_Advisedly_ for _Advertently_, _Intentionally_. "It was done
advisedly" should mean that it was done after advice.

_Afford_. It is not well to say "the fact affords a reasonable
presumption"; "the house afforded ample accommodation." The fact
supplies a reasonable presumption. The house offered, or gave, ample
accommodation.

_Afraid_. Do not say, "I am afraid it will rain." Say, I fear that it
will rain.

_Afterwards_ for _Afterward_.

_Aggravate_ for _Irritate_. "He aggravated me by his insolence." To
aggravate is to augment the disagreeableness of something already
disagreeable, or the badness of something bad. But a person cannot be
aggravated, even if disagreeable or bad. Women are singularly prone to
misuse of this word.

_All of_. "He gave all of his property." The words are contradictory:
an entire thing cannot be of itself. Omit the preposition.

_Alleged_. "The alleged murderer." One can allege a murder, but not a
murderer; a crime, but not a criminal. A man that is merely suspected
of crime would not, in any case, be an alleged criminal, for an
allegation is a definite and positive statement. In their tiresome
addiction to this use of alleged, the newspapers, though having mainly
in mind the danger of libel suits, can urge in further justification
the lack of any other single word that exactly expresses their
meaning; but the fact that a mud-puddle supplies the shortest route is