Explanations of grammatical and other technical terms are in general not cited below, since they can easily be found in the alphabetical vocabulary on pp. 196 ff.
Comments on the spelling, writing "solid" or not "solid," hyphening, and pronunci- ation of particular words, are in general not cited under the words; such comments can easily be found through the citations under Spelling, Solid, Hyphen, and Pronuncia- tion.
Abatement, coherence of an, 66. Abbreviations, objectionable, 112; permissible in some connections, 113; of titles, 113; in letters, 129 ff.; of names of cities, 134; punc- tuation with, 90. "About, at," 144.
"Abreast of the times," 6.
Absolute construction, not eupho- nious, 58; over-frequent use of, 59; punctuation with, 90.
Absolute phrase, mistaken for sen- tence, 12, 191-192. Accept and except, 150, 190.
Accordingly, punctuation with, 96, Amid, 9.
Address, in the heading of a letter, 126; inside of letters, 131; on envelope, 141. Addressee's title in letters, 132, 141. Adjectives, used for other parts of speech, 3-4; and adverbs, 19; punctuation with series of, 92. Adverbs, used for other parts of speech, 3-4; and adjectives, 19. Affect and effect, 143, 191. Affectation, 9-11.
After, over-frequent use of, 59; "after having," 143. Afterthought, marked by dash, 99. Age, number designating, 115. Aggravate, 143.
Anachronous participles, 23.
Analogy, standing of words not de- termined by, 4.
Analytical outlines, 121 ff.
And, illogical, 41, 42; too frequent, 43; oblique, 76; comma before, in a series, 92. "And etc.," 144.
"And oblige," 131, 134. " And which," 41. Anent, 144.
Antecedent, reference to, 23 ff., 180; parenthesized, 25. Anticlimax, 37. Any, misuse of, 4.
Any one, concord of, 15, 176. Any place, for anywhere, 144. Anybody, concord of, 15, 176.
Apostrophe, use of, 106; shape of, 76. Appositives, case of, 17; punctuation with, 90. Appreciate, 144.
Arise, for get up, 9. Arnold, 2, 37.
Arrangement of Ms.: Ms. as a whole, 77; pages, 77; paragraphs, 78 ff.; writing verse, 85; extended quota- tions, 87; tables, 87. Articles, omission of, 40.
As clause in double capacity, 38. "As luck would have it," 7.
As, misuses of, 144; case of a sub- stantive following, 17, 178.
As to, misuse of, 40.
As well as, subject not made plural by, 15.
"At about," 144.
Aught, 144.
'Autobiography of my life," 55. Auxiliaries, double use of, 38. Avail, 144.
Avoidance of repetition, 56. Awful, 144.
Awkwardness, caused by colloca- tion, 35; by separating preposition from object, 36; by repetition, 56; by avoidance of repetition, 56; by use of absolute construction, 58; by parenthesizing antecedent, 25; by double use of auxiliaries, 38; by use of passive voice, 20; by change of point of view, 31; by overlapping dependence, 47; by lack of balance, 49; by improper parallelism, 52.
"Badger State," 7-8. Badly, 145. Balance, 145. Bank on, 145.
Barbarisms, 4.
Barn, 145.
Burns, possessive of, 106. But, illogical, 41-42; too frequent 43; repeated, 44.
But that, but what, 145.
"Cablegram," 4. Calculate, 145.
Can, for may, 145. Canceling in Ms., 89. Canine, 4, 8.
"Can't hardly," 55, 187. "Can't seem," 165. Capitals, 116 ff., 195.
Case, matters of, 16 ff., 177 ff.
Cause, illogical use of, 146, 186. Celia, mnemonic word, 68, 189.
Change of point of view, in sentence, 31; in composition, 61, 62. Characteristic, 146.
Charge of," 146. "Cheesery," 4. Claim, 147.
Clauses. Dependent mistaken for sentences, 12, 191-192; used as ob- ject of preposition, 16; overlapping, 47; introduced by when or where, used as predicate complement, 14; introduced by when, misuse of, 48; introduced by than or as, elliptical, 17, 178, used in double capacity, 38, other or else in, 53; dangling elliptical, 28; modifying, mis- placed, 33; relative, position of, 33, "and which," 41, restrictive and non-restrictive, 92, 193; sub- stantive, incongruous junction of, 52; coördinate, with common de- pendence, 48, clearness of coördi- nation among, 46. Principal: illogical use of, 42; excessive use of, 43; consecutive, introduced alike by but or for, 44; introduced by so, 43, 184. Punctuation be- tween coördinate, when joined by conjunctions, 95, when not SO joined, 91; between principal and
dependent, 91; with relative, 92; | Connective phrases, between parts of before substantive, introduced by that or how, 94.
Clearness of sentences: reference, 23 ff., 180; relation of participles, gerunds, and elliptical clauses, 26 ff., 181; order of parts, 32 ff., 181; coordination, 44; parallelism, 49 ff. Of whole compositions: gained in narration by use of names, 10; co- herence, 65 ff. Of paragraphing, 78 ff. Of punctuation, 90 ff. Clerk, used as verb, 3. Climax, in arrangement of sentences, 37; misuse of the word, 146. Close of a sentence, forcible, 36; with a preposition, 37.
Coherence, between sentences, 36; of compositions, 65. Coincidence, 146. Colon, 98.
Combine, used as noun, 4. Comic writing, 8. Comma, 90 ff.
"Comma fault," the, 95.
Common noun, elements of proper names, capitalized, 117; improper capitalizing of, 118. Company, misuse of, 146. Comparative degree, than clause after a word in the, 17, 53. Comparisons, uncompleted, 41; with than or as clause used in double capacity, 38; illogical, 53.
Complected," 4, 146.
Compound sentence, stringy, 29. Conclude, misuse of, 146.
Conclusion, of sentences, forcible, 36; with prepositions, 37; of letters, 134. Concrete narration, 84.
Concurrence of like sounds not eu- phonious, 58. Conjunctions, repetition of subordi- nating, for clearness, 46; simple, distinguished from conjunctive ad- verbs, 96, 199.
Conjunctive adverbs, distinguished from simple conjunctions, 96; punctuation with, 96. Connection, smooth, between sen- tences, 36; between parts of a com- position, 65, 66; of letters in a word, 76.
a composition, 65, 66. Consequence, coherent introduction of a statement of, 66. Considerable, misuse of, 4. Constitution, quotation from, 36. Contact, those with whom we come in," 7.
Contemplate on or of," 146. Contemptible and contemptuous, 147 Continual and continuous, 147. Contractions, inappropriate in forma! context, 4; apostrophe with, 106. Contradictory statement, coherent introduction of, 66.
Contrasting part, coherent introduc- tion of, 66.
Coördination, ungrammatical, 41; "and which," 41; illogical, 42; ex- cessive, 42; clearness of, 44. Correlatives, 51. "Could of," 159. "Couldn't seem," 165. Counterfeit humor, 8. Cowardly, used as adverb, 4. "Cream City, the," 7. Cross-strokes of t's and x's, 76. Crowd, for party, 147. Crowding in Ms., 73 ff. Cunning, misuse of, 147. Cupid, 7.
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