Oct. 26--Brazil declares war on Germany.
Nov. 2--Three-cent postage in effect.
Nov. 8--Bolsheviki in control of Russian government.
Nov. 10--Lenine made Russian premier.
Nov. 18--British capture Jaffa.
Dec. 4--Wilson asks congress to declare war on Austria-Hungary.
Dec. 6--Part of Halifax wrecked by explosion and fire.
Dec. 7--Congress declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Dec. 10--British capture Jerusalem.
Dec. 26--U. S. takes over the railroads.
NOTES
INDEX
A
Abbreviations in heads, 10
rules governing, 42
_about_, use of, meaning approximately, 55
_above statement_ barred, 56
_academy_, capitalization of, 17
Accuracy, 4-5
_acts_, capitalization of, 19
_actual photographs_ barred, 35
_a day_ preferred to _per day_, 54
Adjectives, capitalization of, 20
rules governing, 34
_administered_, use of, 30
_administration_, capitalization of, 17
Adverbs, rules governing, 33
_advice_ confused with _advise_, 52
_advise_ confused with _advice_, 52
_affair_, misuse of, 24
_affect_ confused with _effect_, 52
_afterward_, spelling of, 52
Ages, writing of, 38
_agreeable_ preferred to _nice_, 34
_agreeably to_ preferred to _agreeable to_, 33
Agreement of verbs, 29
_airplane_, spelling of, 51
_alarmingly_ preferred to _dangerously_, 33
Alford, Dean, quoted, 57
Allbutt, Sir Clifford, quoted, 50
_allege_ not a synonym for _say_, 30
_alliance_, capitalization of, 19
_allies_, capitalization of, 19
Alliteration in heads, 10
_almost_ preferred to _most_, 54
_alright_ barred, 55
_although_ preferred to _while_, 28
_a. m._, capitalization of, 20
use of, 38-44
_amateur_, meaning of, 55
_ambassador_, misuse of, 24
_amendment_, capitalization of, 19
_among_, misused for _between_, 37
preferred to _amongst_, 55
_amongst_, prefer _among_ to, 55
Ampersand, use of, 43
_anesthetic_, spelling of, 51
_a number of_, prefer _several_ to, 34
_anxious_ misused for _eager_, 35
_anybody_, use masculine pronoun with, 27
A. P., leads, 7
style, 15
_apiece_ misused for _each_, 27
Apostrophe, use of, 22
_appear_, use of, intransitively, 29
_approximately_ preferred to _about_, 56
_Arab_, capitalization of, 20
_armor_, spelling of, 52
_armory_, capitalization of, 20
_army_, abbreviation of titles of, 44
capitalization of, 19
organization of, 60
Articles, in heads, 8
rules governing, 38
use of, with names, 45
_artist_, avoid feminine form of, 24
_as far as_, use of, 33
misused for _that_, 28
_long as_, use of, 33
_assembly_, capitalization of, 18
Associated Press, see A. P.
