A

Abbreviate, 297.

Ability, 298.

Abridge, 297.

Abridgment, 72, 75-80.

Accept, 298.

Acceptation, 298.

Acceptance, 298.

519; relation of to exposi-
tion, 519-521; the proposition

in, 521-522; proofs in, 522; the
special issue in, 522-523; the
brief in, 524-526; persuasion
in, 527-528; diction in, 528;
subjects for, 529–531.
Artist, 275.

adverbs, 534-535.

Advent, 275.

Adverbs, position of, 201-206,
passim; and adjectives, 534–
535.

Affect, 298.

After, afterwards, 298.

Aggravate, 283.

Aggregation, 275.

Ain't, 269-270.

Allegory, 364-365.

Allow, 268.

Allude, 299.

Ambiguity, defined, 306; in
collocation, 202-203. See also
under Precision, passim.
Anecdote, the, 407-409.
Anglo-Saxon, the- - element in
English, 254-255; 256, 259-260,
332.

18-39, 98-113. See also Time,
Space, Generalization, Cause
and Effect, Comparison and
Contrast.

Asterisks, 547.
At, 270.

Avocation, 299.

Awful, 271, 282-283.

Back out, 283.

B

Bad taste, 269-279, 280-282,
354-359, passim.

Balance, 273.

Banjoist, 275.
Banquet, 273.

Barbarism, 270, 273.
Beastly, 273.

Beside, besides, 299.
Bible, style of, 331-332.

152; between sentences, 201.
Connectives between para-
graphs, 151–155; between sen-
tences, 201; ellipsis of, 230.
Contemptibly, contemptuously,
300.

Continual, continuous, 300.

11-15.