Index
189
cum laude .........................78
currently ......................... 144
D
damage/damages ...............61
dangling modifier ..............38
data...................................17
daylight saving time ...........87
deadly vs. fatal..................53
deaf ................................ 157
deaf mute ........................ 157
Dean, Stephen...................61
defer/refer.........................98
defuse/diffuse.................. 123
DeGruy, Pierre ..................59
Delaney, Sharon ................36
denounce/renounce .......... 101
desert/dessert................... 122
Dickens, Charles................12
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............................106, 109
different from .............. 20, 73
different than.....................20
diffuse/defuse.................. 123
disabilities....................... 157
disinterested/uninterested. 114
distress/stress .................. 123
domestic partner .............. 157
double comparisons ...........44
double negatives................16
downward.........................80
drag/dragged ................... 130
drink/drank/drunk..............26
drunk driving .....................26
due to.............................. 139
E
E.D.T................................87
e.g. ................................. 108
eager/anxious ....................20
effect/affect.......................21
effected.............................21
either/or, neither/nor ..........51
elderly ............................ 157
elicit/illicit .........................91
elicit/solicit ..................... 102
emergency services personnel,
terms for........................65
emigrant/immigrant ...........91
emigrate/immigrate............91
eminent/imminent............ 127
enamored of ......................72
Ennis, Don ...................... 178
enormity vs. enormousness.69
ensure/insure .....................89
enthused.......................... 116
envious/enviable ................98
et al. ............................... 108
etc. ................................. 108
euphemisms .................... 145
everyone/everybody.............6
evoke/provoke ...................99
except/accept..............11, 118
explicit/implicit .................96
F
famous/infamous ............. 114
far/farther..........................44
Farrell, Lisa.......................90
farther/further....................15
fatal vs. deadly ..................53
fatalities/casualties.............53
fatally/critically .................53
faze/phase.........................99
feet/foot ............................97
fewer/less..........................15
figuratively/literally ......... 115
first annual........................83
fiscal............................... 124
flak/flack...........................77
