cannot be stopping who has already stopped.

_Stunt_. A word recently introduced and now overworked, meaning a
task, or performance in one's trade, or calling,--doubtless a variant
of stint, without that word's suggestion of allotment and limitation.
It is still in the reptilian stage of evolution.

_Subsequent_ for _Later_, or _Succeeding_. Legitimate enough, but ugly
and needless. "He was subsequently hanged." Say, afterward.

_Substantiate_ for _Prove_. Why?

_Success_. "The project was a success." Say, was successful. Success
should not have the indefinite article.

_Such Another_ for _Another Such_. There is illustrious authority for
this--in poetry. Poets are a lawless folk, and may do as they please
so long as they do please.

_Such_ for _So_. "He had such weak legs that he could not stand." The
absurdity of this is made obvious by changing the form of the
statement: "His legs were such weak that he could not stand." If the
word is an adverb in the one sentence it is in the other. "He is such
a great bore that none can endure him." Say, so great a bore.

_Suicide_. This is never a verb. "He suicided." Say, He killed
himself, or He took his own life. See _Commit Suicide_.

_Supererogation_. To supererogate is to overpay, or to do more than
duty requires. But the excess must be in the line of duty; merely