideas, 427-429, 449–451
Subordinate quotation, 29.

Substance of sentence, unity in,416-422

Substitute, or substitution, 81.
Success, a, 89.

Succession, or series, 94.
Succotash, origin of, 10.
Such as, 128, 129.
Suds, plural, 58.

Sufficient, absolute adjective, 264.
Suitable, or eligible, 285-286,
Sully, James, 287.

Summons, as verb, 235.
Sunday, as verb, 235.
Sunk, or sank, 149.

or sunken, 149.

Sunstroke, or coup de soleil, 10.
Supe, for supernumerary, 70.
Superior, as noun, 105.

Superlative, Emerson on the, 448.
Superlative or comparative, 262-263.
Superlatives, double, 254.

Superscriptions of letters, no punctua-
tion in, 25, 31.

Suppose,or allow, calculate, reckon, 11.
or expect, or conjecture, 222.

Supreme, for last, 393.

Sure, capable of comparison, 265.
Suspicion, as verb, 235.
Swap, 15.

Swift, Jonathan, 13, 35, 69, 101, 464.
Swim, principal parts of, 153.
Swinburne, A. C., 483.

Swine, both singular and plural, 56.
possessive plural of, 45.
Swing, principal parts of, 153.
Syllabus, plural of, 63.
Synecdoche, defined, 520.

Synthesis, plural of, 64.

Tableau, plural of, 63.
Tailoress, 68.
Take, or bring, 220.

principal parts of, 153.
Take a cue, 16.
Take stock in, 11.
Take to one's heels, 16.
Take up, 298.
Talisman, plural of, 54.
Talked, for said, 143.
Tantrums, in, 13.
Tap, or faucet, 11.

Tapis, for carpet, 392.

Taste (verb), adjective or adverb with,

future or present, 182-183.
historical present, 185.
improper change of, 184, 185.
in dependent clauses, 185-187.
of infinitive, 187-189.
perfect or preterite, 184, 492 n.
present or preterite, 183-184.
Tense-attraction, 186-187.
Tenses, sequence of, 185-192.
Terminus, plural of, 63.
Testimony, or verdict, 94.
Thackeray, W. M., 50, 101, 112, 133,
134, 373-374, 470.

Than, for when, 332.

Than whom, or than who, 112.
Thank, obsolete as noun, 58 n.
Thanks, plural, 58.

That, for so, 256.

omission of, 340.

or as, 325.

or but that, 338.

or who, or which, 125-127, 129.
The, before a gerund, 247-248, 323.
or a, 243-244.

or this, 245-246.

presence or absence of, as affecting
meaning, 60, 202, 250-251.
redundant, 246-248.

The one, the ones, 121-122.

The one, the other, for the former, the
latter, 434-435.

The two, for both, 107.

Thee, or thou, 109.

Their, referring to singular substan-
tive, 136.

Them, for they, 109.

Themselves, for they, 114.

referring to singular substantive,
135-136.

Then, as adjective, 290.
Thence, or from thence, 320.
Therein, 472.

These kind, these sort, 256.
Thesis, plural of, 64.

They, or them, 109.

or themselves, 114.

referring to singular substantive,
135-136.

Thirst for or after, 315.

This, before a gerund, 120.

for article, 245-246.

Together, redundant, 297.

Tongs, plural, 58.

Too, for too much, 281.

with participles and adjectives, 281.

Too much, or too, 281.

redundant, 296.

Tooth, origin of, 10.

Top of his bent, to the, 15.

Tote, for carry, 11.

Town, going in, 311.

Traînant, for lingering, 392.
Tramp, hobo for, 10.
Transformed into, 315.

Translation, a means of enlarging
one's vocabulary, 379.

Translation-English, 482-485.
Transpire, misused, 232.
Tremendously, overworked, 381.
Tribute, misused, 100-101.

Trollope, Anthony, 59, 61, 92, 155, 156,
157, 160, 165, 167, 168, 172, 173,
174, 175, 176, 177, 195, 197, 198.
Trope, defined, 520.

Trottoir, for sidewalk, 392.
Trouble (verb), misused, 140.
Trouble-fête, for kill-joy, 392.
Trousers, plural, 58.
Trout, plural of, 56.

True, truly, comparison of, 265.
Trunk, or box, 12.

Try and, 16.

| Tunnel, or funnel, 75.

Twain, for two, 10.

Twain, Mark, 10n., 144 n., 156-157, 400
Tweezers, plural, 58.

Twit with, 315.

Two, the, for both, 107.

Two halves, 296.

Typical, absolute adjective, 264.
Typo, for typographer, 70.

