_capital_, 52
_cardinals_, how referred to, 48
Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, 5
_casket_, prefer _coffin_ to, 50
_catalog_, spelling of, 52
_cello_, spelling of, 52
_century_, use ordinal with, 38
_certainly_, no degrees of, 55
_chamber_, _of deputies_, etc., capitalization, 18
_checks_, spelling of, 51
_Chile_, spelling of, 51
_Chili_, spelling of, 51
Chinese names, 45
Christmas preferred to _Xmas_, 18
_church_, capitalization of, 18
titles, 48
_cigaret_, spelling of, 52
_circumstance_, meaning of, 24
_cities_, abbreviation of, 42
_citizens_ misused for _persons_, 24
City directory, importance of, 5
City editor, telephone to, 4
_civil war_, capitalization of, 18
_claimant_ misused for _clamant_, 52
Clarity, 22-58
Clauses, punctuation of, 22
Cleanliness of thought, 3
Clemens, Samuel L., see Mark Twain, 31
Clock time, how to write, 44
_clubs_, capitalization of, 17
_clue_, spelling of, 51
Cobb, Irvin S., quoted, 35
Cobbett, William, quoted, 34
_coffin_ preferred to _casket_, 50
Collective nouns, 25
_college_, capitalization of, 17
_college degrees_, abbreviation of, 44
capitalization of, 19
_collide_, only moving objects, 30
Colon, use of, 22
capitalization after, 17
_color_, spelling of, 52
of, 49
_comatose_, meaning of, 54
Commas, use of, 22
_compared to_, meaning of, 30
_compared with_, meaning of, 30
_Complected_ preferred to _complexioned_, 55
Compounds, how formed, 48
_consistently with_ preferred to _consistent with_, 33
_condition_, bad, preferred to _bad shape_, 55
_congress_, capitalization of, 18
Conjunctions, punctuation before, 22
in heads, 8
rules governing, 28
_consensus of opinion_, use of, 49
_consist in_ misused for _consist of_, 37
_consist of_ misused for _consist in_, 37
_constitution_, capitalization of, 20
_consul_, confused with _ambassador_, etc., 24
confused with _counsel_, 52
_consummated_, when to avoid, 50
_convict_, prefer _inmate_ to, 59
_cop_ barred, 54
Copy, reading, 6
preparation of, 7
Corrections, makin
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