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- a
- à deux
- a hold
- a lot
- a while
- a-effect
- A.D.:
- abbreviating
- “A.D., B.C. comes before“
- a.k.a., aka, AKA:
- formatting tip
- See entry in “What’s in a Proper Name?“
- aaah
- abbaser
- abbess
- abbreviation
- abduct
- abyss
- aberrant
- abhorrent
- ability
- abjure
- ablution
- about
- absolute:
- phrase
- word
- absolutely
- absolution
- absorb
- abstract
- abstruse
- abusio
- abysmal
- abyssal
- Acadia
- acatalectic
- accede
- accept
- access:
- vs accession
- vs assess
- vs excess
- accident
- accidentally
- accidently
- accismus
- acclimate
- acclivity
- accolade
- accommodate
- accord
- accordance
- account name
- accumlation
- accuse:
- vs allege, suspect
- vs charge
- acetic
- acoloutha
- acolyte
- acronym
- grammar
- capitalizing
- style exceptions to the full-name rule
- acrobatics
- across
- act
- action
- active voice
- See also passive voice
- acts
- actual
- actually
- ad
- adage
- adagium
- adapt
- adaptive
- add
- addad
- addicted
- addition
- address, street
- addubitatio
- addubitation
- adduce
- adfectus
- adhere
- adieu
- adjective
- adjunction
- adjure
- admission:
- as rhetorical device
- vs confession
- adnominatio
- ado
- adopt
- adopted
- adoptive
- adsorb
- adumbratio
- adverb
- adversary
- adverse
- advice
- advise
- adynaton:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- aerie
- aerobatics
- aerobic
- aerobics
- aeroplane
- aesthetics
- aether
- aetopeia
- affect
- affection name
- affective
- affectus expressio
- afflict
- afterward
- afterwards
- afterword
- ageing
- aging
- aggravate:
- vs annoy
- vs irritate
- aggregate
- aggressive
- agnominatio
- agnomination
- ah
- aha
- ahhh
- ahold
- aid
- aide
- ail
- aioli
- air
- airplane
- airy
- aisle
- ale
- algoism
- alias
- alibi
- alienation effect
- all:
- vs awl
- CAPS
- ready
- right
- together
- ways
- all of a sudden
- all of the sudden
- allée
- allege:
- vs accuse, suspect
- vs assert
- allegory
- alley
- alliosis
- alliteration
- figure of speech
- word play
- allomorph
- allonym
- allot
- allowed
- allusion:
- delusion, illusion
- figure of speech
- allusive
- ally
- alone
- alot
- aloud:
- vs allowed
- vs out loud
- already
- alright
- altar
- alter
- alternate
- alternative:
- vs alternate
- vs choice
- altitude
- altogether
- alumna
- alumnus
- always
- amateur
- ambage
- ambidexterity
- ambiguous
- vs ambivalent
- equivocal
- ambivalent
- amiable
- amicable
- amid
- amidst
- amok
- among:
- vs between
- vs amid / amidst vs amongst
- amongst
- amoral
- amount vs number, quantity
- ampersand
- amplification
- amuck
- amulet
- amuse
- amused
- amusing
- an
- anacoenosis
- anacoloutha
- anacoluthon
- anacronym
- anadiplosis
- anaerobic
- anagram
- analogical juxtaposition
- analogy
- ananym:
- proper name
- word play
- anaphora:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- anapodoton
- anarchism
- anarchy
- anastrophe
- anchorage
- ancient
- anecdote
- angel
- angle
- anglish
- anhydrous
- anile
- animal
- annals
- annomination
- annoy
- annual
- annul
- annunciate
- anomaly
- anonym
- anonymity pseudonym
- anonymous multiple character POV
- ant
- antagonist:
- antagonist (as writing tip)
- vs protagonist
- antagonym
- antanaclasis:
- rhetorical device
- word play
- ante
- antecedent
- anthimeria:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- anthology
- anthorism
- anthropologic autonym
- anthropologic endonym
- anthropology
- anthropomorphism
- anthroponomastics
- anthroponymy
- anthypophora
- anti
- anti-
- anti-climax
- antibacterial
- anticipate
- anticlimax:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- antidote
- antilogy
- antimeria
- antimetabole
- antiphrasis:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- antipophora
- antiprosopopoeia
- antiquate:
- vs ancient vs antique vs antiquity
- antique:
- vs ancient vs antiquate vs antiquity
- vs retro vs vintage
- antiquity
- antisagoge
- antiseptic
- antistasis
- antistrophe
- antistrophon
- antithesis
- antonomasia
- antonym
- “Antonyms of Unpaired Words“
- antonomasia
- anxious
- any more
- any one
- any time
- any way
- anymore
- anyone
- anytime
- anyway
- anyways
- aparithmesis
- apartment
- aphorism
- apiary
- apophasis
- apophthegm
- aposiopesis
- aposiopesis, surprising
- apostrophe:
- figure of speech
- punctuating
- transliteration
- apostrophism
- apparently
- appeals
- appeal
- appear
- appease
- apperception
- appositive
- appraise
- apprise
- approximate
- apronym
- aptonym:
- proper name
- word play
- aptronym:
- proper name
- word play
- arbiter
- arbitrator
- arc:
- vs arch
- vs ark
- arcadia
- arch
- archetype
- are
- areola
- argumentative
- ark
- srose
- arouse
- arrant
- arroyo
- art work, italicizing
- article
- artifact
- artist
- artiste
- as:
- as grammar: as
- vs because
- vs for
- vs like
- vs since
- vs that
- vs whether
- ascent
- ascetic
- Asiaticism
- ask
- assent
- assert
- assertive
- assess
- assistance
- assistants
- assonance:
- figure of speech
- word play
- assume
- assure
- asteism
- asterisk
- asterismos
- asyndeton:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- ate
- attach
- attaché
- attachée
- attachment
- attain:
- vs attaint
- vs obtain
- attaint
- atticism
- attributive
- attributive eponym
- audience, target
- audience surrogate
- auger
- aught
- augur
- aunt
- aural
- author surrogacy
- author surrogate
- authorial intrusion POV
- auto-antonym
- autoantonym
- autonym:
- name
- anthropologic
- auxesis
- avenge
- average
- averse
- aviary
- aw
- awaken
- award
- awe
- awhile
- awl
- ax
- axe
- axel
- axiom
- axle
- aye
- B.C.:
- “B.C. comes before A.D.“
- abbreviating
- B.C.E.
