_Feel of_ for _Feel_. "The doctor felt of the patient's head." "Smell
of" and "taste of" are incorrect too.

_Feminine_ for _Female_. "A feminine member of the club." Feminine
refers, not to sex proper, but to gender, which may be defined as the
sex of words. The same is true of masculine.

_Fetch_ for _Bring_. Fetching includes, not only bringing, but going
to get--going for and returning with. You may bring what you did not
go for.

_Finances_ for _Wealth_, or _Pecuniary Resources_.

_Financial_ for _Pecuniary_. "His financial reward"; "he is
financially responsible," and so forth.

_Firstly_. If this word could mean anything it would mean firstlike,
whatever that might mean. The ordinal numbers should have no adverbial
form: "firstly," "secondly," and the rest are words without meaning.

_Fix_. This is, in America, a word-of-all-work, most frequently
meaning repair, or prepare. Do not so use it.

_Forebears_ for _Ancestors_. The word is sometimes spelled forbears, a
worse spelling than the other, but not much. If used at all it should
be spelled _forebeers_, for it means those who have _been_ before. A
forebe-er is one who fore-was. Considered in any way, it is a
senseless word.