redit_, to believe what one says.

_Administer_ is often misused. One _administers_ a dose of medicine, the
laws, an oath, or the government; one does not _administer_ a blow.

_Administer to_ is often incorrectly used for _minister to_, e. g., "The
red cross nurse _administers to_ the wounded."

_Admire_ should not be used to express delight, as in the phrase "I
should _admire_ to do so."

_Admit_ should be distinguished from _confess_.

_Advent_ should be distinguished from _arrival_, _advent_ meaning an
epoch-making _arrival_.

_Affable_ means "easy to speak to" and should not be confused with
_agreeable_.

_Affect_ should be distinguished from _effect_. To _affect_ is to
influence; to _effect_ is to cause or bring about.

_Aggravate_ should not be used for _annoy_ or _vex_ or _provoke_. It
means "to make worse."

_Ain't_ is a corruption of _am not_. It is inelegant though grammatical
to say I _ain't_ but absolutely incorrect in other persons and numbers.

_Alike_ should not be accompanied by _both_ as in the phrase "They are
_both alike_ in this respect."

_All_, _All right_ should never be written _alright_. _All_ and
_universally_ should never be used together. _All_ should not be
accompanied by _of_, e. g., "He received _all of_ the votes." Be careful
about the use of _all_ in negative statements. Do not say "All present
are not printers" when you mean "Not all present are printers." The
first statement means there are no printers present, the second means
there are some printers present.

_Allege_ is a common error for _say_, _state_, and the like. It means
"to declare," "to affirm," or "to assert with the idea of positiveness"
and is not applicable to ordinary statements not needing emphasis.

_Allow_ means _permit_, never _think_ or _admit_.

_Allude to_ is not the same as _mention_. A person or thing alluded to
is not mentioned but indirectly implied.

_Alone_ which means _unaccompanied_ should be distinguished from _only_
which means _no other_.

_Alternative_ should never be used in speaking of more than two things.

_Altogether_ is not the same as _all together_.

_Among_ should not be used with _one another_, e. g., "They divided the
spoil _among one another_." It should be "among themselves."

_And_ should not be placed before a relative pronoun in such a position
as to interfere with the construction. It should not be substituted for
_to_ in such cases as "Try _and_ take more exer