Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

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nom de guerre / not so much
nom de guerre. (Fr.) An assumed name; in most contexts it is a cliché.
nom de plume. A writer’s pseudonym.
nomenklatura. Secret list of names from which people in the USSR
were chosen for advancement.
nonagenarian. Person from ninety to ninety-nine years old.
non-Christian, but unchristian.
non compos mentis. (Lat.) “Not of sound mind.”
none. Although none can always take a singular verb, there is no rule
recognized by any authority on English grammar that it cannot
equally well take a plural one.
nonetheless. (One word.)
non sequitur. (Lat.) “It does not follow”; the combination of two or
more statements that are jarringly unrelated, as in “He was born
in Omaha and his shoes were brown.”
no one (two words), but nobody (one word).
Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Region of France.
Nor’easter is a strong or stormy wind from the northeast.
Norge. The Norwegian name for Norway.
normalcy. Although most dictionaries accept it as standard, it is still
derided as a casualism by many authorities, who suggest normality
instead.
Northern Ireland. Part of the United Kingdom, comprising six counties:
Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and
Tyrone.
North Fork BanCorp. New York–based banking company.
nosy. Not -ey.
nota bene. (Lat.) “Note well”; abbreviated n.b. (with periods) or NB
(without).
Notes from Underground. Not the Underground. Novel by Dostoyevsky.
not so much is often followed by but when the word should be as,as
here: “He was not so much a comic actor, but a real comedian.”
Make it “He was not so much a comic actor as a real comedian.”