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Chapter I: I, when barred, 27

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_-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

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