ive but such usage is not
good.

_Nice_ should not be used in the sense of _pleasant_ or _agreeable_.

_No how_ should not be used for _anyway_.

_No place_ should be written as _nowhere_.

_None_ should be treated as a singular.

_Not_, like _neither_, must be followed by the correlative _nor_, e. g.,
"Not for wealth nor for fame did he strive."

_Not_ ... _but_ to express a negative is a double negative and therefore
should not be used, e. g., "I have _not_ had _but_ one meal to-day."

_Nothing like_ and _nowhere near_ should not be used for _not nearly_.

_O_ should be used for the vocative and without punctuation.

_Oh_ should be used for the ejaculation and should be followed by a
comma or an exclamation point.

_Obligate_ should not be used for _oblige_.

_Observe_ should not be used for _say_.

_Observation_ should not be used for _observance_.

_Of_ is superfluous in such phrases as _smell of_, _taste of_, _feel
of_.

_Off_ should never be used with _of_; one or the other is superfluous.

_Other._ After _no other_ use _than_, not _but_.

_Ought_ must never be used in connection with _had_ or _did_. "You
_hadn't ought_ or _didn't ought_ to do it" should be "You ought not to
have done it."

_Out loud_ should never be used for _aloud_.

_Panacea_ is something that cures all diseases, not an effective remedy
for one disease.

_Partake of_ should not be used in the sense of _eat_. It means "to
share with others."

_Party_ should never be used for _person_ except in legal documents.

_Per_ should be used in connection with other words of Latin form but
not with English words. _Per diem_, _per annum_, and the like are
correct. _Per day_ or _per year_ are incorrect. It should be _a day_, or
_a year_.

_Perpendicular_, which merely means at right angles to something else
mentioned, should not be used for _vertical_.

_Plenty_, a noun should not be confused with the adjective _plentiful_.

_Politics_ is singular.

_Post_ does not mean _inform_.

_Predicate_ should not be used in the sense of _predict_ or in the sense
of _base_ or _found_.

_Premature_ means "before the proper time." It should not be used in a
general way as equivalent to _false_.

_Pretty_ should not be used in the modifying sense, nor as a synonym for
_very_ in such phrases as "pretty good," "pretty near," and the like.

_Preventative_, no such word, say _preventive_.

_Promise_ should not be used in the sense of _a