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Throughthroughout Don't say "He is well known through the land," but "He is wel... Choice Of Words In another place in this book advice has been given to ... Lessfewer Less refers is quantity, fewer to number. "No man has less vi... Definitions A Pronoun is a word used for or instead of a noun to keep us ... Present Tense Sing. Plural ... Clearness Clearness of style should be one of the leading consideration... Broken Construction Sometimes the beginning of a sentence presents quite a differ... X L C D M1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000. (9) Proper names begin with a capital; as, "Jones, Johnson, C...

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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." Next: PREPOSITIONS AND THE OBJECTIVE CASE Previous: AM COMEHAVE COME Report Privacy SHARE BOOKMARK

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