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_advise_ confused with _advice_, 52

_affair_, misuse of, 24

_affect_ confused with _effect_, 52

_afterward_, spelling of, 52

Ages, writing of, 38

_agreeable_ preferred to _nice_, 34

_agreeably to_ preferred to _agreeable to_, 33

Agreement of verbs, 29

_airplane_, spelling of, 51

_alarmingly_ preferred to _dangerously_, 33

Alford, Dean, quoted, 57

Allbutt, Sir Clifford, quoted, 50

_allege_ not a synonym for _say_, 30

_alliance_, capitalization of, 19

_allies_, capitalization of, 19

Alliteration in heads, 10

_almost_ preferred to _most_, 54

_alright_ barred, 55

_although_ preferred to _while_, 28

_a. m._, capitalization of, 20
use of, 38-44

_amateur_, meaning of, 55

_ambassador_, misuse of, 24

_amendment_, capitalization of, 19

_among_, misused for _between_, 37
preferred to _amongst_, 55

_amongst_, prefer _among_ to, 55

Ampersand, use of, 43

_anesthetic_, spelling of, 51

_a number of_, prefer _several_ to, 34

_anxious_ misused for _eager_, 35

_anybody_, use masculine pronoun with, 27

A. P., leads, 7
style, 15

_apiece_ misused for _each_, 27

Apostrophe, use of, 22

_appear_, use of, intransitively, 29

_approximately_ preferred to _about_, 56

_Arab_, capitalization of, 20

_armor_, spelling of, 52

_armory_, capitalization of, 20

_army_, abbreviation of titles of, 44
capitalization of, 19
organization of, 60

Articles, in heads, 8
rules governing, 38
use of, with names, 45

_artist_, avoid feminine form of, 24

_as far as_, use of, 33
misused for _that_, 28
_long as_, use of, 33

_assembly_, capitalization of, 18

Associated Press, see A. P.

_associations_, capitalization of, 17

Asterisks, use of, 22

_as yet_ superfluous, 49

_at the corner of_ superfluous, 49

_attorney_, abbreviation of, 43

_audience_, meaning of, 55

_au fait_ to be avoided, 54

_auger_ confused with _augur_, 52

_augur_ confused with _auger_, 52

_author_, avoid feminine form of, 24

_auto_, prefer _automobile_ to, 25

_autoist_, prefer _motorist_ to, 24

_automatic pistol_ preferred to _automati