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10 Religion is a coive up

12 This side the mountain the country is thickly settled; the other side there are few inhabitants

13 I wrote Mr Knapp to come Wednesday, and promised that he should find us home

14 Wealth is more conducive to worldliness than piety

15 He is not hoht

REDUNDANT PREPOSITIONS[140]--Beware of inserting prepositions which are not needed

[140] Ibid, p 150

EXERCISE LxxxV

_Strike out the redundant prepositions:_--

1 He hteen years old

2 Cadallows be erected of fifty cubits high

4 Hercules was very willing to take the world off froain

5 No one can help fro her

6 From thence in two days the Greeks marched twenty miles

7 There was much of wisdom in their plan

8 A workht five trout, on another twelve

10 We must examine into this subject more carefully

11 A child copies after its parents

12 The proposal to go to the woods was approved of by all of the boys

13 At about what ti heard his story, I gave hi is near to the house

16 Bruno followed on after hise

18 They went on to the steamer soon after dinner

19 Look out of the

CHAPTER VIII

OF CONJUNCTIONS

VULGARISMS[141]--Every educated person is expected to know the correct use of the folloords:--

LIKE, AS--In good use _like_ is never a conjunction, and therefore it cannot be used instead of _as_ to introduce a clause It is incorrect to say, ”Walk _like_ I walk,” but one randfather”[142]

EXCEPT, WITHOUT, UNLESS--_Except_, which was originally a past-participle, was once in good use as a conjunction; but in modern use it has been displaced as a conjunction by _unless_, and is now a preposition only We may say, ”All went _except_ o with ood use as a conjunction, but often heard instead of ”unless,” is _without_

[141] ”Foundations,” p 152

[142] See page 109

EXERCISE LxxxVI

_Insert the proper word in each blank:_--