Detroit _with_ Cleveland. He
compared Detroit _to_ a busy hive of bees.

Things _occur_ or _happen_ by chance and _take place_ by design. An
accident _happens_ or _occurs_; a pre-arranged act _takes place_.

Except in legal papers use _proved_ instead of _proven_.

_Transpire_ does not mean to take place but to leak out, as, _They tried
to keep their deliberations secret, but it transpired that * * *_

_Enthuse_ is not a good word. Say _become enthusiastic_.

Medicine, laws and oaths are _administered_; blows and punishment are
_dealt_.

_Allege_ is used only in referring to formal charges and not as a
synonym for _say_ or _assert_.

The past tense and past participle of _dive_ are _dived_. Don't use
_dove_.

The past tense and past participle of _forecast_ are _forecast_. Don't
use _forecasted_.

The past tense and past participle of _hang_ are _hung_, except in
reference to an execution; then write, _He was hanged_.

The past tense and past participle of _plead_ are _pleaded_ and not
_plead_ or _pled_. Don't write, _He plead guilty_, but _He pleaded
guilty_.

The past tense of _swim_ is _swam_, and the past participle is _swum_.

BARRED BY THE SUN

Newspaper men can read with profit this list of words and phrases to be
avoided, compiled by Charles A. Dana for his associates on the New York
Sun:

_above_ or _over_ for _more than_
_aggregate_ for _total_
_balance_ for _remainder_
_call attention_ for _direct attention_
_claim_ for _assert_
_commence_ for _begin_
_comprise_ for _compose_
_conscious_ for _aware_
_couple_ for _two_
_cultured_ for _cultivated_
_date back to_ for _date from_
_donate_ for _give_
_fall_ for _autumn_
_from whence_ for _whence_
_indorse_ for _approve_
_inaugurate_ for _establish_, _institute_
_individual_ for _person_
_infinite_ for _great_, _vast_
_last_ for _latest_
_less_ for _fewer_
_materially_ for _largely_
_named after_ for _named for_
_notice_ for _observe_
_onto_ for _on_ or _upon_
_partially_ for _partly_
_past two years_ for _last two years_
_practically_ for _virtually_
_party_ for _person_

DOUBLING UP HAVE'S

Mark Twain in "A Tramp Abroad" wrote: "Harris said that if the best
writer in the world once got the slovenly habit of 'doubling up his
have's,' he could never get rid of it; that is to say, if a man gets the
habit of saying 'I