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<![CDATA[rt of_ to be avoided, 37
_only_, beware of, 33
Ordinals, 38
_orient_, capitalization of, 17
_oriental_, capitalization of, 20
Originality, 61
Oslerian theory, 55
_over a signature_ to be avoided, 37
Overscore _n_, 7
P
_pajamas_, spelling of, 51
_Panamans_, spelling of, 52
_pants_, prefer _trousers_ to, 55
_painfully_, when to avoid, 33
_paraphernalia_, number of, 24
_parcel post_, spelling of, 51
_paris green_, capitalization of, 20
_park_, capitalization of, 18
_parliament_, capitalization of, 18
_parlor_, capitalization of, 18
_parlous_, prefer _perilous_ to, 35
Participial construction, 24
Participle, dangling, 11
Particles, capitalization of, in foreign names, 20
_parties_, _political_, capitalization of, 18
_political_, abbreviation of, 44
_partly completed_ to be avoided, 49
_party_ misused for _person_, 24
Paste sheets, do not, 7
_pasteurize_, capitalization of, 20
_pen name_ preferred to _nom de plume_, 54
_people_ misused for _persons_, 24
_per_, use of, 54
_per cent_, use of, 38, 54
_per day_, prefer _a day_ to, 54
_perilous_ preferred to _parlous_, 35
Period, use of, 22
ring, 7
_periodicals_, capitalization, of names of, 19
_person_ preferred to _party_, 24
_phenomena_, number of, 24
_philistine_, capitalization of, 20
_philippic_, capitalization of, 20
_phone_, prefer _telephone_ to, 25
Phrases, holy, capitalization of, 19
_pianist_, avoid feminine form of, 24
Pictorial power of words, 16
_pistol_ confused with _revolver_, 55
_Pittsburgh_, spelling of, 52
_place_, capitalization of, 20
_platonic_, capitalization of, 20
_plead_, past tense of, 31
_pleaded_ preferred to _pled_, 31
_pled_, prefer _pleaded_ to, 31
_plow_, spelling of, 51
_plurality_, meaning of, 24
_p. m._, use of, 38, 44
capitalization of, 20
_poet_, avoid feminine form of, 24
Poisons, use of names of, 54
_pole_, capitalization of, 18
_police court_, capitalization of, 20
_policeman_ preferred to _cop_, 54
_poorhouse_, capitalization of, 20
_port_, abbreviation of, 42
_Porto Rico_, spelling of, 51
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