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A Or An
A becomes an before a vowel or before h mute for the sake of ...
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Suggestions
Rules of grammar and rhetoric are good in their own pla...
Three Essentials
The three essentials of the English language are: Purity, Per...
The Verb
A verb is a word which implies action or the doing of somethi...
And With The Relative
Never use and with the relative in this manner: "That is the ...
Laylie
The transitive verb lay, and lay, the past tense of the neute...
Article
An Article is a word placed before a noun to show whether the...
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Common Stumbling Blocks - Peculiar Constructions - Misused Forms.
The interchange of these two parts of the irregular or so-called strong
verbs is, perhaps, the breach oftenest committed by careless speakers and
writers. To avoid mistakes it is requisite to know the principal parts of
these verbs, and this knowledge is very easy of acquirement, as there are
not more than a couple of hundred of such verbs, and of this number but a
small part is in daily use. Here are some of the most common blunders: "I
seen" for "I saw;" "I done it" for "I did it;" "I drunk" for "I drank;"
"I begun" for "I began;" "I rung" for "I rang;" "I run" for "I ran;" "I
sung" for "I sang;" "I have chose" for "I have chosen;" "I have drove"
for "I have driven;" "I have wore" for "I have worn;" "I have trod" for
"I have trodden;" "I have shook" for "I have shaken;" "I have fell" for
"I have fallen;" "I have drank" for "I have drunk;" "I have began" for "I
have begun;" "I have rang" for "I have rung;" "I have rose" for "I have
risen;" "I have spoke" for "I have spoken;" "I have broke" for "I have
broken." "It has froze" for "It has frozen." "It has blowed" for "It has
blown." "It has flowed" (of a bird) for "It has flown."
N. B.--The past tense and past participle of To Hang is hanged or
hung. When you are talking about a man meeting death on the gallows,
say "He was hanged"; when you are talking about the carcass of an animal
say, "It was hung," as "The beef was hung dry." Also say your coat "was
hung on a hook."
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