_associations_, capitalization of, 17
Asterisks, use of, 22
_as yet_ superfluous, 49
_at the corner of_ superfluous, 49
_attorney_, abbreviation of, 43
_audience_, meaning of, 55
_au fait_ to be avoided, 54
_auger_ confused with _augur_, 52
_augur_ confused with _auger_, 52
_author_, avoid feminine form of, 24
_auto_, prefer _automobile_ to, 25
_autoist_, prefer _motorist_ to, 24
_automatic pistol_ preferred to _automatic revolver_, 55
_automobile_ preferred to _auto_, 25
_automobilist_, prefer _motorist_ to, 24
_avenue_, capitalization of, 20
_awful_, meaning of, 35
_ax_, spelling of, 51
_axminster_, capitalization of, 20
_ayes and noes_, spelling of, 51
B
_backward_, spelling of, 52
_bacteria_, plural of, 24
_balance_ misused for _rest_, 25
Barred by the Sun, 31
_base ball_, spelling of, 51
_basket ball_, spelling of, 51
_battle_, capitalization of, 18
_bay_, capitalization of, 18
_bazar_, spelling of, 51
_be_, forms of, in heads, 9
omission of, in heads, 10
Belgians, king of, 46
Belgium, king of, misused, 46
Bennett, Arnold, quoted, 23
_beside_ not to be misused for _besides_, 37
_besides_ not to be misused for _beside_, 37
_better half_, prefer _wife_ to, 55
_between_ not to be misused for _among_, 37
_Bible_, capitalization of, 19
_bills_, capitalization of, 19
_birdseye_, spelling of, 51
_birth_, avoid euphemisms regarding, 50
_birthday_, capitalization of, 18
_bishop_, use of, 48
Bleyer, Dr. Willard G., quoted, 6
_blond_, spelling of, 51
_body_ preferred to _remains_, 50
_Bohemian_, capitalization of, 20
Book sizes, 44
_bought_ preferred to _purchased_, 30
_boulevard_, capitalization of, 20
_bovine_ used as adjective, 34
_boy scouts_, capitalization of, 20
_breach_ misused for _breech_, 52
Brevity, 2, 22
_bridegroom_ preferred to _groom_, 25
Bromides, 57
_bros._, use of, 43
_Budapest_, spelling of, 51
_building_, capitalization of, 17
_bureau_, capitalization of, 17
_burial_ preferred to _interment_, 50
Burke, Edmund, quoted, 16
_but that_ preferred to _but what_, 28
_but what_ misused for _but that_, 28
_by_, book illustrated, artist, 37
C
_cabinet_, capitalization of, 17
_cadets_, capitalization of, 20
_caliber of guns_, punctuation of, 22
_caliber_, spelling of, 52
_campfire girls_, capitalization of, 20
_canine_, use as adjective, 34
Cannery, 57
_can not_, spelling of, 51
_cape_, capitalization of, 18
_capital_ misused for _capitol_, 52
Capitalization, rules governing, 17
_capitol_ misused for _capital_, 52
_cardinals_, how referred to, 48
Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, 5
_casket_, prefer _coffin_ to, 50
_catalog_, spelling of, 52
_cello_, spelling of, 52
_century_, use ordinal with, 38
_certainly_, no degrees of, 55
_chamber_, _of deputies_, etc., capitalization, 18
_checks_, spelling of, 51
_Chile_, spelling of, 51
_Chili_, spelling of, 51
Chinese names, 45
Christmas preferred to _Xmas_, 18
_church_, capitalization of, 18
titles, 48
_cigaret_, spelling of, 52
_circumstance_, meaning of, 24
_cities_, abbreviation of, 42
_citizens_ misused for _persons_, 24
City directory, importance of, 5
City editor, telephone to, 4
_civil war_, capitalization of, 18
_claimant_ misused for _clamant_, 52
Clarity, 22-58
Clauses, punctuation of, 22
Cleanliness of thought, 3
Clemens, Samuel L., see Mark Twain, 31
Clock time, how to write, 44
_clubs_, capitalization of, 17
_clue_, spelling of, 51
