Name, form of verb. _Namely_, punctuation of (§122). _Near_, confused with _nearly_. _Neither_, misuse with more than two objects, Glossary. _Neither-nor_. _Nerve_, Glossary. Neuter gender, defined; of nouns and pronouns. Newly coined expressions, rule against. _Newsy_, Glossary. Nominative case, defined; when used, note. _No place_, Glossary. _No_, punctuation of (§102). _No good_, for _worthless_. _North_, capitalization of (§100). _Not muchly_. Notes in the third person. _Not only--but also_. _Notorious_, confused with _noted_, Glossary. Nouns, common; proper; case of; gender of; number of. _Nowhere near_, for _not nearly_, Glossary. Number, defined; agreement of verb and subject in number; singular; plural; of relative pronouns; of pronouns; of pronouns with compounded antecedent; rules for forming plurals of nouns. _Number_, sign #, used for.
_O_ and _oh_, capitalization of (§100). Object complement, explained. Objective case, defined; when used. Obligative mode (footnote). _Observance_, confused with _observation_. Obsolete words. _Of_, Glossary. Omission, of adverb _much_; of important words; of prepositions; punctuation in case of (§117); (§138); of verbs. _One another_, use of. _Only_, placing of; with a negative, Glossary. Order of heading in letters. _Other_, use of in comparison. _Ought_. Outline, for composition; illustration of. Outside address, of letters. _Outside of_, Glossary. Over-statement of facts, rule against. _Over with_, Glossary.
_Pants_, Glossary. Paragraphing of letters. Paragraphs; coherence in; emphasis in; indentation of; in letters; length of; unity in. Parenthesis marks, use of; too frequent use of. Parts of speech, classified. Passive voice and active voice explained; forms of. Past participle, explanation and use of. Past tense, explanation and use of. Participles, explanation of; confusion with gerunds; dangling; at beginning of sentence; preceded by _thus_. Period, use of. Periodic sentence. Personal pronouns, defined; classified; compound personal pronouns; use of common and of grave forms of; unnecessary use of. _Piece_, Glossary. _Photo_, Glossary. Phrases, defined; prepositional; verb; punctuation of adverbial phrases (§116), (§121). _Place_, Glossary. Placing of adjectives and adverbs. _Plenty_, Glossary. Plural number, explained; rules for forming plurals of nouns. Point of view, in paragraph; in sentence; in whole composition. _Poorly_, for _ill_, Glossary. Positive degree. Position, in letters, of complimentary close; of heading; of inside address; of salutation; of outside address. Possessive case, defined; rules for forming possessives of nouns; when used. Potential mode, explanation and forms of. Predicate of the sentence; defined; compound, predicate, explained. Prepositional phrase. Prepositions, defined; omission of; proper use of; unnecessary use of; used as conjunctions. _Principal_, confused with _principle_, Glossary. Principal parts of verbs, explained; classified; list of; rules for use of. Principal verbs, explained. Professional words. Pronouns, defined; adjective; antecedent of, defined; agreement with antecedent; case forms of; compound personal; compound relative; gender of; interrogative; number of; outline of, use of case forms of; relative; rules determining gender of; with compound antecedents. Pronunciation, lists of frequently mispronounced words; words given wrong sounds; words given wrong accent; words of foreign pronunciation; words of similar spelling. Proper adjectives, capitalization of (§95). Proper nouns, defined; capitalization of (§95). _Propose_, for _intend_, Glossary. _Providing_, for _if_, Glossary. Provincialisms, definition and rule against use of. Punctuation, rules for; in letters, body; heading; inside address; outside address; salutation.