f
dove _for_ dived
emigrate _for_ immigrate
endorse _for_ approve
exposition _for_ exhibition
farther _for_ further
favor _for_ resemble
groom _for_ bridegroom
happen _for_ occur
hung _for_ hanged
infinite _for_ great, vast
in our midst _for_ among us
in spite of _for_ despite
last _for_ latest
less _for_ fewer
like _for_ as if
materially _for_ largely
notice _for_ observe
murderous _for_ dangerous
onto _for_ on _or_ upon
partially _for_ partly
pants _for_ trousers
past two years _for_ last two years
perform _for_ play
posted _for_ informed
practically _for_ virtually
prior to _for_ before
propose _for_ purpose
proven _for_ proved
raise _for_ rear
quite _for_ very
section _for_ region
spend _for_ pass
standpoint _for_ point of view
suicide _as_ a verb
suspicion _for_ suspect
sustain _for_ receive
transpire _for_ occur
universal _for_ general
vest _for_ waistcoat
vicinity _for_ neighborhood
viewpoint _for_ point of view
witness _for_ see
would seem _for_ seems

=172. Clearness.=--To secure interest, a word must be clear and
forceful. It should not be technical or big, but simple. The biggest
words in the average newspapers are the handiwork and pride of the cub
reporters. Yet clearness, force, brevity all demand little
words,--simplicity. And the simplest words are those of everyday
speech,--Anglo-Saxon words generally,--such as _home_ rather than
_residence_, _begin_ rather than _commence_, _coffin_ rather than
_casket_. The reporter who uses ornate, technical, or little-known words
does so at his own peril and to the injury of his story; for the average
newspaper reader, without the benefits of a college education and having
a limited vocabulary of one to two thousand words, does not know and has
no time to look up the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases. This is
why many city editors prefer to employ high-school students and break
them in as cubs rather than take college graduates who, proud of the