Ultimatum, plural of, 65.
Umpire, as verb, 236.

Unanimous, absolute adjective, 264.
Unanswerable, absolute adjective, 264.
Unbearable, absolute adjective, 264.
Unbeknown, for unknown, 257.
Unbounded, absolute adjective, 264.
Under the auspices of, 381.
Under the circumstances, 16.
Under the signature, 312-313.
Underdone, or rare, 11.

Unerring, absolute adjective, 264.
Union, or unity, 81.

Unique, absolute adjective, 264.

United States, singular or plural, 205

206.

United States, Constitution of,265,285n.
Revised Statutes of, 206.
Unity, 412, 415-430.
defined, 412.

importance of, 415–416.
in description, 500.
in exposition, 508-509.
in form, 423-430.

in narration, 507.
in paragraphs, 345–352.

in substance, 416-422.

lack of, from change of subject,

425-427.

lack of, from confusion of thought,

419, 420.

lack of, from incoherence, 429-430.
lack of, from having too little in
sentence, 419-420, 422.

lack of, from having too much in
sentence, 416-419, 420-421.

lack of, from presence of dangling
words, 423-425.

lack of, from prominence of sub-
ordinate idea, 427–429.
Unity, or union, 81.

Universally, absolute adverb, 264.
Unknown quantity, 13.
Unless, or without, 326.

Unparalleled, absolute adjective, 264.
Unprecedented, absolute adjective, 264.
Up, helpful or redundant, 298.
Up till, or up to, 313.

Us, for we 109.

or our. before a gerund, 119.

Week's wages, 50.

Weight, or gravity, 92.
Weird, overworked, 381.
Welkin, for sky, 10.
Well, or good, 253.
Were better, 16 n.
Wharf, or dock, 92.
What, for that, 326.

for which, 107-108.
Whatever, for what, 108.
Wheel, for bicycle, 13.
When, or though, 332.

or while, 333.

weak use of, 450.

Whence, or from whence, 320.

Where, ambiguous, 436-437, 440.

Vertebra, plural of, 64.

Very, or most, 280.

or right, 11.

or very much, 281, 297.

Very likely, 254.

Violinist, 69.

Vision, defined, 521.

Versification, 523-533.

Visible, or palpable, 286.

Vitals, plural, 58.

Vocabulary, a working, 379-382.

of Johnson and Macaulay, 14-15.

of modern politics, 386.

Vocation, or avocation, 73.
Voice (verb), overworked, 381.
Voice, active or passive, 451-453.

Vulgarisms, in adjectives and adverbs,

252-259.

in conjunctions, 325-326.

in prepositions, 304-305.
in pronouns, 107-108.

in verbs, 142-145.

Wage, for wages, 58 n.

Wages, or remuneration, 385.
plural, 58.

Wait, or await, 212.

Which, or as, after such, 128.

or who, or that, 125-127, 129.

with and, construction of, 338, 479-
481.

See Of which.

While, or but, or though, 334.

or when, 333.

Whilom, for former, 10.
White, A. D., 272.

Whittier, J. G., 157, 397, 401.
Who, omitted, 439,

or which, or that, 125-127, 129.
or whom, 111-112.
Whoever, dangling, 479.

or whomever, 112.

Whole, the, for all, 89.

Whole compositions, relation of sen-
tences and paragraphs to, 413-
414.

Wholesome, healthy, or healthful, 268.
Whom, or who, 111-112.

Whomever, or whoever, 112.

Whose, or of which, 127-128, 129.

misused, 314.

Within, as adjective, 290.

Without, for unless, 326.

Wobble, to, 13.

Woman, or female, 87.

Woman-clerk, plural of, 55.
Woman-servant, plural of, 55.
Woman's, for women's, 60.

Wordiness. See Redundancy, Redun-
dant.

Words, and phrases, 379-409.
big, 386-390.

bookish or living, 382-384.
coined, 14-15.

colloquial, 13, 136, 142-143, 410.
common, 14.

fastidiousness in use of, 15.
figurative or literal, 401-409.
foreign, 10, 391-395.

general or specific, 395-401.

idioms, 15-17, 49, 310, 482-485.

in a dictionary, 14.

in good use, 14-17.

in national use, 10-12, 19-20.

in present use, 9-10, 18-19, 20-21.
in reputable use, 12-13, 21-22.

in squinting position, 442, 445, 475.
in two senses, 440, 476.
literal or figurative, 401-409.
literary, 382, 385, 410.

long or short, 384-390, 410, 448.
new, 9.

obsolete and obsolescent, 9, 15.
of foreign origin, misused, 62-68.
origin of, not important, 10, 384-
385.