sed to excess, 38 Note

_Can_ and _may_, 67

_Cannot help but_, 34

Capitals, 81

Case
Defined, 58
Use of, 50

Cause, Inaccurate statement of, 5

_Caused by_, 5 Note, 23, 68

Change in number or person, 33

Change in subject or voice, 32

Change in tense, 33, 55

Choppy sentences, 13

_Claim_, 68

Clauses
Cause, 5
Coordinated loosely, 14, 12
Defined, 58
House-that-Jack-built, 38
Misplaced, 24
Misused as sentences, 1, 90b
Restrictive and non-r., 91d
Subordinate. Not to be used as complete sentences, 1
Subordination faulty, 15
To be reduced to phrases, 60
_When_ or _where_ clauses, 6

Clearness, 20-39

Climax, 44

Coherence, 24-29

Colon, 93

Collective nouns, Number of, 51c

Colloquialisms, 65

Comma, 91, 92c Notes 1 and 2, 95b
After quotation, 96 Note
"Comma splice" or "comma fault," 18
Not used after question mark, 98b

Comparison of adjectives and adverbs, 58

Comparisons, Inaccurate, 4

Compound sentence structure in excess, 12, 14

Compound words, 78

Concreteness, 63

Conjugation, 58

Conjunctions
Defined, 58
List of, 36
Omitted, 37
Repeated carelessly, 38

Conjunctive adverbs
Defined, 58
Punctuation with, 92c

Connectives, 8, 36, 37, 38

Consonants
Between syllables, 71, 85
Final (in spelling), 75

Construction
Incomplete, 2
Mixed, 34
Split, 28

Contractions
Apostrophe with, 97
When proper, 65b

Coordination, Excessive, 12, 14

Correlatives, 31

_Could of_, 68

Dangling gerund, 23

Dangling participle, 23

Dash, 94

Dates, Writing of, 84, 91e

Declension, 58

Definition, 6 Note

Dialogue
Paragraphing, 88c
Punctuation before, 91h, 93a
Punctuation in, 96

Diction, Faulty (list), 68

_Different than_, 68

Divided reference, 20

_Don't_, 51d

Double capacity, Words in, 57

Double negative, 34 Note

_Drownded_, 68

_Due to_, Proper use of, 5 Note, 23 Note, 68

_Each_, Number of, 51a

_ei_ or _ie_, 74

_Either_, Number of, 51a

_Either