_Meet_ for _Meeting_. This belongs to the language of sport, which
persons of sense do not write--nor read.

_Militate_. "Negligence militates against success." If "militate"
meant anything it would mean fight, but there is no such word.

_Mind_ for _Obey_. This is a reasonless extension of one legitimate
meaning of mind, namely, to heed, to give attention.

_Minus_ for _Lacking_, or _Without_. "After the battle he was minus an
ear." It is better in serious composition to avoid such alien words as
have vernacular equivalents.

_Mistaken_ for _Mistake_. "You are mistaken." For whom? Say, You
mistake.

_Monarch_ for _King, Emperor_, or _Sovereign_. Not only hyperbolical,
but inaccurate. There is not a monarch in Christendom.

_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."

_Most_ for _Almost_. "The apples are most all gone." "The returning
travelers were most home."

_Moved_ for _Removed_. "The family has moved to another house." "The
Joneses were moving."

_Mutual_. By this word we express a reciprocal relation. It implies