not a compelling reason for walking through it. One can go around.

_Allow_ for _Permit_. "I allow you to go." Precision is better
attained by saying permit, for allow has other meanings.

_Allude to_ for _Mention_. What is alluded to is not mentioned, but
referred to indirectly. Originally, the word implied a playful, or
sportive, reference. That meaning is gone out of it.

_And so_. _And yet_. "And so they were married." "And yet a woman."
Omit the conjunction.

_And which_. _And who_. These forms are incorrect unless the relative
pronoun has been used previously in the sentence. "The colt, spirited
and strong, and which was unbroken, escaped from the pasture." "John
Smith, one of our leading merchants, and who fell from a window
yesterday, died this morning." Omit the conjunction.

_Antecedents_ for _Personal History_. Antecedents are predecessors.

_Anticipate_ for _Expect_. "I anticipate trouble." To anticipate is to
act on an expectation in a way to promote or forestall the event
expected.

_Anxious_ for _Eager_. "I was anxious to go." Anxious should not be
followed by an infinitive. Anxiety is contemplative; eagerness, alert
for action.

_Appreciate_ for _Highly Value_. In the sense of value, it means value
justly, not highly. In another and preferable sense it means to