Cobb, Irvin S., quoted, 35
Cobbett, William, quoted, 34
_coffin_ preferred to _casket_, 50
Collective nouns, 25
_college_, capitalization of, 17
_college degrees_, abbreviation of, 44
capitalization of, 19
_collide_, only moving objects, 30
Colon, use of, 22
capitalization after, 17
_color_, spelling of, 52
of, 49
_comatose_, meaning of, 54
Commas, use of, 22
_compared to_, meaning of, 30
_compared with_, meaning of, 30
_Complected_ preferred to _complexioned_, 55
Compounds, how formed, 48
_consistently with_ preferred to _consistent with_, 33
_condition_, bad, preferred to _bad shape_, 55
_congress_, capitalization of, 18
Conjunctions, punctuation before, 22
in heads, 8
rules governing, 28
_consensus of opinion_, use of, 49
_consist in_ misused for _consist of_, 37
_consist of_ misused for _consist in_, 37
_constitution_, capitalization of, 20
_consul_, confused with _ambassador_, etc., 24
confused with _counsel_, 52
_consummated_, when to avoid, 50
_convict_, prefer _inmate_ to, 59
_cop_ barred, 54
Copy, reading, 6
preparation of, 7
Corrections, making, 1
_council_ confused with _counsel_, 52
_council chamber_, capitalization of, 20
_councilor_ confused with _counselor_, 52
_counsel_ confused with _council_, 52
_counselor_ confused with _councilor_, 52
_county_, capitalization of, 18
_coup de grace_, use of, 54
_coup d'etat_, use of, 54
_couple_, misuse of, 24
_courthouse_, capitalization of, 20
_courts_, capitalization of, 17
Creed, journalist's, 25
_critically_ preferred to _dangerously_, 33
_crown prince_, capitalization of, 17
_Cupid_, avoid use of, 50
_curb_, spelling of, 51
Curiosity, 4
Cuttlefish, 7
_czar_, capitalization of, 17
D
_damaged_, inanimate things are, 30
Dana, Charles A., quoted, 31, 55
dancer, avoid feminine form of, 24
_dangerously_, prefer _alarmingly_ to, 33
Dangling participle, 11
Darwinian theory, 55
Dash in heads, 10
_data_, number of, 24
Date lines, punctuation and capitalization of, 22
Dates, how to write, 38
often called for, 62
_day_, capitalization of, 18
_dealt_, use of, 30
_death_, write simply of, 50
_decalog_, spelling of, 52
_deceased_, prefer _dead_ man to, 50
_declaration of independence_, capitalization of, 18
_decollete_, spelling of, 51
_decoration day_, capitalization of, 18
Definite article misused, 38
_defunct_, avoid use of, 50
_degree of temperature_, use figures for, 38
abbreviation of, 44
capitalization of, 19
_deity_, capitalization of names and pronouns used for, 19
_democrat_, _-ic_, capitalization of, 18
_denial_, use of subjunctive to imply, 29
Department head, 8
capitalization of, 17
_departs_, prefer _leaves_ to, 30
_depositary_ confused with _depository_, 52
_depot_, prefer _station_ to, 25
capitalization of, 20
_de riguer_ to be avoided, 54
Derivatives, capitalization of, 20
Dialect, 14
_dialog_, spelling of, 52
_dick_ to be avoided, 55
Diction, 14
Dictionary, get interested in, 16
sanctions nothing, 50
_different_, when superfluous, 49
_different from_, preferred to _different to_, 37
Dimensions, how to write, 38
_dip_ to be avoided, 55
_dispatch_, spelling of, 51
_distance of_ superfluous, 49
_dive_, past tense of, 30
_dived_ preferred to _dove_, 30
_divine_ to be avoided as noun, 24
Do and don't, 54
_dominion day_, capitalization of, 18
_don't_, use of, 44
Double meaning in heads, 10
Doubling up have's, 31
_dove_, prefer _dived_ to, 30
_Dr._, use of, 48
