Chicago Style Workout 21:
Word Usage, Part 4

/ November 28, 2017

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This workout returns to the usage list under paragraph 5.254 in CMOS 18. Today we focus on words beginning with the letter h. Writing and editing are more efficient when you never have to look up harken or dither over hangar versus hanger.

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Now updated to refer and link to the 18th edition.

Chicago Style Workout 21: Word Usage, Part 4

1. half. “half the state are solidly Democratic”; “half the people is Republicans”
2. hangar; hanger. “airplane hangars”; “picture hangers”
3. handful. “a handful of trouble is ahead”; “a handful of walnut trees line Main Street”
4. hanged; hung. “criminals were hanged at Tyburn Hill”
5. hark back. “these runes harken back to ancient times”
6. historic; historical. “January 16, 1991, was a historical day in Kuwait”
7. hoard; horde. “they hoarded goods against the invasion of the horde”
8. hoi polloi. “expensive goods that only the hoi polloi can afford”
9. home/hone in. “the missile homed in on the target”
10. hopefully. “hopefully, the treasure will still be there”

 

Photo: Synchronized Identical Twin Fencing, by Lewis Minor, licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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