- baby talk
- backronym
- backslash
- backward
- backwards
- bad:
- vs badly
- vs worse, worst
- badly
- bail
- bait
- bald
- vs bald-faced
- bale
- balled
- ballocks
- band
- banned
- banns
- bans
- bar
- barbaric
- barbarous
- bard
- bare
- baron:
- vs baronet
- vs barren
- barre
- barré
- barred
- barren
- base
- based on
- bases
- basis
- bass
- bat
- bate
- bath
- bathe
- bathos:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- baton
- batt
- batten
- battology
- bawled
- bay
- bayou
- bazaar
- be
- beach:
- vs beech
- vs coast
- vs shore
- beadle
- bear
- beast
- beat
- Beatle
- because
- because of
- bee
- beech
- beer
- beet
- beetle
- began
- begin
- begun
- bell
- belle
- bellow:
- vs below
- vs billow
- below
- bemuse
- berth
- beside
- besides
- best
- betel
- better:
- vs best, good
- vs bettor
- bettor
- between
- bi-
- biannual
- bib
- bibb
- Bible:
- abbreviations for Bible books
- citations for Bible books
- italicizing
- formatting Bible numerals
- bibliomancy
- biennial
- bier
- bight:
- vsbite vs byte
- bay vs cove
- bigotry
- billed
- billow
- bimonthly
- “Binding Choices (for Print)“
- bing
- binge
- binomial:
- species
- birth:
- vs berth
- name
- bite
- bizarre
- blackmail
- blanagram
- blanket
- blend:
- eponym
- word
- blew
- bliss
- bloc
- block
- block quote
- blog:
- vs post, website
- italicizing
- “Blogging for the Writer“
- blond
- blonde
- blue
- boar
- board
- boarder
- Boer
- bog
- boil
- bold-faced
- bolder
- bollocks
- bombastic
- bomphiologia
- bon mot
- book:
- fonts
- pages
- volume
- See also formatting Bible numerals; formatting numerals in parts of a play; italicizing
- book binding, for terminology
- boor
- border
- bore
- bored
- born
- borne
- borough
- borrow
- bot
- botanical name
- bought
- bouillon
- boulder
- bourn
- boy
- brachycatalectic
- brackets
- brake
- brasserie
- brassiere
- brazier
- breach
- bread
- breadth
- break up
- break-up,
- break through
- break
- breaking the fourth wall, as metafiction
- breakthrough
- breakup
- breath
- breathe
- bred
- breech
- brews
- bridal
- bridle
- bring
- broach
- broken heart
- brooch
- brook
- bruise
- bruit
- brunet
- brunette
- brut
- brute:
- beast
- vs bruit, brut
- build
- bullion
- bullocks
- buoy
- burglary
- burlesque
- burn
- burro
- burrow
- bus
- bushism
- buss
- but
- butt
- buy
- by
- by-name
by pass- bye
- byname
- bypass
- byte
- ’cause
- C.E.
- c’mon
- ca.
- cache
- cachet:
- vs cache, cash
- vs panache
- caconym
- cacophony
- caddie
- caddy
- cadge
- cadre name
- cæsura
- cage
- calendar:
- vs calender, colander
- abbreviating
- calender
- call name
- calling name
- callous
- callus
- Calvary
- camaraderie
- comradery
- can:
- vs ken
- vs may
- canal
- caning
- canning
- cannon
- canon
- canoness
- canter
- cantor
- canvas
- canvass
- capability
- capacity
- capital
- capitalization:
- acronyms
- formatting
- initialisms
- lowercase
- sentence case
- title case
- See also ALL CAPS
- capitol
- capitonym
- Capri
- capris
- carat
- carbuncle
- cardinal number
- cardio
- careen
- career
- caret
- caricature
- carousal
- carousel
- carpet
- carrel
- carrot
- cartoon title
- case:
- sentence case
- title case
- cash
- casual
- casualty
- catachresis
- catacosmesis
- catalectic
- catastasis
- catchphrase
- catena
- catholic
- causal
- cause
- cavalry
- cay
- cede
- celibacy
- vs cell
- cement
- cemetery
- censer
- censor
- vs censer, sensor
- vs censure
- censure
- cent
- century:
- vs sentry
- abbreviating
- use arabic figure OR spell it out
- cereal
- cesura
- chain argument
- change in concord
- channel
- chanty
- characternym
- “Characters, Creating Memorable“
- charactonym:
- proper name
- word play
- charge:
- vs accuse
- vs fare vs fee vs tax
- chargé d’affaires
- chargée d’affaires
- charm
- chastity
- cher
- chère
- chéri
- chérie
- Chestertonian fantasy
- chiasmus
- Chile
- chili
- chilly
- china
- China
- chinglish
- chock
- choice
- chook
- choose
- choral:
- choral vs chorale
- choral vs coral
- chorale:
- vs carrel, corral
- vs choral
- chord
- chose
- Christian name
- chronogram
- chuck:
- vs chock vs chook
- salt chuck
- churchyard
- chute
- cinematic POV
- circa
- circumcision
- circumduction
- circumference
- circumlocution
- circumspect
- circumstance
- circumvolution
- citation:
- citation
- folio, ƒƒ
- volume
- cite
- city
- civil
- clamber
- clamor
- clan name
- classic
- classical
- clause:
- vs phrase
- conditional
- dependent
- elliptical
- essential
- finite
- independent
- introductory
- non-essential
- non-finite
- non-restrictive
- relative
- restrictive
- subordinate
- clench
- cliché:
- as a figure of speech
- as a writing tip
- click
- climactic
- climatic
- climax
- climbing argument
- clinch
- clipping eponym
- clique
- clitic
- close:
- vs clothes
- vs cloths
- POV
- third person POV
- third POV
- clothes
- cloths
- co-hyponym
- condo
- co-op
- vs co-opt
- vs coop
- vs coup
- vs coupe
- vs coupé
- vs coop, coup, coupe, coupé
- coast
- confession
- co-opt
- coarse
- Cod Latin
- cognomen:
- vs surname
- proper name
- using apostrophes
- Cognitive Linguistics
- cohere
- cohyponym
- colander
- collage
- collectable
- collectible
- collection
- collective:
- pseudonym
- names for short stories
- college:
- vs collage
- vs university
- collide
- collision
- colloquialism, creating
- collusion
- colon
- colonel
- combined form
- combining form
- comforter
- come
- comma:
- punctuation
- vocative case
- commentator POV
- common sense
- commonsense
- compar
- compare to
- compare with
- compel
- complement:
- vs compliment
- grammar
- compliment
- compose
- compound:
- eponym
- word
- compressed paradox
- comprise
- concede
- conceit
- concentrated
- concepcio
- conceptio
- concessio:
- rhetorical device, as epitrope
- rhetorical device, as paromologia
- rhetorical device, as synchoresis
- concerted
- concession
- concrete
- conditional clause
- confessio
- confession
- confidant
- confidante
- confident
- conglutinata conceptio
- conjecture
- conjunction
- conjuncture
- connive
- connotation:
- vs denotation
- as literary device
- conscience
- conscious
- conservation
- consolation
- consonance:
- figure of speech
- word play
- conspire
- constellation
- constitutio
- consul
- contest
- context
- contiguous
- continual
- continuous:
- vs contiguous
- vs continual
- contraction:
- apostrophe
- clitic
- colloquialism
- compile
- Ccomply
- contradictio
- contranym
- contrapositum
- contrived acronym
- contronym
- conversation
- convert
- convince
- coo
- coolie
- coop
- cops
- copse
- copy right
- copyright
- copywriter
- coral
- cord:
- vs chord
- vs cored
- core
- cored
- corollary
- coroner
- corps
- corpse
- corral
- correlation
- could’a (could have)
- could’ve (could have)
- coulee:
- vs coolie vs coulis
- vs arroyo vs wadi vs wash
- coulis
- council
- counsel
- country
- county
- coup:
- vs co-op, coop, coupe, coupé
- vs coo
- coupe
- coupé
- course
- courtesy
- cousin
- cove
- covert
- coy
- cozen
- craft
- crape
- crash
- crawl
- creak
- Creative Commons
- creek
- crepe
- crescendo
- crewel
- criteria
- criterion
- croc
- crochet
- crock
- crosse copling
- crotchet
- cruel
- crumble
- crumbly
- crumby
- crummy
- crumple
- crunches
- crutches
- crypt
- cryptonym
- cue
- cum
- currant
- current
- curser
- cursor
- curtsey
- cut-and-parry
- cut-and-thrust
- cute
- cypress
- Cyprus
- cyst
- dabble
- daemon
- dairy
- dapple
- dash:
- em dash
- 2-em dash
- 3-em dash
- en dash
- hyphen
- minus sign
- dam
- damn
- date, arabic figure OR spell it out
- day:
- abbreviation
- arabic figure OR spell it out
- days
- daze
- dear
- deboss
- decade, arabic figure OR spell it out
- decent
- declivity
- deduce:
- vs adduce, educe, induce
- vs deduct
- deduct
- deep-immersion POV
- deer
- defamation
- defamiliarization, as perspective
- defiant
- definite:
- vs defiant
- vs definitive
- definitions used in a sentence
- definitive
- defuse
- deipnosophism
- delegate
- delta
- delusion
- delusive
- demon
- demonstratio
- demonym
- demur
- demure
- denotation:
- vs connotation
- as literary device
- dense
- dental
- dentil
- dents
- deny
- dependent
- dependent clause
- deprecate
- depreciate
- depreciation