_draft_, spelling of, 51
_drouth_, spelling of, 51
_duke_, capitalization of, 17
Duke of Argyll, quoted, 22
_duma_, capitalization of, 18
spelling of, 51
E
_each_, preferred to _apiece_, 27
use masculine pronoun with, 27
_eager_ preferred to _anxious_, 35
_East_, _-ern_, _-erner_, capitalization of, 18
Editing copy, 6
Editorial head, 8
_effect_ confused with _affect_, 52
_E. G._, use of, 44
_either_, use of, 27
_emigrant_ confused with _immigrant_, 52
_Emperor_, capitalization of, 17
_employe_, spelling of, 51
Ending a sentence with _to_, 29
End-mark, use of, 7
English money, abbreviation of, 44
_entente_, capitalization of, 19
_enthuse_ to be avoided, 30
_entirely completed_, use of, 49
_envoy_, use of, 24
Epithets, capitalization of, 19
_equally well_, use of, 49
Errors in grammar, 11
_Eskimo_, spelling of, 51
_esthetic_, spelling of, 51
_et al._, use of, 54
Ethics of the profession, 5
Euphony, 71
_event_, use of, 24
Events, names of notable, capitalization of, 18
_every_, use masculine pronoun with, 27
_ex-_, use of, 17
Exception proves the rule, 55
F
_facsimile_, use of, 51
Facts, 2, 4, 8
_faker_ misused for _fakir_, 52
_fakir_ misused for _faker_, 52
_farther_ distinguished from _further_, 33
_favor_, spelling of, 52
_fearful_, meaning of, 35
Feature heads, 8
_feel_, use of, intransitively, 29
_feline_ misused as a noun, 34
Feminine forms of words, 24
_fiance_ and _fiancee_, use of, 54
Fictitious names, capitalization of, 19
Figures, beginning a story, 7
rules governing, 38
punctuation of, 22
_Filipino_, spelling of, 51
Fine writing, 4, 14
Firm names, use of, 42
_first of series_, writing of, 55
First three years of the war, 72-74
_flag_, capitalization of, 19
Flaubert, Camille, quoted, 61
_floral offerings_, use of, 50
_flowers_, use of, 50
_follow copy_, use of phrase, 7
_foot ball_, spelling of, 51
Force, 58
_forecast_, past tense of, 31
_forecasted_, prefer _forecast_ to, 31
_foregoing statement_, use of, 56
Foreign phrases, 2, 14, 54
_former_, capitalization of, 17
_fort_, abbreviation of, 42
_forward_, spelling of, 52
_Fourth of July_, capitalization of, 18
_Fr._, use of, 48
_frisk_, misuse of, 55
_from_ misused with diseases, 37
when to omit, 37
Front page paper, 2
_funeral_, terms referring to, 50
_further_ distinguished from _farther_, 33
_future before him_, phrase to avoid, 49
G
_gaiety_, spelling of, 51
_gaily_, spelling of, 51
Game, newspaper work as a, 3
_garden_, capitalization of, 18
_gat_, misuse of, 55
_gatling_, capitalization of, 20
_gentleman_, use of, 25
Geographical terms, capitalization of, 18
Girls, protection of good name of, 54
_goodby_, spelling of, 51
_government_, capitalization of, 17
_governor_, capitalization of, 17
Grace, 58
Grammar, 11
bad, not funny, 14
Grievance, treatment of reader with a, 2
_grim reaper_ to be avoided, 50
_groom_ misused for _bridegroom_, 25
_guarantee_ misused for _guaranty_, 51
_guillotine_, capitalization of, 20
_grows smaller_, misuse of, 55
_gun_, misuse of, 55
H
Hackneyed phrases, 57
_hall_, capitalization of, 17
Handles, name, 45
_hang_, past tense of, 31
_hanged_, use of, 31
_happen_, use of, 30
_happening_, use of, 24
Heads, 8
_heart disease_, use of, 50
_failure_, use of, 50
_Hebrew_, rules governing use of, 46
_he or she_, avoid, 27
_healthful_, use of, 35
_healthy_, use of, 35
_Herculean_, capitalization of, 20
_high noon_, avoid, 49
