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B. Versus Endnotes
FOR-; FORE-
FORMAL WORDS
-FREE
FUDGE WORDS
FUNCTIONAL VARIATION
A. Generally
B. Nouns as Adjectives
C. Adjectives as Nouns
D. Nouns as Verbs
E. Adjectives as Verbs
F. Prepositions as Adverbs or
Particles
G. Conjunctions as Prepositions
H. Any Other Part of Speech as an
Interjection
FUSED PARTICIPLES
-FY
GALLICISMS
GERUNDS
GOVERNMENTAL FORMS
HYBRIDS
HYPALLAGE
HYPERCORRECTION
A. False Latin Plurals
B. Between you and I
C. Number Problems
D. Redundantly Formed Adverbs
E. As for like
F. Whom for who
B. Past-Participial Adjectives No
Longer Used as Verb Forms
C. AmE vs. BrE
D. Dialectal Forms
E. Derived Nouns Used as Verbs
F. Choice Between -ed and -
’d
ITALICS
A. Generally
B. Foreign Phrases
-IZE; -ISE
JARGON
LATINISMS
LEGALESE
LITERARY ALLUSION
MALAPROPISMS
METAPHORS
A. Generally
B. Mixed Metaphors
C. Dormant Metaphors
METATHESIS
MISCUES
A. Unintended Word Association
B. Misplaced Modifiers
C. Clear Referents
D. Failure to Hyphenate Phrasal
Adjectives
E. Misleading Phraseology
F. Ill-Advisedly Deleted that
MONDEGREENS
MORPHOLOGICAL DEFORMITIES
MUTE E
G. Unsplit Infinitives Causing
Miscues
H. Unsplit Verb Phrases
I. Prepositions Moved from the
Ends of Sentences
J. Borrowed Articles for Borrowed
Nouns
K. Overrefined Pronunciation
-IC; -ICAL
-ILE; -INE
ILLOGIC
A. Generally
B. Illogical Comparison
C. Danglers and Misplaced
Modifiers
D. The Disjointed Appositive
E. Mistaken Subject of a
Prepositional Phrase
F. Poor Exposition of Sequence
G. “Times less than”
H. “Times more than”
I. Miscellaneous Other Examples
INCOMPLETE SENTENCES
A. Fragments
B. Incomplete Sentences in
Informal Writing
INELEGANT VARIATION
INTER-; INTRA-
INVERSION
IRREGULAR VERBS
A. The Forms
NAMES
A. Capitalization
B. Jr., Sr., III, Etc.
C. Pronunciation of Foreign Names
D. Names with Particles
E. British Practices with American
Place Names
F. Proper Names as Adjectives
G. Pluralizing Proper Names
H. Names for Place Residents and
Natives
I. Other Sources
NEEDLESS VARIANTS
NEGATIVES
A. Negative Prefixes
B. Not un-; not in-
C. Periphrastic Negatives
D. Not . . . all
NEOLOGISMS
NONWORDS
NOUN PLAGUE
NUMERALS
A. General Guidance in Using
B. Not Beginning Sentences with
C. Round Numbers
D. Decades
E. Votes and Scores
F. Cardinal and Ordinal
G. Repetition
H. In Names
NUMERICAL PREFIXES
OBJECT-SHUFFLING