- derived word
- descent
- description:
- of feelings
- of manners
- descriptive title
- descriptivism
- desert
- designated protagonist syndrome
- desperate
- dessert
- destain
- detached:
- autobiography POV
- narrator POV
- observer POV
- determiner
- device:
- literary device
- devise
- dew
- diacope
- diacritic:
- creating
- formatting
- dialect
- diallage
- diallelus
- dialog [U.S.], See dialogue
- dialogism:
- literary device
- rhetorical device
- dialogismus
- dialogue:
- dramatic monologue
- echoing
- inner dialogue
- internal thoughts
- literary device
- outer dialogue
- punctuation
- stream of consciousness
- thought
- diameter
- diaporesis
- diary
- diasrym
- diatyposis
- diazeugma
- dicaeology
- diction
- dictum
- didactic
- die
- diezeugmenon
- different:
- from
- than
- to
- diffuse
- digressio
- dike
- dilemma
- dilogy
- dinumeration
- dionym
- dionysian imitatio
- direct:
- address, as perspective
- dialogue
- discourse POV
- object
- POV
- speech POV, first person
- disable
- disassemble
- disburse
- discomfit
- discomfort
- discours indirect libre POV
- discreet
- discrete
- disdain
- disgruntled
- disillusion
- disinfectant
- disinterested
- disjunction
- disparate
- disperse
- dissemble
- dissent
- dissertation
- dissolution
- distain
- distancing effect
- distrain
- do:
- vs dew, due
- vs make
- do’s
- doc
- dock:
- vs doc
- vs pier, wharf
- does
- dog Latin
- do
- dogmatic
- done
- dose
- dosed
- doubht
- double:
- entendre
- supply
- doublespeak
- doublet, universalizing
- doubtfull
- doughs
- doused
- down stairs
- dowsed
- downstairs
- doze :
- does, doughs
- vs dose
- dragged
- dragon
- dragoon
- dramatic:
- monologue
- visualization
- draught
- draw
- dredge
- “Drop Caps, Adding a Flourish with“
- drought
- drudge
- drug
- dual
- first person … POV
- third person … POV
- third person omniscient … POV
- dubitatio
- duck
- duct
- dud
- dude
- due:
- due to
- dues
- duel
- dun
- dye
- dyeing
- dying
- dyke
- dysphemism:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- -ed endings
- ’em
- ’er
- e.g.,
- e’er
- eager
- eagle-centric
- earn
- earth
- east
- eave
- ecbole
- echo utterance
- echoing
- echolalia
- echopraxia
- ecological
- economic
- economical
- ecphasis
- ecphonesis
- ecphrasis
- edition
- editorial commentator POV
- educe
- eek
- eerie
- effect
- effective
- effigy
- egocentric
- egoism
- egotism
- egressio
- egressus
- eight
- eke
- ekphrasis
- ekphrastic
- elder:
- vs eldest
- elder
- eldest
- element, literary
- elevation
- elicit
- ellipsis
- elliptical clause
- eloquence
- elusion
- elusive
- em dash:
- 2-em dash
- 3-em dash
- See also en dash; hyphen; minus sign
- emaciation
- emancipation
- emboss
- emigrate
- eminent
- empathetic
- empathic
- empathy
- emphasis:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- word play
- emphatic
- empire
- empirical
- en dash
- endurance
- en masse
- enallage
- enantiodrome
- enantiosemy
- enantiosis
- enclosure
- endemic
- endiadis
- endiaduz
- endonym
- enemy
- English:
- Middle English, history of
- Modern English, history of
- Old English, history of
- engrish
- enquiry
- ensue
- ensure
- ensure
- enthymeme
- entitle
- entomology
- enunciate
- envelop
- envelope
- envious
- environmental
- epanadiplosis
- epanadis
- epanados
- epanalepsis:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- word play
- epanaphora
- epanastrophe
- epanodis
- epanodos
- epanorthosis
- epenthesis
- eperotesis
- epexegesis
- epexergasia
- epibole
- epichoresis
- epidemic
- epigram:
- vs epigraph, epitaph, epithet
- as proverb
- epigraph
- epiphany, as perspective
- epiphonema
- epiphora
- epiploce
- epistrophe
- epitaph
- epithet:
- vs epigram, epigraph, epitaph
- argumentative epithet
- fixed epithet
- kenning epithet
- smear word epithet
- transferred epithet
- literary device:
- epitrope
- epitropis
- epizeuxis:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- word play
- eponym:
- attributive
- blend
- clipping
- compound
- possessive
- simple
- suffix-based derivative
- equivocal
- equivocation
- ere
- erlebte Rede POV
- erotema
- erotesis
- err:
- vs air, heir
- vs e’er, ere
- errant
- erupt
- eschatology
- especially
- essential:
- clause
- rules
- esthetics
- estilo indirecto libre POV
- estrangement:
- as perspective
- effect
- estuary
- et al.,
- etc.,
- ether
- ethic
- ethnonym
- ethopoeia:
- a-effect
- aetopeia
- compar
- cut-and-parry
- cut-and-thrust
- description of manners
- descriptive title
- epexergasia
- exargasia
- expolicio
- German Verfremdungseffekt
- impersonation
- membrum
- moralis confictio
- parisosis
- progymnasmata
- refining
- V-effekt
- working out
- ethos
- etymology
- eunuchs
- euonym:
- proper name
- word play
- euphemism:
- as a rhetorical device
- vs synonym
- euphemismus
- euphonious acronym
- euphony
- euphonym
- euphuism
- eutrepismus
- evacuation
- eve
- every:
- body
- day
- man
- one
- place
- thing
- way
- where
- everybody
- everyday
- everyman
- everyone
- everyplace
- everything
- everyway
- everywhere
- evidentia
- ewe
- ewes
- ex parte
- ex-patriot
- exacerbate
- exact
- exalt
- exargasia
- exasperate
- exceed
- except
- excerpt
- excess
- exclamation:
- mark
- excuse
- exercise
- exergasia
- exonym
- exorcise
- exordium
- expanse
- expatriate
- expect:
- vs accept, except, excerpt
- vs anticipate
- expedient
- expeditio
- expeditious
- expense
- experienced speech POV
- expiration
- expolicio
- expolitio
- exsanguinate
- extant
- extend
- extent:
- vs extant
- vs extend
- exterminate
- extortion
- extract
- extraction
- extrovert
- exult
- eye
- facetious
- fact
- “fact, in actual“
- factional
- factious:
- vs facetious vs fractious
- factional
- factitious
- factoid
- facts
- fain
- faint
- fair
- fairy
- fake
- false
- family name
- famous
- fanaticize
- fantasize
- FAQs
- fare:
- vs charge vs fee vs tax
- vs fair
- farther
- fascinated:
- by
- for
- with
- fashion
- fate
- fathom
- faulty parallelism
- faun
- faux
- fawn
- fax
- faze
- feasible
- feat
- feature name
- fee
- feet
- feign
- feint
- fends
- fens
- ferment
- ferry
- fete
- few
- fewer
- ƒƒ (folio)
- fiancé
- fiancée
- fictional
- fictional device
- fictional word count
- fictitious
- fictive
- figurative language
- figuratively
- figure of…:
- admittance
- figure of speech
- literary device
- reference
- responce
- retire
- submission
- twinnes
- filly
- film
- filter, as perspective
- find
- fined
- finite clause
- fir
- first:
- vs firstly
- name
- first person:
- central POV
- diary POV
- direct speech POV
- dramatic monologue POV
- dual POV
- immersive POV
- interior monologue POV
- letter POV
- limited POV
- memoir POV
- multiple POV
- naive narrator POV
- narration
- objective POV
- observer POV, as memoir
- observer POV, as witness
- omniscient POV
- peripheral POV
- plural POV
- POV
- protagonist POV
- re-teller POV
- secondary character POV
- subjective POV
- unreliable narrator POV
- witness POV
- firstly
- firth
- fixed:
- epithet
- fjord
- flack
- flair
- flak
- flammable
- flare
- flat
- flaunt
- flax
- flea
- flecks
- flee
- flense
- flesh
- flex
- flier
- flitting figure
- flounder
- flour
- flout
- flower
- flyer
- ƒƒ (folio)
- foaled
- focalization, as perspective
- foe
- fold
- foment
- font:
- book fonts
- font terminology
- vs fount
- for:
- vs as
- vs fore vs four
- vs fro
- for-
- forbid
- fore
- fore-
- forego
- foreign language (non-English words)
- foreign personal honorific
- forename
- forensic pathologist
- foreword
- forgo
- formally
- formative
- former
- formerly
- fort
- forte:
- vs fort
- vs forty
- forth
- fortuitous
- fortunate
- forty
- forward:
- vs foreward
- forwards
- foul
- founder
- fount
- four
- fourth
- fowl
- fractious
- Frances
- Francis
- free indirect:
- discourse POV
- style POV
- French honorific
- fro
- full name
- fur:
- vs fir
- vs hair
- furry
- further
- fury
- fustian
- gaff
- gaffe
- gaffer
- gage
- gait
- gallop
- Gallup
- galop
- gantlet
- garnish
- garnishee
- gate
- gauge:
- vs gage
- vs gouge
- gauntlet
- gazpacho
- gel
- gem
- gemmination
- generative linguistics
- genes
- genre
- genteel
- genteelism
- gentile
- gentile name
- gentilic
- gentle
- geographic:
- province
- states (U.S.)
