... or_, 31

Ellipsis
Defined, 58
Misuse of, 3, 23 Note

_Emigrate_ and _immigrate_, 67

Emphasis
By brevity, 41
By position, 40
By repetition, 47
By separation, 41
By subordination, 42, 14
By variety, 48

_Enthuse_, 68

_Etc._, Use of, 68

Euphemism, 61

_Ever_, Position of, 27

_Every_, _every one_, _everybody_, Number of, 51a

Exclamation point, 98e

Exact connective, 36

Exact word, 62

Figures, Use of, 84

Figures of speech, Mixed, 35

Final consonant (in spelling), 75

Final _e_ before a suffix, 76

_Fine_, Abuse of, 68

Fine writing, 61

Flowery language, 61

Formal invitations, 87h

_Former_, 68

_Gent_, 68

Geographical names, 91e

Gerund
Dangling, 23
Defined, 58
With possessive, 50g

Good use, 65, 66

_Gotten_, 68

Grammar, 50-59

Grammatical terms, 58

_Guess_, 68

Hackneyed expressions, 61

_Had ought_, 68

Handwriting, 80c

_Hanged_ and _hung_, 67

_Healthy_ and _healthful_, 67

Historical present, 33 Note

_However_, Position of, 27

_Human_, _humans_, 68

_Hygienic_ and _sanitary_, 67

Hyphen
Between syllables, 85
In compound words, 78

Idioms, 65

Illogical thought, 4, 5, 6, 7

Imagery mixed, 35

Impersonal construction, Needless use of, 60

Improprieties, 66

Incomplete construction, 2

Indefinite _it_, _you_, _they_, 22 Note

Indention of paragraphs, 88

Inflection, 58

Infinitive
Case with, 50e
Defined, 58
Sign of, to be repeated, 37
Split, 28
Tense of, 55

_Instants_ and _instance_, 67

Interjections
Defined, 58
Punctuation of, 91c, 98e

Invitations, Formal, 87h

_Is when_ clauses, 6

_Is where_ clauses, 6

Italics, 82, 96e

Its (possessive adjective), without apostrophe, 50f, 97d

_Kind of_, 68

_Later_ and _latter_, 67

_Lead_ and _led_, 67

_Learn_ and _teach_, 67

_Leave_ and _let_, 67

Length of paragraph, 88b

Length of sentences, 12, 13, 48b

_Less_ and _fewer_, 67

Letters, 87

_Liable_ and _likely_, 67

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