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Ambrose Bierce once wrote a handbook, Write It Right.  It was subtitled A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults, and its purpose was to "teach precision in writing."  A small sample:


Continually and Continuously.  It seems that these words should have the same meaning, but in their use by good writers there is a difference.  What is done continually is not done all the time, but continuous action is without interruption.  A loquacious fellow, who nevertheless finds time to eat and sleep, is continually talking; but a great river flows continuously.

Essential for Necessary.  This solecism is common among the best writers of this country and England.  "It is essential to go early"; "Irrigation is essential to cultivation of arid lands," and so forth. One thing is essential to another thing only if it is of the essence of it - an important and indispensable part of it, determining its nature; the soul of it.

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."

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