Part 6

(=i=) Columbus believed that the earth was round (44).

(=j=) If I was he I would go (45).

(=k=) Yonder is the same man who passed (46).

(=l=) I intended to have written it on Saturday (47).

(=m=) He never has and probably never will forgive me for deceiving him (48).

(=n=) This stuff is coarser and in every way inferior to the other (48).

(=o=) In what State did you say that Mt. Adams was (44)?

(=p=) I expected to have heard from him before this (48). Sufficient data has been given to solve it (1).

Cautions Against the Use of Incorrect English.

49. In the choice of words use the one that will express the proper meaning or modification.

50. Do not use a double negative to express a negation.

51. Do not violate the rules for the use of capital letters.

52. Use “differ with” in regard to opinion; “differ from” in other cases.

53. Do not use a preposition if a verb can properly govern the object.

54. Do not use superfluous words.

55. Use nor with neither; and or with either.

56. Do not use like as a conjunctive adverb.

57. The one refers to the first mentioned; the other to the last mentioned.

58. In giving the number of times the size, &c., one object is that of another, use as-as, with the positive of the adjective.

59. Do not use a pronoun so that there will be doubt as to what word is its antecedent.

60. Two different relatives should not be used to refer to the same antecedent.

Exercises for Correction.

(=a=) In what (part, portion) of the town does he live (49)?

(=b=) His face assumed a (deadly, deathly) paleness (49).

(=c=) He hasn’t no pencil (50).

(=d=) I differ from you on the tariff question (52).

(=e=) Why will he permit of such actions (53)?

(=f=) Where is it at (54)?