ward_.

_Aggravate_ for _Irritate_. "He aggravated me by his insolence." To
aggravate is to augment the disagreeableness of something already
disagreeable, or the badness of something bad. But a person cannot be
aggravated, even if disagreeable or bad. Women are singularly prone to
misuse of this word.

_All of_. "He gave all of his property." The words are contradictory:
an entire thing cannot be of itself. Omit the preposition.

_Alleged_. "The alleged murderer." One can allege a murder, but not a
murderer; a crime, but not a criminal. A man that is merely suspected
of crime would not, in any case, be an alleged criminal, for an
allegation is a definite and positive statement. In their tiresome
addiction to this use of alleged, the newspapers, though having mainly
in mind the danger of libel suits, can urge in further justification
the lack of any other single word that exactly expresses their
meaning; but the fact that a mud-puddle supplies the shortest route is
not a compelling reason for walking through it. One can go around.

_Allow_ for _Permit_. "I allow you to go." Precision is better
attained by saying permit, for allow has other meanings.

_Allude to_ for _Mention_. What is alluded to is not mentioned, but
referred to indirectly. Originally, the word implied a playful, or
sportive, reference. That meaning is gone out of it.

_And so_. _And yet_. "And so they were married." "And yet a woman."
Omit the conjunction.

_And which_. _And who_. These forms are incorrect unless the relative
pronoun has been used previously in the sentence. "The colt, spirited
and strong, and which was unbroken, escaped from the pasture." "John
Smith, one of our leading merchants, and who fell from a window
yesterday, died this morning." Omit the conjunction.

_Antecedents_ for _Personal History_. Antecedents are predecessors.

_Anticipate_ for _Expect_. "I anticipate trouble." To anticipate is to
act on an expectation in a way to promote or forestall the event
expected.

_Anxious_ for _Eager_. "I was anxious to go." Anxious should not be
followed by an infinitive. Anxiety is contemplative; eagerness, alert
for action.

_Appreciate_ for _Highly Value_. In the sense of value, it means value
justly, not highly. In another and preferable sense it means to
increase in value.

_Approach_. "The juror was approached"; that is, overtures were made
to him with a view to bribing him. As there is no other single word
for it, appr