_high school_, capitalization of, 19
_highway_, capitalization of, 20
Hill, Adams Sherman, quoted, 71
_Hindu_, spelling of, 51
_his or her_, avoid, 27
_hoard_ confused with _horde_, 52
_hoi polloi_, use of, without article, 49
_holidays_, capitalization of, 18
_holy names_, _places_, _events_, etc., capitalization of, 19
_home_ preferred to _residence_, 25
_homeopathic_, spelling of, 51
_horde_ confused with _hoard_, 52
_hospital_, capitalization of, 17
_hotel_, capitalization of, 17
_house_, _of representatives_, etc., capitalization of, 18
_Hull_, _Palmer_, etc., capitalization of, 17
preferred to _residence_, 25
Howells, William Dean, quoted, 14
_human_ used as adjective, 34
_hung_, use of, 31
_Hymen_, avoid use of, 50
Hyphens, use of, 22
I
_I_, when barred, 27
_-ics_, nouns ending in, 24
_i. e._, use of, 44
_if_ misused for _whether_, 28
Illustration head, 8
_illy_, never use, 33
_immigrant_ confused with _emigrant_, 52
_immoral_ confused with _unmoral_, 52
Impersonal viewpoint, 5
_in a street_, prefer _on a street_ to, 37
_incident_, meaning of, 24
Indefinite figures, 38
Indentions, 7
_india rubber_, capitalization of, 20
_in_ distinguished from _into_, 37
Infinitives, split, 29
time of, 29
_injured_, inanimate things not, 30
inmate preferred to convict, 59
_in order to_, avoid use of, 49
_insanitary_ misused for _unsanitary_, 52
Institutions, Michigan, 59
Instructions, to reporters, 4
to copy readers, 6
Interlining, 7
_interment_, use of, 50
Interrogation point, use of, 22
_into_ distinguished from _in_, 37
_invited guest_, misuse of, 49
_I O U_ written without periods, 43
_island_, capitalization of, 18
_isthmus_, capitalization of, 18
_item_ used for _story_, 55
_its_ distinguished from _it's_, 27
J
_Jew_, use of, 46
Journalist's creed, 25
_judge_, capitalization of, 17
distinguished from justice, 55
_junior_, abbreviation of, 43
capitalization of, 18
_justice_, capitalization of, 17
distinguished from _judge_, 55
of supreme court, 56
K
_kaiser_, capitalization of, 17
_Khartum_, spelling of, 51
_kiddies_, avoid use of, 54
_kidnaped_, spelling of, 51
_kids_, use of, 54
_kind of_ not followed by article, 38
_king_, capitalization of, 17
with Roman numerals, 38
_knight_, use of title of, 46
_Knight Templar_, plural of, 52
_Korea_, spelling of, 51
L
_Labor Day_, capitalization of, 18
_lady_, use of, 25
_la grippe_, omit article with, 49
_lane_, capitalization of, 20
_late_, _the_, use of, 50
_latitude_, use figures to express, 38
Law of libel, 3, 64-71
_laws_, capitalization of, 19
_lay_, use of, 29-30
Leaders, use of, 22
Leads, 7
A. P., 15
_leaves_ preferred to _departs_, 30
_legislative bodies_, capitalization of, 18
_legislature_, capitalization, 18
_Leipzig_, spelling of, 51
_lend_ preferred to _loan_, 30
_lengthy_, prefer _long_ to, 34
_lessen_ confused with _lesson_, 52
Libel laws, 3, 64-71
_liable_ misused for _likely_, 33
Liberal, capitalization of, 18
_lie_, use of, 29-30
_lieutenant-governor_, capitalization of, 17
_like_ misused as conjunction, 28
_likely_ preferred to _liable_, 33
_live at hotel_ preferred to _stop at hotel_, 30
_lives_ preferred to _reside_, 30
_livid_, use of, 35
_loan_, prefer _lend_ to, 30
_localities_, capitalization of names of, 18
_long_ preferred to _lengthy_, 34
Longfellow, Henry W., quoted, 11
_longitude_, use figures with, 38
_long way_, spelling of, 52
_look_, use of, intransitively, 29
