Part 10 (1/2)

196. No _less_ than fifty persons were there; say, No _fewer_, &c.

197. _Such another_ mistake, and we shall be ruined; say, _Another such_ mistake, &c.

198. It is _some distance_ from our house; say, _at some distance_, &c.

199. I shall call _upon_ him; say, _on_ him.

200. He is a Doctor of _Medicine_; p.r.o.nounce _medicine_ in _three_ syllables, NEVER in _two_.

201. They told me to enter _in_; leave out _in_, as it is implied in _enter_.

202. His _strength_ is amazing; never say, _strenth_.

203. ”_Mistaken_ souls, who dream of heaven,”--this is the beginning of a popular hymn; it should be, ”_Mistaking_ souls,” &c. _Mistaken wretch_, for _mistaking wretch_, is an apostrophe that occurs everywhere among our poets, particularly those of the stage; the most incorrigible of all, and the most likely to fix and disseminate an error of this kind.

204. Give me both _of_ those books; leave out _of_.

205. Whenever I try to write well, I _always_ find I can do it; leave out _always_, which is unnecessary.

206. He plunged _down_ into the stream; leave out _down_.

207. She is the _matron_; say _may-tron_, and not _mat-ron_.

208. Give me _leave_ to tell you; NEVER say _leaf_ for _leave_.

209. The _height_ is considerable; p.r.o.nounce _height_ so as to rhyme with _tight_. Never _hate_ nor _heighth_.

210. Who has my _scissors_? _never_ call _scissors_, _sithers_.

211. First _of all_ I shall give you a lesson in French, and last _of all_ in music; leave out _of all_ in both instances, as unnecessary.

212. I shall have finished by the _latter_ end of the week; leave out _latter_, which is unnecessary.

213. They sought him _throughout_ the _whole_ country; leave out _whole_, which is implied in _throughout_.

214. Iron sinks _down_ in water; leave out _down_.

215. I own that I did not come soon enough; but _because why_? I was detained; leave out _because_.

216. Have you seen the new _pantomime_? never say _pantomine_, as there is no such word.

217. I _cannot by no means_ allow it; say, I _can by no means_, &c., or, I _cannot by any means_, &c.

218. He _covered it over_; leave out _over_.

219. I bought _a new pair of shoes_; say, _a pair of new shoes_.

220. He _combined together_ these facts; leave out _together_.

221. My brother called on me, and we _both_ took a walk; leave out _both_, which is unnecessary.