repaired.

_Meet_ for _Meeting_. This belongs to the language of sport, which
persons of sense do not write--nor read.

_Militate_. "Negligence militates against success." If "militate"
meant anything it would mean fight, but there is no such word.

_Mind_ for _Obey_. This is a reasonless extension of one legitimate
meaning of mind, namely, to heed, to give attention.

_Minus_ for _Lacking_, or _Without_. "After the battle he was minus an
ear." It is better in serious composition to avoid such alien words as
have vernacular equivalents.

_Mistaken_ for _Mistake_. "You are mistaken." For whom? Say, You
mistake.

_Monarch_ for _King, Emperor_, or _Sovereign_. Not only hyperbolical,
but inaccurate. There is not a monarch in Christendom.

_Moneyed_ for _Wealthy_. "The moneyed men of New York." One might as
sensibly say, "The cattled men of Texas," or, "The lobstered men of
the fish market."

_Most_ for _Almost_. "The apples are most all gone." "The returning
travelers were most home."

_Moved_ for _Removed_. "The family has moved to another house." "The
Joneses were moving."

_Mutual_. By this word we express a reciprocal relation. It implies
exchange, a giving and taking, not a mere possessing in common. There
can be a mutual affection, or a mutual hatred, but not a mutual
friend, nor a mutual horse.

_Name_ for _Title and Name_. "His name was Mr. Smith." Surely no babe
was ever christened Mister.

_Necessaries_ for _Means_. "Bread and meat are necessaries of life."
Not so; they are the mere means, for one can, and many do, live
comfortably without them. Food and drink are necessaries of life, but
particular kinds of food and drink are not.

_Necessities_ for _Necessaries_. "Necessities of life are those things
without which we cannot live."

_Nee_. Feminine of _ne_, born. "Mrs. Jones, _nee_ Lucy Smith." She
could hardly have been christened before her birth. If you must use
the French word say, _nee_ Smith.

_Negotiate_. From the Latin _negotium_. It means, as all know, to fix
the terms for a transaction, to bargain. But when we say, "The driver
negotiated a difficult turn of the road," or, "The chauffeur
negotiated a hill," we speak nonsense.

_Neither--or_ for _Neither--nor_. "Neither a cat or fish has wool."
Always after neither use nor.

_New Beginner_ for _Beginner_.

_Nice_ for _Good_, or _Agreeable_. "A nice girl." Nice means
fastidious, delicately discriminative, and the like. Pope uses th