Part 5

(=l=) Which of these three men is the taller (35)?

(=m=) No city in Canada has suffered so much from fires as Quebec (36).

(=n=) It is one of the best answers that has yet been given to the question (1).

(=o=) A large part of the exports consist of spices (1).

(=p=) One after another arose and offered their services (7).

(=q=) Actions speak plainer than words (14).

Cautions Against the Use of Incorrect English.

37. Do not use an objective form in a nominative relation.

38. Do not use a nominative form in an objective relation.

39. Avoid the use of the nominative case by pleonasm.

40. Do not use double comparatives or superlatives.

41. Avoid modifying adjectives denoting invariable qualities.

42. Use the past participle in forming the perfect tenses or the passive voice.

43. Do not neglect to use the apostrophe in contracted words.

44. General or abstract truths should be expressed in the present tense.

45. A hypothetical statement requires the subjunctive form.

46. Use that to represent an antecedent modified by same, very, all, no, or an adjective in the superlative degree.

47. If a past action is referred to as relatively present (or future) the proper tense must be used.

48. Any two connected parts to which a third part refers or is to be applied, should be fitted to receive it in meaning or construction.

Exercises for Correction.

(=a=) Whom does he think it could have been (37).

(=b=) Who do you take me to be (38).

(=c=) The boys I told you about, they are going to the pond (39).

(=d=) You should be more firmer (40).

(=e=) That fact is too universal to be disputed (41).

(=f=) He had began his sermon before they entered (42).

(=g=) The lesson was wrote in time (42).

(=h=) Dont let him know Ive gone (43).