Part 42 (2/2)
LIKE, AS
1 Do ---- I do
2 She fears a chicken ---- you fear a snake
3 Thin bushy hair falls down on each side of his face sofellow's hair did in his later life
4 I wish I could sing ---- she can
5 I will be a lawyer ---- my father
6 I will be a lawyer ----
8 He acted ---- (if) he were guilty
9 Our snow-tunnel looked ---- we iined Aladdin's cave looked
10 He treated me ---- a cat treats a mouse
11 Seventy-five cents a day will not feed those men ---- they wish to be fed
12 The lines in this stanza are not forced ---- in other stanzas
13 If I were a boy ---- Ralph is, I would try to stop the thing
EXCEPT, WITHOUT, UNLESS
14 I do not kno ot away ---- somebody untied him
15 Do not coo ---- father is willing
17 I will not go ---- father's consent
18 ---- you study better, you will be dropped
19 It will be cool to-o ---- o ---- father sends me some money
22 I will be there promptly ---- I hear from you
23 Do not write ---- you feel in the mood for it
24 She has no fault ---- diffidence
25 She has no fault ---- it be diffidence
26 He cannot enlist ---- with his guardian's consent
MISUSED CONJUNCTIONS[143]--Conjunctions are few in nus than prepositions Most errors in using the ”A close reasoner and a good writer in general may be known by his pertinent use of connectives”[144]
AND--_And_ has, generally speaking, theof ”in addition to”
BUT--_But_ implies some exception, opposition, or contrast
Equivalent, or nearly equivalent, expressions are ”however,” ”on the other hand,” ”yet,” ”nevertheless”
AS--”_As_ has so s that it is better, when possible, to use a conjunction that covers less ground”[145]
BECAUSE, FOR, SINCE--The difference between these words is chiefly a difference in e” is the strongest way of expressing the relation of cause and effect In ”_Since_ it is raining, ill not go,” the emphasis is shi+fted from the cause to the effect, which becoo, _for_ it is raining,” the reason, ”it is raining,” is announced as itself a bit of news Often the choice between these words is decided by the ear
HOW--_How_ properly means ”in what manner” or ”to what extent” It is often misused for ”that” to introduce an object clause