- Germaine
- German Verfremdungseffekt
- germane
- gerund
- Gestapo
- gesture
- gibe
- gig
- gild
- gilt
- given name
- glamor
- glamour
- glutenous
- glutinous
- gluttonous
- GMO
- gnome
- gnu
- god
- Gongorism
- good:
- vs better, best
- vs well
- gorilla
- goth
- gothic
- gouge
- gourmand
- gourmet
- grammatical syllepsis
- grate
- gratuity
- graveyard
- great
- grew
- grill
- grille
- griping
- gripping
- grisly
- gristly
- grizzly
- groan
- grown:
- grown up
- grown-up
- grownup
- grue
- gruntled
- guarantee
- guaranty
- guerilla
- guilt
- guise
- gulf
- guys
- gybe
- habitation name
- hail
- hair:
- vs fur
- vs hare
- hale
- half
- hall
- hallow
- halve
- hamlet
- hand out
- handicap
- handout
- hangar
- hanged
- hanger
- harbor
- hardy
- hare
- harm
- hashtag
- haul
- have
- haven
- hawk
- head:
- hopping
- jumping
- headhopping
- heal
- healthful
- healthy
- hear
- heard
- heart beat
- heart broken
- heartbeat
- heartbroken
- hearty
- heel
- height
- heir
- hemp
- hendiadys
- herd
- herds
- here
- hermit
- heroin
- heroine
- hertz
- heterograph
- heteronym
- heterosis
- hew
- hieroglyph
- hijack
- his-and-hers first person points-of-view POV
- historic
- historical
- History of English (When is Old, Middle, and Modern English?)
- hmmm
- hoard
- hoarse
- hock
- hoes
- hold
- hole
- holed:
- vs hold
- vs hulled
- holey
- hollow
- holly
- holoalphabetic sentence
- holonym
- holorime:
- figure of speech
- word play
- holy
- home
- home in on
- homey
- homie
- homiletics
- homily
- homoeoptoton
- homoeoteleuton
- homograph
- homoioteleuton
- homonym
- homophone
- homophonic translation
- homovocalic
- hone in
- Honorable, the
- honorific:
- foreign personal
- French
- Honorable, the
- honorific
- Italian
- personal
- professional title
- Reverend, the
- Spanish
- See also “Honorifics, To Cap or Not to Cap“
- hoped
- hopped
- horatian
- horde
- horse
- hos
- hose
- hostel
- hotel
- hour
- house
- house pseudonym
- how ever
- however
- hue
- huh
- hulled
- human
- humane
- humiliatio
- hummus
- humus
- hung
- hurdle
- HURDS
- hurt
- See also hurts
- hurtle
- hurts
- See also hurt
- hybrid acronym
- hygroscopic
- hypallage
- hyperbaton
- hyperbole:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- hypercatalectic
- hypernym
- hyperonym
- hyperzeuxis:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- word play
- hyphen
- See also em dash; 2-em dash; 3-em dash; en dash; minus sign
- hypobole
- hypocatastasis
- hypocorism
- hypocoristicon
- hyponym
- hypophora
- hypostrophe
- hypotenuse
- hypothesis
- hypotiposis
- hypotyposis
- hypozeugma
- hypozeuxis:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- word play
- hysteron proteron
- -ing endings
- ’im
- I
- “I before E except after C . . . Unless“
- i.e.,
- I’ll (I will)
- ID:
- login
- user
- identifier
- idiom:
- figure of speech
- grammar
- idle
- idol
- idyll
- if
- illicit
- illusion
- illusive
- imagery
- imitate
- immanent
- immigrant acronym
- immigrate
- imminent
- immoral
- impassable
- impassible
- impel
- imperative
- imperial
- impersonation
- imply
- impoundment
- in:
- vs in to, into
- vs inn
- “in actual fact“
- in lieu of
- in light of
- in to
- inaptronym
- incidence
- incidents
- incite
- incredible
- incredulous
- indelible
- independence
- independent clause
- independents
- indeterminable
- indeterminate
- indict
- indirect:
- discourse POV
- object
- indirect speech:
- third person … POV
- third person free … POV
- indite
- indubitably
- induce
- indelible
- ineligible”
- infamous
- infect
- infer
- infest
- infinitive
- infix
- infixation
- inflammable:
- vs inflammatory
- vs flammable
- inflammatory
- inflection
- inflict
- ingenious
- ingenuous
- ingest
- initialism:
- capitalizing
- grammar
- initialism
- style exceptions to the full-name rule
- initials:
- abbreviating
- acronyms
- initialisms
- inject
- inn
- inner dialogue
- innocence
- innocents
- innuendo
- inquiry
- insidious
- insight
- inspiration
- installation
- instance
- instant
- instillation
- insure
- interest-focus, as perspective
- interested
- interesting
- interior monologue
- interjection
- internal monologue:
- literary device
- POV
- Internet:
- vs intranet vs web
- slang
- interrogation
- interrupter
- intimate:
- vs imitate, intimidate
- POV
- intense
- intensive
- intent
- intimidate
- into
- intranet
- introvert
- introductory:
- clause
- phrase
- inversion
- invested
- invidious
- irony:
- as a figure of speech
- vs sarcasm vs satire
- irregardless
- irritate
- irupt
- ischiorrhogic
- isle
- isocolon
- isolated dwelling
- isonym
- issues as stasis
- it’s (it is)
- Italian honorific
- italics:
- definitions used in a sentence
- dialogue – internal thoughts
- linguistic example
- magazine
- newspaper
- plants
- play
- podcast
- poem
- reverse
- short story
- taxonomy
- technical words
- television
- terms
- when to use
- its
- jail
- jam:
- vs jamb
- vs Jelly vs Preserves
- jamb
- jangle
- Janus word
- janusism
- jealous
- jeans
- jell
- jelly
- jester
- jesus
- jewel:
- vs gem vs stone
- vs joule
- jibe
- jig
- jiggle
- jingle
- jive
- joule
- justification
- juxtaposition, analogical
- kairos
- karat
- ken
- kenning epithet
- kennings
- kernel
- kerning
- kettle
- key
- key word style
- kibbutz
- kibitz
- kidnap
- knap
- knave
- knead
- knee
- kneed
- knew
- knight
- knob
- knot
- know
- know how
- knowhow
- knows
- koi
- kraal
- kraft
- laager
- lackadaisical
- lacks
- laconicism
- ladder
- lade
- lager
- lagoon
- laid
- lain
- lam
- lama
- lamb
- lampoon
- lane
- last
- last name
- later
- lath
- lathe
- Latin:
- Cod
- dog
- macaronic
- mock
- pig
- See also abbreviation
- Latinicus, Canis
- latter:
- vs former
- vs ladder, later
- laudable
- laudatory
- lave
- lax
- laxadaisical
- lay
- lays
- lay out
- layout
- laze
- lea
- leach
- lead:
- vs led
- vs lede
- leak
- lean
- leaper
- leased
- least
- lectern
- led
- lede
- lee
- leech
- leek
- llees
- legal name
- leitwortstil
- lend
- leper
- less:
- vs fewer
- vs lest
- lessen
- lesser
- lesson
- lessor
- lest
- let’s (let us)
- lets
- levy
- lexeme
- lexiphanicism
- liable:
- vs libel
- vs likely
- libel:
- vs defamation, slander
- vs liable
- liar
- lichen
- lick
- lie:
- vs lay
- vs lye
- lien:
- vslean
- vs levy
- lier
- lightening
- lightning
- like
- likely
- liken
- limited POV:
- first person
- third person
- linen
- linguistic:
- cognitive
- example
- generative linguistics
- phonetics, theoretical
- pragmatics, theoretical
- semantics, theoretical
- syntax, theoretical
- technique
- linguistics anthropology
- links
- lipogram
- listen
- literal
- literally:
- vs figuratively
- vs literal
- literary:
- device
- elements
- onomastics
- literary device:
