“Passengers are
not requested to let down the chains, before the
boat is fastened to the bridge.” [From a printed regulation on one of
the
New-York and Brooklyn ferry-boats.]
The reading should be, “Passengers
are requested not to let down the chains.”
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“It is I who is to receive the appointment:” say, who am to
receive; who is in the first person, and the verb of which it is the
subject must be in the same.
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“Vegetables were plenty,” should be, Vegetables were plentiful.
* * *
“I was some distance from home,” should be, I was at some distance from
home.
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“Go over the bridge,” should be, Go across the bridge.
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“It is above a month since,” should be, It is more than a month since.
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“This is the more perfect of the two:” say, More complete.
Perfect rarely admits comparison.
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“He spoke contemptibly of him,” should be, He spoke contemptuously of
him.
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“Was you?” should be, Were you?
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“Many still die annually from the plague:” say, of the plague.
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