This section is from the book "The Science And Art Of Phrase-Making", by David Wolfe Brown. Also available from Amazon: The science and art of phrase-making.
in writing
Jesus Christ
joint stock
justification by faith
learned counsel
learned friend
learned gentleman-men
learned judge
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

may it please your Honor
medical department
might there
my beloved brethren
my beloved brother
my beloved friends
my brethren
my Christian brethren
my fellow-citizen
my honorable friend
national bank
New Testament
nine or ten

northeast
northeastern
Northern States
Old and New Testament
Old Testament
on either hand
on the one hand
on the other hand
per annum
per cent
per centum
Presbyterian church
prisoner at the bar
railway car
railway station
respecter of persons
right honorable
right reverend
Roman Catholic
Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholic church

Secretary of State
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
seven or eight
six or seven
so far as
sooner or later (Graham)
statute book
southeast
southeastern
southwest
southwestern
step by step
temperance society
ten or eleven (Graham)
three or four
to a great extent
to some extent
to that extent
to this extent
United States
United States of America
United States Senate
United States Senator
up stairs
Vice-President
vice versa
viva voce
words of my text
where do you reside
*yes, sir
yours truly
*In the opinion of the author, the sign here given for yes [S3] is more legible and more phrasable than ys, the sign usually written.
 
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