- fictional device
- linguistic technique
- literary fictional narrative
- literary technique
- narrative technique
- stylistic device
- stylistic element
- litotes:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- little-by-little argument
- llama
- lo
- load
- loan:
- vs borrow, lend
- vs lone
- loath
- loathe
- loch:
- vs kettle vs mere vs oxbow
- vs lock
- lock
- locution
- lode
- log in
- log-in
- logger
- login:
- vs log-in, login
- vs login ID
- logogram
- logos
- lone:
- alone vs lonely vs lonesome
- loan
- lonely
- lonesome
- loose
- lop
- lope
- lord
- lose
- loses
- losses
- low
- lowercase
- lfumbar
- lumber
- lux
- luxe
- luxuriant
- luxurious
- lye
- lynx
- lyre
- macaronic language
- macaronic Latin
- mach
- macrologia
- macrology:
- literary device
- rhetorical device
- macronym
- madam
- madame
- made
- magazine
- magical realism, as perspective
- maid
- main
- maize
- malapropism
- male
- mall
- manager
- manatee
- mane
- manger
- manner
- manor
- mantel
- mantle
- “Margins & Padding — How They Affect List Items“
- marina
- marinade
- marinate
- marital
- mark
- Marketing, Introduction to Book
- marque
- marquee
- marquis
- marry
- marsh
- marshal
- marshall
- martial”
- vs marital
- vs marshal, marshall
- mass
- massé
- masterful
- masterly
- mataeology
- material
- materiel
- matinee
- matronym
- maul
- mausoleum
- maw
- maxim
- may:
- can
- vs might
- may be
- maybe
- maypoling
- maze
- me
- mean
- measurement
- meat
- medal
- meddle
- media
- median
- medical examiner
- medium
- meet
- meiosis
- meld
- melt
- membrum
- meme
- mere
- meretricious
- merism
- merismu
- meritorious
- meronym
- merry
- mesozeugma
- metabasis
- metafiction
- metal
- metalepsis
- metaphor
- metaphrase
- metaplasmus
- metastasis
- mete
- metonymy:
- as figure of speech
- as linguistics
- as rhetorical device
- as word confusion
- metronym
- metropolis
- mettle
- mic
- Middle English, history of
- midst
- might:
- vs may
- vs mite
- might’a (might have)
- might’ve (might have)
- mike
- mimesis
- mince
- mind
- mined
- miner
- minor
- mints
- misconception
- mishap
- misnomer
- missed
- mist
- mistake
- vs mite
- mixaphor
- mmmm
- mnemonic backronym
- mock:
- Latin
- moat
- Modern English, history of
- modifier
- moll
- mondegreen
- moniker
- monk
- monologue:
- dramatic monologue
- first person dramatic … POV
- first person interior … POV
- interior monologue
- internal monologue
- mononym
- monosemy
- monovocalic
- month
- moorage
- moore effoc
- mooreeffoc
- moose
- moot point
- moral:
- vs ethic
- vs morale, morel
- morale
- moralis confictio
- morbid
- more important
- more than
- moribund
- most importantly
- morel
- morning
- morpheme
- most important
- most importantly
- motel
- motif
- motto
- mourning
- mousse
- muck
- multiple:
- first person … POV
- third person … POV
- third person omniscient … POV
- multiple
- multiple-use pseudonym
- multiply
- multitasking
- muscle
- mussel
- mute point
- mutually recursive acronym
- mycterism
- myself
- myth
- naive narrator POV
- name:
- account
- affection
- birth
- botanical
- call
- calling
- Christian
- clan
- family
- first
- full
- feature
- gentile
- given
- habitation
- last
- legal
- personal
- pet
- proper
- real
- reign
- scientific
- second
- surname:
- vs cognomen
- See the entry in proper name; with apostrophe
- namephreak
- nap
- narrative:
- mode POV
- technique
- tone
- voice POV
- narrator POV
- narrator’s tone of voice POV
- naught
- nauseated
- nauseous
- naval
- nave
- navel
- near rhyme
- né
- née
- need
- negative capability
- neither is
- neither are
- nemesis
- neologism
- new vs knew
- news satire
- newsletter
- newspaper:
- formatting for newspaper
- vs newsletter
- nice-nellyism
- nickname
- anthroponymy
- night
- no
- nob
- nod
- noema
- noes
- nom de plume
- nominal number
- non-essential:
- clause
- non-restrictive clause
- rules
- non-finite clause
- none:
- none are
- none is
- nonchalant
- nonmoral
- nonplussed
- nose
- not
- notorious
- nought
- noun
- novice
- number:
- vs amount
- cardinal
- nominal
- vs numeral
- ordinal
- when to spell numbers out and when to use arabic figures
- numeral, formatting
- nun:
- vs none
- vs abbess vs canoness
- o
- o’
- See also apostrophes
- o’er
- oar
- obelisk
- object:
- direct
- indirect
- prepositional
- objective POV:
- first person
- third person
- obscenity
- observer narrator POV
- obsolete acronym
- obtain
- obtuse
- obviously
- occupatio
- ocean
- odalisque
- ode
- oh:
- vs o, o’, ooh:
- oh là là
- oh
- okay
- Old English, history of
- omnibus
- older
- omniscient POV:
- first person
- third person
- third person … dual
- third person … multiple
- on:
- vs on to, onto
- on the basis of
- on to
- one
- onomastics, literary
- onomatopoeia:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- onto
- onward
- onwards
- ooh:
- vs o, o’, oh
- ooh la la
- opponent
- optimistic
- or
- oral
- ordinal number
- ordinance
- ordnance
- ore
- oriel
- orientated
- oriented
- orienteered
- oriole
- orphans
- orthonym
- ostranenie
- ought
- our
- out loud
- outcast
- outcaste
- outer dialogue
- over:
- vs more thab
- vs across vs through
- over-the-shoulder perspective POV
- overdo
- overdue
- overseas
- oversees
- overstatement
- owe
- owed
- oxbow
- oxymoron
- oxymoron
- packed
- pact
- padding:
- vs patting
- See the entry in “Margins & Padding – How They Affect List Items“
- paddy
- paedonymic
- paean
- paeon
- pages
- pail
- pain
- pair
- pairing
- palatable
- palate
- pale
- palette
- palillogy
- palindrome
- pallet
- palpable
- panache
- pandemic
- pane
- pangram
- paper choices
- parable
- parabola
- paradiastole
- paradigm
- paradox:
- compressed
- figure of speech
- literary device
- vs oxymoron
- rhetorical device
- paraenesis
- paragram
- paraleipsis
- paralepsis
- paralipsis
- parallel construction
- parallel structure:
- alliosis
- exergasia
- faulty parallelism
- isocolon
- literary device
- parison
- syncrisis
- tricolon
- parallelism:
- faulty parallelism
- grammar
- literary device
- parameter
- paramologia
- paranormal
- paranym:
- grammar
- rhetorical device
- parish
- paraphrase
- paraphrasis
- paraprosdokian
- parasiopesis
- parathesis
- pare
- parecbasis
- parecnasis
- paregmenon
- parembole
- paremia
- paremptosis
- parentheses
- parenthesis
- parenthetical elements
- pareonasis
- parimia
- paring
- parison
- parisosis
- parity
- parkour
- parlay
- parley
- parody:
- figure of speech
- literary device
- parity
- vs satire
- paroemia
- paromoion
- paromologia
- paronomasia
- paronym
- parquet
- parrhesia
- parté
- partake:
- partake in
- partake of
- parti
- participle
- particle
- party
- pass
- pass by
- pass time
- passed
- passive voice