_lurid_, use of, 35
M
_M_ in heads, 9
_macadam_, capitalization of, 20
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, quoted, 51
_maize_ confused with _maze_, 52
_majority_, meaning of, 24
_man_ preferred to _gentleman_, 25
_maneuver_, spelling of, 51
_many_ preferred to _a number of_, 34
Margins, 7
_marriage_ confused with _wedding_, 50
_master_ to be avoided, 45
_may_ in heads, 10
_mayor_, capitalization of, 17
_maze_ confused with _maize_, 52
_medieval_, spelling of, 51
_memoranda_, number of, 24
Metric system, 40-41
Metier, learning the, 6
_Mich._, use of, 43
Michigan Institutions, 59
_middle west_, capitalization of, 18
Military titles, punctuation of, 19
capitalization of, 19
abbreviation of, 44
_minister_, diplomatic, 24
of gospel, 48
_miraculous escape_, avoid use of, 56
Misspelled names, 45
_Mohammed_, spelling of, 51
Money, sums of, 24
how written, 38
English, abbreviation of, 44
_months_, abbreviation of, 44
_more certain_ to be avoided, 55
_most_ misused for _almost_, 54
_Most Rev._, use of, 48
_motor car_ preferred to _auto_, 25
_motorist_ preferred to _autoist_, 24
_mount_, abbreviation of, 42
_murder_ not always barred, 54
_Mrs. Judge_, use of, barred, 45
N
Names, abbreviation of, 43
connected, capitalization of, 20
holy, capitalization of, 19
of railroads, 52
rules governing use of, 45
rules governing capitalization of, 17
_nationalities_, capitalization of, 19
_navy_, abbreviation of titles of, 44
capitalization of, 19
organization of, 60
_nearby_, spelling of, 51
_nee_, use of, 34
Negatives in heads, 10
_neither_, use of, 27
_Newburgh_, spelling of, 52
_new recruit_ to be avoided, 49
News, aim of, The, 1
capitalization of The, 19
Newspapers, capitalization, of names of, 19
_New Year's_, capitalization of, 18
New York Sun, words barred by the, 31
_nice_, prefer _agreeable_ to, 34
Nicknames, use of, 45
capitalization of, 19
_No._, use of, 43
_nobody_ preferred to _not anybody_, 27
_no one_ preferred to _not any one_, 27
_nom de guerre_ in good usage, 54
_nom de plume_ to be avoided, 54
_north_, _-ern_, _-erner_, capitalization of, 18
Nouns, rules governing, 24
_novice_, meaning of, 55
Numbers, rules governing, 38
punctuation of, 22
street, 22, 38
O
_O_, use of, 55
_obsequies_ to be avoided, 50
Observation, 23
_obtain_ preferred to _secure_, 30
_occasionally_, use of, 33
_occur_, use of, 30
_occurrence_, meaning of, 24
_ocean_, capitalization of, 18
_off from_, prefer _off_ to, 37
_off of_, prefer _off_ to, 37
_off_, use of, 37
_of_ when used with diseases, 37
_oh_, use of, 55
_O. K._, use of, 20
_old adage_ to be avoided, 49
_Old Glory_, capitalization of, 19
_old veterans_ to be avoided, 49
_on a street_ preferred to _in a street_, 37
_on the part of_ to be avoided, 37
_only_, beware of, 33
Ordinals, 38
_orient_, capitalization of, 17
_oriental_, capitalization of, 20
Originality, 61
Oslerian theory, 55
_over a signature_ to be avoided, 37
Overscore _n_, 7
P
_pajamas_, spelling of, 51
_Panamans_, spelling of, 52
_pants_, prefer _trousers_ to, 55
_painfully_, when to avoid, 33
_paraphernalia_, number of, 24
_parcel post_, spelling of, 51
_paris green_, capitalization of, 20
_park_, capitalization of, 18
_parliament_, capitalization of, 18
_parlor_, capitalization of, 18
_parlous_, prefer _perilous_ to, 35
Participial construction, 24
Participle, dangling, 11
Particles, capitalization of, in foreign names, 20
