preterites or two past participles, of which one is a little more commonly used than another; e.g. "he dived (dove)," "he was hanged (hung) for murder.” The lists of principal parts in most grammars are incomplete and misleading. Consult a good dictionary whenever you are in doubt. Sit, set. See page 46. Some. Not to be used as an adverb, as in "I am some better," nor with quite, as in "I have quite some books." Stop. It is proper to say that we stopped at an inn for supper, or for the night, or for a week, and then continued our journey. But the purists are right in preferring stay unless the intention is merely to indicate a break in a journey; e.g. "I am staying (not stopping) for the present at the Hotel St. George." Team. A set of animals or men, not a horse and wagon. Telegram. See page 29. These kind or sort. An old-fashioned expression, now al most or quite a vulgarism. Transpire. To escape from secrecy, to ooze out; not simply to happen or to occur. Very. Very is not properly used alone with passive participles; i.e. we say "I was very glad to see him," but "I was very much pleased to find him at home." Ways. A colloquialism or vulgarism; e.g. "I am going a ways further." Whatever. Improperly used as an interrogative pronoun; e.g. "whatever do you mean by coming here?" Wire. See Telegram, Cablegram, Automobile, 'Phone, etc. One of the words forced upon the language by modern inventions. It should be noticed that this word, like 'phone, has remained in commercial and colloquial use, without reaching literary use. SIGNS SUGGESTED FOR USE IN COR RECTING COMPOSITIONS MS.- Bad manuscript. Sp.- Bad spelling. p.-Fault in punctuation. cap. Fault in the use of a capital letter. 1, 2, 3, etc.—Words, clauses, or sentences to be rearranged in con formity with the numbering. ] Passages within brackets to be omitted. Against a clause, sentence, or paragraph incurable by correction, and requiring to be recast. x- - Some fault too obvious to require particularizing. INDEX [The numbers refer to pages] I. SUBJECTS TREATED Climax, 230. Accuracy, importance of, 19, 239. Coherence, of sentence, 143–9; of Abbreviations, 76. Force, 220, 229-37; devices for Grammar, how different from Hyphen, 87. Improprieties, 30. Infinitive, split, 47. Latin, words derived from, 168. Metaphors, 224, 232. Metonomy, 235. Negative, double, 47. Nominative case of pronouns, 37; Nouns, plural of, 34; possessive Number of pronouns, 41; of verbs, Objective case of pronouns, 37. Omission of verb or principal Paragraphs, indentation of, 12; S Parentheses, 85. Participial construction, false, 48, Personification, 235. Plan, of the paragraph, 202; of Possessive, of nouns, 35; use of, Pronouns, nominative and objective Sequence of tenses, 45. Spelling, hints as to, 15-17. Subjects for compositions, 8-10, 209. Summary sentence, 195. Tenses, sequence of, 45. Topic sentence, 192. Unity, of sentence, 131; of para- Usage, importance of, in language, gar, 22; correct, 23; local, 24; Vagueness, 225. Whole composition, 209-19; unity puted, 32; too many, 158; too 21; literary, colloquial, and vul- | Writing, "fine,” 172. |