- See also active voice
- past
- past time
- pastiche
- pastime
- pastor
- pasture
- pataphor
- pathopoeia
- pathos
- patience
- patients
- patronym
- patting
- patty
- pause
- paws
- peace
- peak
- peal
- pear
- pearl
- pec
- peck
- pedal
- pedantic
- peddle
- peek
- peel
- peer
- peke
- pellet
- pelt
- pen name
- pendant
- pendent
- penultimate
- peon
- people
- percent
- percentage
- percentile
- perception
- percussion
- perfect
- periergia
- perimeter
- period
- peripheral
- periphery
- periphrasis
- perish
- perissology
- perle
- permissio
- Permission, Get
- perpetrate
- perpetuate
- persecute
- perseverate
- persevere
- person
- persona
- personal:
- vs personnel
- honorific
- honorific, foreign
- name
- personification:
- figure of speech
- vs anthropomorphism
- rhetorical device
- personnel
- persons
- perspective:
- audience surrogate
- author surrogacy
- author surrogate
- breaking the fourth wall, as metafiction
- Chestertonian fantasy
- defamiliarization
- designated protagonist syndrome
- direct address
- epiphany
- estrangement
- filter
- fixed
- focalization
- head hopping
- headhopping
- head jumping
- interest-focus
- magical realism
- metafiction
- moore effoc
- mooreeffoc
- ostranenie
- vs prospective
- reflector
- self-insertion
- slant
- window
- persuade
- peruse
- pessimistic
- pet name
- petal
- petit
- petite
- petroglyph
- phanopoeia
- phantom
- phase
- phew
- Philippic
- Philly
- phonetics
- phonology
- phrase:
- vs clause
- absolute
- introductory
- transitional
- piece
- pier:
- vs peer
- vs dock, wharf
- pig Latin
- pincer
- pincher
- pinscher
- pique:
- vs peak, peek, peke
- vs piqué, piquet
- pictograph
- piqué
- piquet
- pistil
- pistol
- piteous
- pitiable
- pitiful
- pitiless
- plain
- plait
- plane
- plants:
- abbreviating
- italicizing
- See also “Taxonomy“
- play:
- formatting numerals in parts of a play
- italicizing
- platonic
- play-on-words
- pleas
- please
- pleat
- pleonasm
- ploce
- plot:
- literary device
- plum
- plumb
- plurals:
- apostrophes
- making plural:
- abbreviations
- letters
- numbers using apostrophes
- numbers
- proper name
- proper noun
- words
- “You and Its Plural“
- plural POV, first person
- plural yous
- plutonic
- podcast
- podium
- poem
- point-of-view (POV):
- first person POV
- narrative mode POV
- narrative voice POV
- narrator POV
- narrator’s tone of voice POV
- second person POV
- third person POV
- viewpoint POV
- viewpoint character POV
- voice POV
- poisonous
- poled
- political satire
- polled
- polynym
- polyptoton
- polysemy:
- figure of speech
- grammar
- polysyllogism
- polysyndeton:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- pommel
- pond
- poo
- pooh
- pool
- poor
- porch
- pore
- Porsche
- port
- portentous
- portmanteau
- position
- positively
- possession
- possessive:
- apostrophe
- eponym
- grammar
- symbol
- possible
- post
- pound sign
- pour
- practicable
- practical
- praeteritio
- pragmatic
- pragmatics
- praise
- prays
- prebuttal
- precede
- precedent
- precept
- precipitant
- precipitate
- precipitous
- predicate:
- sentence
- grammar
- predicative
- predominant
- predominate
- prefect
- prefix
- prejudice
- premier
- premiere
- preposition:
- grammar
- vs proposition (word confusion)
- prize
- prepositional object
- prescribe
- prescriptivism
- presence
- presents
- preserves
- president
- presume
- pretentious
- preterition
- preternatural
- preys
- pride
- pries
- principal
- principle
- prise
- prison
- prize:
- vs pride
- vs prise, pries
- procatalepsis
- proceed
- profanity
- professional title
- profit
- progymnasmata
- prohibit
- prolegomenon
- prolepsis
- prone
- pronomination
- pronoun
- proper name
- prophecy
- prophesy
- prophet
- proposition
- proscribe
- prosecute
- prosody
- prosopopeia:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- vs prospective
- prostate
- prosthesis
- prostrate
- protagonist:
- vs antagonist
- first person POV
- protagonist (as writing tip)
- protégé
- protégée
- prothysteron
- protozeugma
- proverb
- province
- prozeugma
- pseudonym:
- collective
- house
- multiple-use
- proper name
- word play
- psychopath
- publically
- publicly
- pulpit
- pummel
- pun:
- figure of speech
- metaphor
- rhetorical device
- word play
- pure backronym
- purl
- purposefully
- purposely
- pursue
- pus
- puss
- quack
- quake
- qualifier
- quantifier
- quantity
- question mark
- queue
- quay:
- vs cay vs key
- vs harbor vs marina vs port
- quiet
- quilt
- quit
- quite
- quotation
- quotation mark
- quote
- racism
- rack
- racket
- racquet
- rain
- raise:
- vs rays, raze
- vs rise
- rapids
- rapped
- rappel
- rapport
- rapt
- RAS syndrome
- rational
- rationale
- ravage
- ravish
- rays
- raze
- read:
- vs red
- reed
- readercheater POV
- real:
- vs reel
- name
- rebut
- recursive:
- acronym
- backronym
- mutually … acronym
- red
- reditus ad propositum
- reed
- reek
- reel
- refining
- reflector, as perspective
- refuse
- refute
- regard to
- regardless
- regards to
- regress argument
- regressio
- regression
- regretful
- regretfully
- regrettable
- regrettably
- reign:
- vs reign, rein
- name
- rein
- relative clause
- relegate
- relic
- relict
- reluctant
- remain
- remove
- removed POV
- renown
- renowned
- repel
- repercussion
- repining
- repinning
- replacement backronym
- report
- reported direct speech POV
- representatio the counterfait representation
- reservoir
- respectably
- respectfully
- respectively
- rest
- restrictive clause
- resume
- résumé
- retch
- reticent
- retro
- retronym
- revenge
- reverend:
- vs reverent
- Reverend, the
- reverent
- reverse italics
- review
- revolving first person POV
- revue
- reward
- rhetoric syllogism
- rhetorical:
- figure of speech
- literary device
- rhetorical device
- rhyme:
- rhetorical device
- word play
- rhythm
- ridged
- rife
- riff:
- vs rife
- vs rift
- riffle
- rifle
- rift:
- vs riff
- vs rive
- right
- rigid
- rill
- ringer
- rise
- rite
- rive
- river
- river, typographical
- rivulet
- road
- roadstead
- robbery
- rode
- rogatio
- rogue
- role
- roll
- roman typeface
- root
- rose
- rot
- rote
- roué
- rouge
- rough
- rouse
- rout
- route
- roux
- rowed
- rows
- rude
- rue
- rued
- ruff
- rug
- run down
- run-down
- rundown
- rung
- runnel
- running heads and feet
- rye
- “show-off” figure
- sac
- sachet
- sack
- sacque
- sail
- sale:
- vs sail
- vs sell
- salon
- saloon
- salt chuck
- sarcasm:
- figure of speech
- punctuating
- vs irony vs satire
- word play
- sashay
- satire:
- parity
- vs parody
- figure of speech
- horatian
- innuendo
- vs irony vs sarcasm
- literary device
- news
- political
- saver
- savior
- savor
- saw
- saying
- scatology
- scene
- scent
- scheme
- schesis
- scientific name
