er_ misused for _pistol_, 55

_rise_, use of, 29, 30

_river_, capitalization of, 18

_road_, capitalization of, 20

_robbed of_ preferred to _relieved of_, 20

Roman numerals, use of, 38
table of, 39

_room_, capitalization of, 18

Ross, Charles G., quoted, 6, 8

S

_sable hearse_ to be avoided, 50

_sad rites_ to be avoided, 50

_saint_, abbreviation of, 44

_same, the_, use of, 27

_Savior_, spelling of, 52

Scores written in figures, 38

_Scriptural texts_, how to write, 44

_sear_ confused with _sere_, 52

_seasons_, capitalization of, 20

_sections of states_, etc., capitalization of, 18

_secure_, prefer _obtain_ to, 30

_seer_ confused with _sear_, 52

Semicolons, use of, 22

_senate_, capitalization of, 18

_senior_, abbreviation of, 43
capitalization of, 18

_sere_ confused with _seer_, 52

_set_, use of, 29, 30

_several_ preferred to _a number of_, 34

_sewage_, meaning of, 24

_sewer_, meaning of, 24

_sewerage_, meaning of, 24

_Shakespeare_, spelling of, 51

_Shakespearean_, spelling of, 51

_shape_, prefer _condition_ to, 55

_ship body_ to be avoided, 50

_sight_ confused with _site_, 52

_signature_, write _under a_, 37

_sine qua non_ to be avoided, 54

_sit_, use of, 29, 30

_site_ confused with _sight_, 52

_skilful_, spelling of, 51

Simplicity, 2, 4, 5, 11, 71

Sincerity, 5

Slang, use of, 55
punctuation of, 23

_smell_, use of, intransitively, 29

_socialist_, _-ic_, capitalization of, 18

_societies_, capitalization of, 17

_socratic_, capitalization of, 20

_so far as_ to be avoided, 33

_so_ followed by negative, 33

_solemn black_ to be avoided, 50

_so long as_, use of, 33

_some_, barred as adverb, 33
prefer _somewhat_ to, 33

_somebody_, use masculine pronoun with, 27

_somewhat_ preferred to _some_, 33

_sort of_, omit article after, 38

_S O S_, punctuation of, 43

_so that_ to be avoided, 49

_sound_, use of, intransitively, 29

Sources of information, 4

_south_, _-ern_, _-erner_, capitalization of, 18

Space, triple, 7

_spectators_, meaning of, 55

Spelling, 51

Split infinitives, 29