Bryson•s Dictionary for Writers and Editors

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Thruway / time
Thruway is the correct official spelling in many highway contexts
(New York State Thruway Authority, Governor Thomas E.
Dewey Thruway).
Thucydides. (c. 460–c. 400 bc) Greek historian of the Peloponnesian
War.
Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
Tibullus, Albius. (c. 54–19 bc) Roman elegiac poet.
tic douloureux. Disorder of the facial nerves. Its formal medical designation
is trigeminal neuralgia.
tickety-boo.
tic-tac-toe.
tiddly-winks.
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista. (1696–1770) Italian artist.
Tierra del Fuego. South American archipelago.
Tiffany, Charles Lewis. (1812–1902) American jeweler and founder of
the famous New York jewelry store; father of Louis Comfort Tiffany
(1848–1933), American designer, known for design and production
of Tiffany glass and Tiffany lamps.
Tigonankweine Range. Mountains in western Canada.
tilde. The mark (~) used in Spanish to denote the sound ny, as is
señor or cañón; word pronounced till'-duh.
Tilden, Bill. (1893–1933) American tennis player, three-time world
champion.
timber, timbre. The first is wood; the second refers to sound.
Timbuktu. Small city in Mali. The name is used to signify any very
remote place.
time often has a curious magnetic effect, attracting extra words to
sentences, as in: “The property was occupied for a short length
of time.” Make it “for a short time.” Occasionally, time itself is
superfluous, as in constructions of this sort: “The report will be
available in two weeks’ time.” Time adds nothing to the sentence
but wordiness.