- sconce
- scone
- scoop
- scope
- scot
- scotch
- Scots
- Scottish
- scraping
- scrapping
- scrimp:
- vs shrimp
- vs skimp
- sculpture
- sea:
- vs see
- vs ocean
- seam
- seat:
- vs seed
- vs sit
- second:
- direct address POV
- direct discourse
- name
- person narration POV
- person POV
- second-person narration
- secret
- secrete
- see
- seed:
- vs cede
- vs seat
- seem:
- vs seam
- vs appear
- seemingly
- seen
- seep
- self-antonym
- self-documenting sentence
- self-doubt POV
- self-enumerating sentence
- self-insertion, as perspective
- sell:
- vs cell
- vs sale
- semantics:
- theoretical
- semantic syllepsis
- semicolon
- semimonthly
- semordnilap
- send-up
- senile
- sense:
- vs cent, scent, sent
- vs since
- sensor
- sensory detail
- sensual
- sensuous
- sent
- sentence:
- case
- complex
- compound
- simple
- sentry
- serf
- serge
- serial
- sermocinatio
- set
- setting
- settlement hierarchy:
- sisolated dwelling vs hamlet vs village
- town vs city vs metropolis
- sew
- sexual
- shadowing
- shake:
- vs nod
- vs sheik
- shall
- shanty
- shears
- sheath
- sheathe
- sheers
- sheik
- shimmer
- shimmy
- shined
- shone
- shoot
- shore
- should’a (should have)
- should’ve (should have)
- shown
- shrimp
- shudder
- shutter
- sibilance:
- figure of speech
- word play
- sic
- sick
- sight
- sign
- sike
- silepsis
- silicon
- silicone
- sillepsis
- silver
- simile:
- figure of speech
- metaphor
- simple
- simple eponym
- simplistic
- simultaneous understanding
- since:
- vs as
- vs sense
- sine
- single-focused POV
- sit:
- vs seat
- vs set
- site
- Size for Your Book Type, Choose the
- skimp
- slack
- slake
- slander
- slang:
- Internet
- slant, as perspective
- slash
- slay
- sleigh:
- vs slay, sley
- vs sleight, slight
- sleight
- slew
- sley
- slight
- slough
- smear word epithet
- snuggly
- snugly
- so
- soar
- soared
- sobriquet:
- proper name
- word play
- social commentator POV
- sociopath
- sole
- some
- some time
- sometime
- sometimes
- son
- sooth
- soothe
- sophistry
- sore
- sorites
- sotbriquet:
- proper name
- word play
- soubriquet:
- proper name
- word play
- soul
- source
- south
- sow
- Spanish honorific
- speak
- spec
- specially
- species binomial
- speck
- spiel
- spill
- spoof
- spoonerism
- spring
- staid
- stair
- stake
- stamina
- stamp
- stanch
- stanza
- stare
- staseis
- stasis:
- rhetorical device
- system
- theory
- states (US)
- stationary
- stationery
- statue:
- vs effigy
- vs sculpture
- vs statute
- status
- statute
- staunch
- stay
- stayed
- steak
- steal:
- vs burglary vs robbery vs theft
- vs steel
- steel
- stent
- step
- steppe
- stichomythia
- stichomythy
- stint
- stock
- stoke
- stomp
- stone
- storey
- story:
- vs storey
- short
- collective names for short stories
- stow away
- stowaway
- stragler or figure of digression
- straight
- strait
- stratagem
- strategy
- streak
- stream
- streamlet
- streams:
- Brook vs Burn vs Draw vs Lick
- stream of consciousness, as POV
- street address
- strike
- stroke
- stuff
- style:
- vs fashion
- figure of speech
- stylistic:
- device:
- figure of speech
- literary device
- element
- subiectio
- subject
- subject-verb agreement
- subjectio
- subjective:
- first person … POV
- third person … POV
- submerge
- submerse
- subordinate:
- hyponym
- subordinate clause
- subscript, proper positioning
- substantial
- substantive
- suffix
- suffix-based derivative eponym
- suit
- suite
- suiter
- suitor
- sum
- summary:
- vs abstract
- vs summery
- summery
- sun
- sundae
- Sunday
- supernatural
- superordinate
- superscript, proper positioning
- supertype
- supine
- supposably
- supposedly
- surely
- surf
- surge
- surly
- surname:
- vs cognomen
- proper name
- using apostrophes
- surprise ending
- surprising aposiopesis
- suspect
- swamp
- swat
- swath
- swathe
- sweet
- sword
- swot
- syke
- syllable acronym
- syllempsis
- syllepsis:
- grammatical
- semantic
- word play
- syllogism:
- fallacy
- rhetoric as enthymeme
- rhetorical device
- truncated
- symbol:
- ƒƒ (folio)
- making possessive
- symbolism
- sympathy
- synalepha
- synaloepha
- synchoresis
- synchysis
- syncrisis:
- literary device
- rhetorical device
- syndrome, RAS
- synecdoche:
- figure of speech
- metaphor
- rhetorical device
- syneciosis
- synezeugmenon
- synoeciosis
- synonym:
- vs antonym
- vs euphemism
- “Synonyms Can Be Cute“
- syntax:
- literary device
- theoretical syntax
- ’til
- t
- T
- T-shirt
- tack
- tact
- tail
- taint
- take
- take-off
- taken aback
- taken back
- tale
- talisman
- talk
- taper
- tapinosis
- tapir
- target audience
- tarn
- tartar
- tartare
- tarter
- taught
- taut
- tautogram
- tautology:
- figure of speech
- rhetorical device
- vs tax
- taxonomic
- taxonomy
- team
- technical words
- technology acronym
- tee
- teem
- teknonym
- telegraphic speech
- television
- tenant
- tenet
- tenner
- tenor
- tense
- tents
- terminology for book binding
- terminology for fonts
- terms
- tern
- terne
- textonym
- than
- thank-you
- thank you
- that:
- vs as
- vs this, these, those
- vs which
- vs who
- theatrical POV
- theft
- their
- theme:
- literary device
- literary element
- trope
- then
- there
- there’re (there are)
- there’s (there is)
- there in
- therein
- these
- thesis
- they’re (they are)
- things
- third person:
- anonymous multiple character POV
- anonymous dual POV
- anonymous POV
- cinematic POV
- close POV
- close third POV
- close third person POV
- commentator POV
- deep-immersion POV
- detached observer POV
- discours indirect libre POV
- dramatic POV
- dual POV
- editorial commentator POV
- erlebte Rede POV
- estilo indirecto libre POV
- experienced speech POV
- free indirect discourse POV
- free indirect style POV
- indirect discourse POV
- intimate POV
- multiple POV
- narration POV
- objective POV
- omniscient POV:
- authorial intrusion POV
- limited … POV
- … observer POV
- dual POV
- editorial POV
- free indirect speech POV
- indirect speech POV
- limited POV
- multiple POV
- over-the-shoulder perspective POV
- POV
- removed POV
- reported indirect speech POV
- self-doubt POV
- single POV
- single-focused POV
- social commentator POV
- subjective POV
- single … POV
- deep … POV
- sympathetic POV
- theatrical POV
- tight POV
- tight third POV
- tight-third POV
- this
- those
- though
- thought:
- vs though
- internal dialogue
- literary device
- three-letter acronym
- threw
- throe
- throne
- through:
- vs across vs over
- vsthrew
- throw
- thrown
- thyme
- tic
- tick
- tide
- tide pool
- tied
- tight POV
- tight third POV
- tight-third POV
- till
- tilt
- timber
- timbre
- time:
- vs thyme
- abbreviating:
- century
- day
- month
- time
- week
- year
- See also “B.C. comes before A.D.“, B.C.E., C.E.