_parties_, _political_, capitalization of, 18
_political_, abbreviation of, 44
_partly completed_ to be avoided, 49
_party_ misused for _person_, 24
Paste sheets, do not, 7
_pasteurize_, capitalization of, 20
_pen name_ preferred to _nom de plume_, 54
_people_ misused for _persons_, 24
_per_, use of, 54
_per cent_, use of, 38, 54
_per day_, prefer _a day_ to, 54
_perilous_ preferred to _parlous_, 35
Period, use of, 22
ring, 7
_periodicals_, capitalization, of names of, 19
_person_ preferred to _party_, 24
_phenomena_, number of, 24
_philistine_, capitalization of, 20
_philippic_, capitalization of, 20
_phone_, prefer _telephone_ to, 25
Phrases, holy, capitalization of, 19
_pianist_, avoid feminine form of, 24
Pictorial power of words, 16
_pistol_ confused with _revolver_, 55
_Pittsburgh_, spelling of, 52
_place_, capitalization of, 20
_platonic_, capitalization of, 20
_plead_, past tense of, 31
_pleaded_ preferred to _pled_, 31
_pled_, prefer _pleaded_ to, 31
_plow_, spelling of, 51
_plurality_, meaning of, 24
_p. m._, use of, 38, 44
capitalization of, 20
_poet_, avoid feminine form of, 24
Poisons, use of names of, 54
_pole_, capitalization of, 18
_police court_, capitalization of, 20
_policeman_ preferred to _cop_, 54
_poorhouse_, capitalization of, 20
_port_, abbreviation of, 42
_Porto Rico_, spelling of, 51
_possibly_, redundant with _may_, 49
Post, New York Evening, quoted, 58
_postoffice_, capitalization of, 20
_preachers_, use of, 48
_precinct_, capitalization of, 18
Precision, 71
Preparing copy, 7
Prepositions in heads, 8
rules governing, 37
_present incumbent_ to be avoided, 49
_present tense_, heads in, 8, 10
president, abbreviation of, 8
capitalization of, 17
_preventative_, prefer _preventive_ to, 24
_previously to_ preferred to _previous to_, 33
Prices written in figures, 38
_priest_, use of, 48
_princes_, capitalization of, 17
_principal_ confused with _principle_, 52
Prison record, do not print, 59
_procure_ preferred to _secure_, 30
Profanity, use of, 3
_professor_, use of, 45
_program_, spelling of, 52
_progressive_, capitalization of, 18
_prone_, meaning of, 54
Pronouns, rules governing, 27
Proper nouns and derivatives, capitalization of, 20
_prophecy_ confused with _prophesy_, 52
_proportion_ preferred to _per cent_, 24
_proven_, prefer _proved_ to, 30
_pseudonym_ preferred to _nom de plume_, 54
Punctuation, in heads, 10
inside quotation marks, 23
rules governing, 22
_purchased_, prefer _bought_ to, 30
Q
Question mark, use of, 2
Quotation marks, in heads, 10
use of, 23
Quotations misapplied, 55
verify, 56
R
_rabbi_, use of, 48
_racing_ time written in figures, 38
_races_, capitalization of, 19
_raise_, use of, 29, 30
Reading copy, 6
_recorder_, definition of, 55
_reformation_, capitalization of, 18
_regular monthly meeting_ to be avoided, 49
_reichstag_, capitalization of, 18
_relieved of_, prefer _robbed of_ to, 30
_religious denominations_, capitalization of, 18
_remains_, prefer _body_ to, 18
_render_ to be avoided, 55
_repertory_, spelling of, 51
Reporters, instructions to, 4
kept out of story, 54
_republican_, capitalization of, 18
Reputation, woman's, 3
_residence_, prefer _home_ to, 25
_rest_ preferred to _balance_, 25
_resides_, prefer _lives_ to, 30
_Rev._, use of, 48
_revolution_, capitalization of, 18
_revolver_ 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