Part 7 (1/2)

The following pages contain a short list of the ht be extended almost indefinitely It is only attempted to call attention to such mistakes as are, for various reasons, most liable to occur

_A_ should be repeated for every individual ”A red and black book”

means one book, ”a red and a black book” e_; _abbreviation_ is the shortening of a piece of writing no ement_ is a condensation

_Ability_, power to do souished fro

_Above_ should not be used as an adjective, e g, ”The state_, _foregoing_, or some similar adjective

_Accept_, not _accept of_

_Accredit_, to give one credentials should be distinguished from _credit_, to believe what one says

_Administer_ is often misused One _adovernment; one does not _administer_ a blow

_Ad, ”The red cross nurse _administers to_ the wounded”

_Adht, as in the phrase ”I should _aduished frouished fro _arrival_

_Affable_ reeable_

_Affect_ should be distinguished from _effect_ To _affect_ is to influence; to _effect_ is to cause or bring about

_Aggravate_ should not be used for _annoy_ or _vex_ or _provoke_ It means ”to make worse”

_Ain't_ is a corruption of _arammatical to say I _ain't_ but absolutely incorrect in other persons and numbers

_Alike_ should not be accompanied by _both_ as in the phrase ”They are _both alike_ in this respect”

_All_, _All right_ should never be written _alright_ _All_ and _universally_ should never be used together _All_ should not be acco, ”He received _all of_ the votes” Be careful about the use of _all_ in negative statements Do not say ”All present are not printers” when you mean ”Not all present are printers” The first statement means there are no printers present, the second e_ is a common error for _say_, _state_, and the like It means ”to declare,” ”to affirm,” or ”to assert with the idea of positiveness”

and is not applicable to ordinary state emphasis

_Allow_ means _permit_, never _think_ or _admit_

_Allude to_ is not the sa alluded to is not mentioned but indirectly implied

_Alone_ which uished from _only_ which means _no other_

_Alternative_ should never be used in speaking of ether_ is not the sa_ should not be used with _one another_, e g, ”They divided the spoil _a themselves”