- numbers, using:
- century
- date
- day
- decade
- year
- tinaja
- tint
- tip
- tip toe
- tiptoe
- title:
- vs tilt, tittle
- cartoon
- Honorable, the
- professional
- Reverend, the
- title case
- webcomic
- tittle
- tmesis
- to
- toe
- tole
- toll
- Tom Swifty
- tomb
- tone:
- literary device
- literary element
- narrative
- too
- tool
- toponomastics
- toponym
- tort
- torte
- tortuous
- torturous
- tot
- total
- tousle
- tow
- toward
- towards
- town
- townhouse
- track
- tracking
- tract
- trail
- train of thought POV
- transferred:
- epithet
- word
- transgress
- transicio transition
- transitio
- transitional words and phrases
- transliteration
- transmotionem
- transpire
- trial
- triannual
- tricolon
- triennial
- trinomial
- trinomial nomenclature
- trionym
- triple
- triplet
- triplicate
- triticism
- troop
- trope:
- figure of speech
- literary device
- theme
- troupe
- truncated syllogism
- trussed
- trust
- trustee
- trusty
- tucks
- tule
- tulle
- turbid
- turgid
- turn
- tussle
- tux
- twat
- twined
- twinned
- twit
- two:
- vs to, too
- two for one
- typographical river
- tyro
- ubbi dubbi
- uh
- ultimate
- um
- unconscionable
- unconscious
- under way
- under weigh
- understatement:
- figure of speech
- litotes
- underway
- undoubtably
- undoubtedly
- unexceptionable
- unexceptional
- uninterested
- universalizing doublet
- university
- univocalic
- Unix
- unmoral
- unreliable narrator POV
- See also first person subjective POV; naive narrator POV
- until
- up on
- upmost
- upon
- uppermost
- upward
- upwards
- urn
- use:
- vs ewes, yews
- vs utilize
- user ID
- username
- utilize
- utmost
- V-effekt
- vail
- vain
- vale
- vane
- vary
- veil
- vein
- venal
- vengeance
- venial
- venomous
- veracious
- verb
- verbal:
- vs aural, oral
- game
- verborum bombus
- verisimilitude
- verse
- verses
- versus
- vertical storytelling
- very
- vested
- vial
- vice
- vicious
- video
- viewpoint:
- character POV
- POV
- vile
- village
- villain
- villein
- vintage
- viscose
- viscous
- vise
- visible presentation
- voice:
- active
- passive
- POV
- voila
- voilà
- volume
- voracious
- vs.
- vulgarity
- wabi-sabi
- wade
- wadi
- wae
- wail
- waist
- wait
- waive
- waiver
- wake up
- wake-up
- wale
- wander
- want
- wanton
- ware
- warn
- warrantee
- warranty:
- vs guarantee, guaranty
- vs warrantee
- warrior
- wary
- wasabi
- wash
- waste
- watt
- wave:
- vs waive
- vs waiver, waver
- water, bodies of:
- anchorage
- bay
- bayou
- bight
- bog
- brook
- burn
- canal
- cay
- channel
- cove
- creek
- dike / dyke
- draw
- firth
- fjord
- gulf
- harbor
- haven
- impoundment
- kettle
- lagoon
- lick
- loch:
- key
- vs kettle vs mere vs oxbow
- lake:
- as kettle, loch, mere, oxbow
- marina
- marsh
- mere
- moat
- moorage
- ocean
- oxbow
- pond
- pool
- port
- quay:
- vs cay vs key
- vs harbor vs marina vs port
- rill
- reservoir
- river
- rivulet
- roadstead
- runnel
- vs ocean
- salt chuck
- sea:
- vs see
- vs seep
- sike
- slough
- vs spring
- strait
- stream
- streamlet
- streams
- swamp
- syke
- tarn
- tide pool
- vs tinaja
- tributary
- waver
- way
- we
- we’re (we are)
- we’ve (we have)
- weak
- weald
- vs wear
- weary
- weather
- weave
- web:
- Internet, intranet
- webcomic title
- website vs blog, post
- website vs blog, post
- wee
- week:
- vs weak
- abbreviating
- weigh
- weighed
- weight
- well
- well being
- well-being
- wellbeing
- wellerism
- wench
- were:
- vs ware, wear, where
- vs we’re, where
- west
- wet
- wether
- wh-
- whale
- whao
- wharf
- what
- whee
- where:
- vs we’re, were
- vs ware, wear, were
- whet
- whether:
- vs as
- vs if
- vs weather
- which:
- vs that
- vs witch
- whicker
- while:
- vs a while, awhile
- vs whilst
- whilst:
- vs a while, awhile, while
- vs while
- whinny
- whiny
- whirl
- whither
- who:
- vs that
- vs whom
- who’s (who is)
- whoa
- whoever
- whole
- wholly
- whom
- whomever
- whoop
- whorl
- whose
- whosever
- whosoever
- whup
- wicker
- widow:
- vs widower (word confusion)
- widows (formatting)
- widower
- wield
- wile
- will
- winch
- wind
- windbreaker
- window, as perspective
- wined
- witch
- wither
- woah
- woe
- won
- won’t (will not)
- wonder
- wont
- wonton
- wood
- word
- word count, fictional
- word play:
- grammar
- literary device
- word-picture
- wordplay
- work out
- working out
- workout
- worn
- worrier
- worse
- worst
- would
- would’a (would have)
- would’ve (would have)
- wrack
- wraith
- wrath
- wrapped
- wreak
- wrench
- wrest
- wretch
- wright
- wringer
- write:
- vs right, rite, wright
- vs writing, written
- writhe
- writing
- written
- wrote
- wrought
- wrung
- wry
- yay
- yea
- yeah
- year:
- abbreviating
- arabic figure OR spell it out
- other designations for
- yes
- yew
- yews
- ying yang
- yinyang
- yoke
- yolk
- yore
- you:
- vs ewe, yew
- “You and Its Plural“
- you’ll (you will)
- you’re (you are)
- your
- youth
- youths
- yule
Revised as of 31 Oct 2024
By: Kathy Davie