Chapter 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