Part 25 (2/2)

8 The jury _who_ (_which_) _was_ (_were_) out all night _has_ (_have_) just returned a verdict

9 He _dare_ (_dares_) not touch a hair of Catiline

10 The ambition and activity of this railroad _has_ (_have_) done much towards the civilization of the world

11 Thackeray's ”English Hus of the humorists so much as of their characters and lives

12 Addison was one of the best writers that _has_ (_have_) ever lived

13 This is one of the books that _give_ (_gives_) me pleasure

14 Giveon the table

15 This is one of the most important questions that _has_ (_have_) coht_ (_delights_) some persons

17 Six months' interest _is_ (_are_) due

18 You are not the first one that _has_ (_have_) been deceived in that way

19 My rooarden

20 A coate the reater part of the audience _was_ (_were_) pleased

22 The public _is_ (_are_) respectfully invited

23 The jury _was_ (_were_) not unanieneration _pass_ (_passes_) away

25 A gliable roof and red chimneys _add_ (_adds_) far randest palace

26 The society _hold_ (_holds_) _their_ (_its_) ender, the nu words?

28 He made one of the best speeches that _has_ (_have_) been delivered before the school

29 He is one of those persons who _is_ (_are_) quick to take offence

30 _This_ (_these_) scanty data _is_ (_are_) all we have

31 If the es is not carefully explained, soation uilty of some unorthodox opinions

MISUSED VERBS--See the remarks under ”Misused Nouns”

I A RESEMBLANCE IN SOUND MISLEADS

ACCREDIT, CREDIT--'To _accredit_ means 'to invest with credit or authority,'[91] or 'to send with letters credential;' _to credit_ means 'to believe,'[92] or ”to put to the credit of”

ARISE, RISE--”The choice between these words was primarily, and still often is, a s, however, or those which seem literal, have becourative with _arise_: as, he _rose_ from the chair; the sun _rose_; the provinces _rose_ in revolt: trouble _arose;_ 'music _arose_ with its voluptuous swell'”[93]

CAPTIVATE, CAPTURE--_To captivate_ means ”to fascinate”; _to capture_, ”to take prisoner”

DEPRECIATE, DEPRECATE--_To depreciate_ e;” _to deprecate_ ret for”

IMPUGN, IMPUTE--_To in_ means ”to call in question;” _to impute_ means ”to ascribe to”

Loan, lend--The use of _loan_ as a verb is not sanctioned by good use

Properly the word is a noun A _loan_ is money which a person _lends_

[91] ”Foundations,” p 109

[92] AS Hill: Principles of Rhetoric, revised edition, p 38

[93] The Century Dictionary

EXERCISE LV

_Tell the difference inbetween_--