Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873. Excerpt: ... FIYE HUNDRED MISTAKES CORRECTED. 1. "the business would suit any one who enjoys bad health" From an advertisement in a daily newspaper of New-York. Few persons who have bad health can be said to enjoy it. Use some other form of expression: as, one in delicate health, or, one whose health is bad. 2. "We have no corporeal punishment here," said a schoolmaster. Corporeal is opposed to spiritual. Say, corporal punishment. Corporeal means having a body. 3. "She is a notable woman," as was said of the wife of the Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, --meaning careful, and pronounced as though divided not-able. This word is no longer current, with this pronunciation or signification, except to a slight extent in England. It has become obsolete, and its use now is in bad taste. 4. "Insert the advertisement in the Weekly." Emphasize vert, and not ise. 5. "He rose up, and left the room: " leave out up, as it is absurd to say rise down. The Irishman who was hoisted iown the coal-pit, did not observe this rule. 6. "Set down and rest yourself: " say sit down; jetting is said of the sun in the west, but cannot be properly applied to a person taking a seat. "Sit down" is not improper, though "rise up" (as in 'No. 5) should never be used. Sitting down expresses the act of appropriating a chair, while sitting up means sitting erect. Sitting up also refers to watching during the night with the sick. 7. "You have sown it very neatly," said a seamstress to her apprentice: say sewed, and pronounce so as to rhyme with road. The pronunciation of sew, meaning "to use the needle," violates its spelling; it is the same as that of sow, meaning "to scatter seed." 8. "This is a secret between you and I: " say, you and me. The construction requires the objective case in place of I, which is in th...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151678515
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 20
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151678511
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 54 gr

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