g, 1

_council_ confused with _counsel_, 52

_council chamber_, capitalization of, 20

_councilor_ confused with _counselor_, 52

_counsel_ confused with _council_, 52

_counselor_ confused with _councilor_, 52

_county_, capitalization of, 18

_coup de grace_, use of, 54

_coup d'etat_, use of, 54

_couple_, misuse of, 24

_courthouse_, capitalization of, 20

_courts_, capitalization of, 17

Creed, journalist's, 25

_critically_ preferred to _dangerously_, 33

_crown prince_, capitalization of, 17

_Cupid_, avoid use of, 50

_curb_, spelling of, 51

Curiosity, 4

Cuttlefish, 7

_czar_, capitalization of, 17

D

_damaged_, inanimate things are, 30

Dana, Charles A., quoted, 31, 55

dancer, avoid feminine form of, 24

_dangerously_, prefer _alarmingly_ to, 33

Dangling participle, 11

Darwinian theory, 55

Dash in heads, 10

_data_, number of, 24

Date lines, punctuation and capitalization of, 22

Dates, how to write, 38
often called for, 62

_day_, capitalization of, 18

_dealt_, use of, 30

_death_, write simply of, 50

_decalog_, spelling of, 52

_deceased_, prefer _dead_ man to, 50

_declaration of independence_, capitalization of, 18

_decollete_, spelling of, 51

_decoration day_, capitalization of, 18

Definite article misused, 38

_defunct_, avoid use of, 50

_degree of temperature_, use figures for, 38
abbreviation of, 44
capitalization of, 19

_deity_, capitalization of names and pronouns used for, 19

_democrat_, _-ic_, capitalization of, 18

_denial_, use of subjunctive to imply, 29

Department head, 8
capitalization of, 17

_departs_, prefer _leaves_ to, 30

_depositary_ confused with _depository_, 52

_depot_, prefer _station_ to, 25
capitalization of, 20

_de riguer_ to be avoided, 54

Derivatives, capitalization of, 20

Dialect, 14

_dialog_, spelling of, 52

_dick_ to be avoided, 55

Diction, 14

Dictionary, get interested in, 16
sanctions nothing, 50

_different_, when superfluous, 49

_different from_, preferred to _different to_, 37

Dimensions, how to write, 38

_dip_ to be avoid