bly_, redundant with _may_, 49

Post, New York Evening, quoted, 58

_postoffice_, capitalization of, 20

_preachers_, use of, 48

_precinct_, capitalization of, 18

Precision, 71

Preparing copy, 7

Prepositions in heads, 8
rules governing, 37

_present incumbent_ to be avoided, 49

_present tense_, heads in, 8, 10

president, abbreviation of, 8
capitalization of, 17

_preventative_, prefer _preventive_ to, 24

_previously to_ preferred to _previous to_, 33

Prices written in figures, 38

_priest_, use of, 48

_princes_, capitalization of, 17

_principal_ confused with _principle_, 52

Prison record, do not print, 59

_procure_ preferred to _secure_, 30

Profanity, use of, 3

_professor_, use of, 45

_program_, spelling of, 52

_progressive_, capitalization of, 18

_prone_, meaning of, 54

Pronouns, rules governing, 27

Proper nouns and derivatives, capitalization of, 20

_prophecy_ confused with _prophesy_, 52

_proportion_ preferred to _per cent_, 24

_proven_, prefer _proved_ to, 30

_pseudonym_ preferred to _nom de plume_, 54

Punctuation, in heads, 10
inside quotation marks, 23
rules governing, 22

_purchased_, prefer _bought_ to, 30

Q

Question mark, use of, 2

Quotation marks, in heads, 10
use of, 23

Quotations misapplied, 55
verify, 56

R

_rabbi_, use of, 48

_racing_ time written in figures, 38

_races_, capitalization of, 19

_raise_, use of, 29, 30

Reading copy, 6

_recorder_, definition of, 55

_reformation_, capitalization of, 18

_regular monthly meeting_ to be avoided, 49

_reichstag_, capitalization of, 18

_relieved of_, prefer _robbed of_ to, 30

_religious denominations_, capitalization of, 18

_remains_, prefer _body_ to, 18

_render_ to be avoided, 55

_repertory_, spelling of, 51

Reporters, instructions to, 4
kept out of story, 54

_republican_, capitalization of, 18

Reputation, woman's, 3

_residence_, prefer _home_ to, 25

_rest_ preferred to _balance_, 25

_resides_, prefer _lives_ to, 30

_Rev._, use of, 48

_revolution_, capitalization of, 18

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