The Style Book of The Detroit News
Part 8
_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
_shape_, prefer _condition_ to, 55
_ship body_ to be avoided, 50
_sight_ confused with _site_, 52
_signature_, write _under a_, 37
_sine qua non_ to be avoided, 54
_sit_, use of, 29, 30
_site_ confused with _sight_, 52
_skilful_, spelling of, 51
Simplicity, 2, 4, 5, 11, 71
Sincerity, 5
Slang, use of, 55 punctuation of, 23
_smell_, use of, intransitively, 29
_socialist_, _-ic_, capitalization of, 18
_societies_, capitalization of, 17
_socratic_, capitalization of, 20
_so far as_ to be avoided, 33
_so_ followed by negative, 33
_solemn black_ to be avoided, 50
_so long as_, use of, 33
_some_, barred as adverb, 33 prefer _somewhat_ to, 33
_somebody_, use masculine pronoun with, 27
_somewhat_ preferred to _some_, 33
_sort of_, omit article after, 38
_S O S_, punctuation of, 43
_so that_ to be avoided, 49
_sound_, use of, intransitively, 29
Sources of information, 4
_south_, _-ern_, _-erner_, capitalization of, 18
Space, triple, 7
_spectators_, meaning of, 55
Spelling, 51
Split infinitives, 29
_square_, capitalization of, 18
_Stars and Bars_, capitalization of, 19
_Stars and Stripes_, capitalization of, 19
States, abbreviations of, 42
_station_, preferred to _depot_, 25 capitalization of, 20
Statistics, use figures in, 38 vital, 50
Stevenson, Robert Louis, quoted, 6
_stocks_, capitalization of names of, 19
_stop at hotel_ to be avoided, 30
_stork_, avoid reference to, 50
_story_, prefer _item_ to, 55
_street_, capitalization of, 20
_strata_, number of, 24
_street numbers_, writing of, 38 punctuation of, 22
_sturm und drang_ to be avoided, 54
_subpena_, spelling of, 51
Subjunctive, use of, 29
_such_, use of, as pronoun, 27
_suffraget_, spelling of, 52
_suicide_, when to use, 54
_sultan_, capitalization of, 17
Sun, the New York, words barred by, 31
Superfluous words, 49
Superlatives to be avoided, 34
_supine_, meaning of, 54
_supreme court_, capitalization of, 17
Synonyms, search for, 16 in heads, 8 misuse of, 14
T
_take place_, use of, 30
_technic_, spelling of, 51
_telephone_ preferred to _phone_, 25
_temperature_, how to write, 38
_terrace_, capitalization of, 20
_terrible_, meaning of, 35
_testimony_, punctuation of, 23
_Thanksgiving Day_, capitalization of, 18
_that_, barred as adverb, 33 preferred to _as_, 28 use of, 28
_the_, capitalization of, 17
_theater_, capitalization of, 17 spelling of, 52
Thesaurus, use of, 58
_these sort_ misused, 27
_things_, names of notable, capitalization of, 18
_this_ barred as adverb, 33
_thither_ to be avoided, 55
Three rules, 22
_Tibet_, spelling of, 51
_timber_, spelling of, 52
Time, how to write, 38
_tires_, spelling of, 51
Titles, capitalization of, 17 church, 49 punctuation of, 19 rules governing, 45
_to_, different, barred, 37 in infinitives, 29 things compared, 30
_today_, spelling of, 51
_toga_, misuse of, 55
_Tolstoy_, spelling of, 51
_tomorrow_, spelling of, 51
_tory_, capitalization of, 18
_totally destroyed_ to be avoided, 49
_tots_ to be avoided, 54
_toward_, spelling of, 52
_trade unions_, plural of, 51
_transpire_, meaning of, 30
_treaties_, capitalization of, 19
_triple entente_, etc., capitalization of, 19
Trite phrases, 58
_trousers_ preferred to _pants_, 55
_true facts_ to be avoided, 49
Truth, 2, 5, 14
_Turgenieff_, spelling of, 51
_turn over_ preferred to _turn turtle_, 30
Twain, Mark, quoted, 31
_tying_, spelling of, 51
U
_under a signature_ preferred, 37
Underscore _u_, 7
_union_, _-ist_, capitalization of, 18
_Union Jack_, capitalization of, 19
Unit lines in heads, 9
_university_, capitalization of, 19
_unless_ preferred to _without_, 28
_unmoral_ confused with _immoral_ 52
_unsanitary_ confused with _insanitary_, 52
Untruth, 2
_upper peninsula_, etc., capitalization of, 18
_utopia_, capitalization of, 20
V
_varsity_, punctuation of, 52
Verbs, in heads, 9 rules governing, 29
_very_, eschew the word, 34
_Very Rev._, use of, 48
_vice-president_, capitalization of, 17
_viceroy_, capitalization of, 17
_violinist_, avoid feminine form of, 24
Vital statistics, 50
_viz._, use of, 44
Vocabulary, broaden the, 16
_votes_, use figures for, 38
_vilify_, spelling of, 51
_vying_, spelling of, 51
W
_want_ preferred to _wish_, 30
War, first three years of, 72-74
_ward_, capitalization of, 18
_war_, capitalization of, 18
_W_ in heads, 9
_wages_, number of, 55
_way_, capitalization of, 20
Way to become original, 61
_we_, _editorial_, use of, 55
Webster, Edward Harlan, quoted, 16
Webster's dictionary, 48
_wedding_ confused with _marriage_, 50
Weights and measures, 40
_weird_, use of, 35
well known, use of, 49
_west_, _-ern_, _-erner_, capitalization of, 18
_whether, or not_, 49 preferred to _if_, 28
_while_ misused for _although_, 28 preferred to _whilst_, 55
_whilst_ to be avoided, 55
_whisky_, spelling of, 51
_White House_, capitalization of, 20
_whither_ to be avoided, 55
Whitman, Walt, quoted, 4
_wholesome_ preferred to _healthful_, 35
_who_, use of, 28
_whom_, use of, 27
_widow_, use of, 50
_widow woman_ to be avoided, 49
_wife_, use of, 50, 55
_Wilkes-Barre_, spelling of, 51
Williams, Walter, quoted, 25
_wish_ preferred to _want_, 30
_with_, book illustrated, sketches, 37 things compared, 30
_without_ misused for _unless_, 28
_woman_ preferred to _lady_, 25
Women, protection of good name of, 54
Words, pictorial power of, 16 superfluous, 49
_woolly_, spelling of, 51
_world series_, spelling of, 51
X
_Xmas_, prefer Christmas to, 44
Y
_years_, punctuation of, 22
Your audience, 35
Transcriber's Note:
Spelling, grammar and punctuation have been preserved as they appear in the original publication except as follows:
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cartridges and bandages_, _changed to_ cartridges and bandages_.
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thay are saying _changed to_ they are saying
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care is needed is using _changed to_ care is needed in using
anything else. Lurid means a _changed to_ anything else. _Lurid_ means a
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general concensus of opinion _changed to_ general consensus of opinion
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Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chicago _changed to_ Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago
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_de rigueur_ _changed to_ _de riguer_
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call a _revolver a gun_ _changed to_ call _a revolver a gun_
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one adjective to quality it _changed to_ one adjective to qualify it
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avoid euphuisms regarding _changed to_ avoid euphemisms regarding
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lines, punctuatuon and capitalization _changed to_ lines, punctuation and capitalization
_democrat_, _-ic._, capitalization _changed to_ _democrat_, _-ic_, capitalization
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_repertory_, spelling of, 51 In the original this entry appeared between "room" and Ross. For this ebook it has been placed in alphabetical order between render and reporters