t not be confused with _decisive_. A _decided_ victory is a
clear and unmistakable victory. A _decisive_ victory is one which
decides the outcome of a war or of a campaign.

_Decimate_ means to take away one-tenth. It is not properly used in a
general way of the infliction of severe losses.

_Definite_ which means "well defined" should not be confused with
_definitive_ which means "final."

_Demean_ is related to _demeanor_ and means "behave." It should be
carefully distinguished from _degrade_ or _lower_.

_Die._ We die _of_ a certain disease, not _with_ or _from_ it.

_Differ_ in the sense of disagree is followed by _with_. "I _differ
with_ you." _Differ_ as indicating unlikeness is followed by _from_.

_Different_ should be followed by _from_ never by _with_, _than_, or
_to_.

_Directly_ should not be used for _as soon as_.

_Discover_, "to find something which previously existed" should be
distinguished from _invent_ something for the first time.

_Disinterested_ means "having no financial or material interest in a
thing." It should be carefully distinguished from _uninterested_ which
means "taking no interest in" a thing.

_Dispense_, "to distribute" should not be confused with _dispense with_,
"to do without."

_Disposition_ is not the same as _disposal_.

_Distinguish_ which means "to perceive differences" should not be
confused with _differentiate_ which means "to make or constitute a
difference."

_Divide_ should be carefully distinguished from _distribute_.

_Don't_ is a contraction of do not. _Doesn't_ is the contraction for
does not. _I don't_, _they don't_, _he doesn't_.

_Due_ should not be used for _owing to_ or _because of_.

_Each_ is distributive and is always singular. _Each other_ which is
applicable to two only should not be confused with _one another_ which
is applicable to more than two.

_Egotist_, a man with a high or conceited opinion of himself, should not
be confused with _egoist_ which is the name for a believer in a certain
philosophical doctrine.

_Either_ is distributive and therefore singular and should never be used
of more than two.

_Elegant_ denotes delicacy and refinement and should not be used as a
term of general approval.

_Else_ should be followed by _than_, not by _but_. "No one else _than_
(not _but_) he could have done so much."

_Emigrant_, one who goes out of a country should not be confused with
_immigrant_, one who comes into a country.

_Enor