_Forecasted_. For this abominable word we are indebted to the weather
bureau--at least it was not sent upon us until that affliction was
with us. Let us hope that it may some day be losted from the language.

_Former_ and _Latter_. Indicating the first and the second of things
previously named, these words are unobjectionable if not too far
removed from the names that they stand for. If they are they confuse,
for the reader has to look back to the names. Use them sparingly.

_Funeral Obsequies_. Tautological. Say, obsequies; the word is now
used in none but a funereal sense.

_Fully_ for _Definitively_, or _Finally_. "After many preliminary
examinations he was fully committed for trial." The adverb is
meaningless: a defendant is never partly committed for trial. This is
a solecism to which lawyers are addicted. And sometimes they have been
heard to say "fullied."

_Funds_ for _Money_. "He was out of funds." Funds are not money in
general, but sums of money or credit available for particular
purposes.

_Furnish_ for _Provide_, or _Supply_. "Taxation furnished the money."
A pauper may furnish a house if some one will provide the furniture,
or the money to buy it. "His flight furnishes a presumption of guilt."
It supplies it.

_Generally_ for _Usually_. "The winds are generally high." "A fool is
generally vain." This misuse of the word appears to come of
abbreviating: Generally speaking, the weather is bad. A fool, to speak