sense of proof of; as, "a tribute to his judgment."

Truth, veracity. Truth used of the thing; veracity of the person. Try, not to be used in the sense of make; as, "try an experiment."

Try and, not to be used for try to; as, "I will try and come tomorrow.' A very common fault. 'Twixt, an abbreviation suitable only to poetry.

Ugly, in the sense of malicious, is a provincialism; the word refers more to appearance.

Umpire, not to be used as a verb; as, "He umpired the game to universal satisfaction."

Unanimous, not susceptible of comparison by more and most.

Unbeknown, not to be used for unknown. A provincialism.

Underhanded, - as in "underhanded dealings " not to be used for underhand.

Unexampled, not susceptible of comparison.

Up, used sometimes superfluously or as an expletive, as "end up," 'open up." See these words.

Utter, to be distinguished from express or say. With utter goes the idea of articulate expression; an exception, however, is the idiom to utter a forged note.

Valuable, not to be used for valued; as, "one of our most valuable contributors."

Veneration, see regard.
Veracity, see truth.

As noun the word may take the s; as, "His whereabouts are uncertain."

Whole, not to be used with reference to individual persons or things; as, "The whole of the soldiers were out to-day." Use all; and restrict whole to something of which nothing is lacking.

Wholesome, see healthful.

Whoever, whomever, question as to case-form in certain constructions; see page 56.

Whose else, preferable to who else's. See anybody else's, somebody else's.

Widow woman, the word woman is superfluous. Biblical usage is

obsolete.

Wight, an archaism, too quaint for ordinary modern style.

Will and Shall; for use of these auxiliaries, see Rule 21, page 60.

Wire, not to be used, except colloquially, as verb for telegraph.

Without, not to be used as a conjunction in the sense of unless; as, "You will never succeed without you labor."

Witness, not to be used pretentiously in the mere sense of see; as, "This is the most beautiful view I ever witnessed." To witness properly means bear testimony.

Work, see effort.

Worse, not to be used in the sense of more; as, "He dislikes oysters worse than olives."

Worthy, not to be used without of before the succeeding noun; as, "He is worthy your esteem."

Would better, see had better.
Would rather, see had rather.

Zeal, see energy.

Absolute degree of adjectives (Rule

18), 57.

Accents, test of, for flowing expres-

sion (Rule 73), 162.
Adaptation in rhetoric, 4.

Adjective phrases first, for suspense,

129.

Adjectives, absolute degree of (Rule
18), 57.

Adverbial modifiers first, for sus-
pense, 129.
Alone for only, 71.

Alternative, important, preparation
for (Rule 37), 100.

Ambiguity and its opposite (Rule
3), 12.

Amplification, like modes together
(Rule 97), 231.

Analogy, use of in argument and

exposition (Rule 125), 274.
Antecedent, agreement of pronoun
with (Rule 30), 80.
Antecedent, prominence of (Rule
33), 89.

Antecedent, repetition of, in refer-

ence, 91.

ANTECEDENTS, WORDS WITH,88-100.
Antiquated words and forms (Rule

10), 33.

Antithesis (Rule 69), 152.
APPENDICES, 277-332.

Apposition for rapidity, 140.

Argument a fortiori, 273.
ARGUMENTATION, 268–276.
Argumentation by analogy (Rule
125), 274.

Argumentation by deduction (Rule
121), 270.

Argumentation by deduction, cau-
tion for (Rule 122), 271.
Argumentation by example (Rule
123), 272.

Argumentation by example, caution
for (Rule 124), 273.
Argumentation by induction (Rule
119), 269.

Argumentation by induction, caution
for (Rule 120), 269.

Articles and possessives, repetition
of (Rule 43), 109.
Association of words for descriptive
effect, 148.

Balance, principle of (Rule 84),
203.

Balance, repetition for (Rule 55),.
131.

Balanced sentences (Rule 90), 213.
Bathos, 130.

Beginning of sentence (Rule 81),
198.

Bookish terms, caution regarding

(Rule 6), 24.

Brevity in style, effects of, 136.