Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

Laid, lay, lain, distinguished, 61-62. Lasso, plural of, 18. Last, latest, distinguished, 123. Lay, lie, laid, lain, distinguished, 61-62. Learn, teach, distinguished, 95. Lease, let, hire, distinguished, 95. Leave, let, distinguished, 100. Lend, loan, distinguished, 93. Lengthy, long, distinguished, 123. Less, fewer, smaller, distinguished, 109. Lesser, 110. Let, leave, distinguished, 100. Let, lease, hire, distinguished, 95.  Letters, plural of, 19. Liable, likely, apt, distinguished, 119. Lie, lay, distinguished, 61-62; principal parts of, 62. Light, alight, distinguished, 62. Light-complected, 110. Lighted, lit, distinguished, 62. Like, as, distinguished, 142. Like, likely, probably, distinguished, 109. Like, love, distinguished, 95. Likely, liable, apt, distinguished, 119. Limit, limitation, distinguished, 31. Lion, feminine of, 21. Loan, lend, distinguished, 93. Locate, find, distinguished, 100. Long, lengthy, distinguished, 123. Lot, number, distinguished, 31. Love, like, distinguished, 95. Lovely, 124.

Mad, angry, distinguished, 128. Magnificent, 124. Manifestly, evidently, apparently, distinguished, 122. Maintain, assert, allege, etc., distinguished, 94-95. Majority, plurality, distinguished, 31. Man after man, number of, 58. Many, much, distinguished, 119. Many a, number of, 89. Marquis, feminine of, 21. Materialize, appear, distinguished, 95. May, can, distinguished, 71. Me, myself, I, proper choice among, 43-45. Me, my, before verbal nouns, 51. Memento, plural of, 18. Mention, refer to, allude to, distinguished, 99. Middle, centre, distinguished, 30. Might, distinguished from could, 71;
  tense of the infinitive with, 79. 
Misplaced adjectives and adverbs, 132-133; correlatives, 148-149.  Misused nouns, 22-42; verbs, 92-108; adjectives and adverbs, 119-129;
  prepositions, 134-139; conjunctions, 143-146.
Monk, feminine corresponding to, 21. Most, almost, distinguished, 109. Much, many, distinguished, 119. Muchly, 110.  MURRAY’S DICTIONARY, quoted, 54, 94, 101, 119. Must, tense of the infinitive with, 78-79. Mutual, common, distinguished, 119. My, me, before verbal nouns, 51, 52. Myself, me, I, proper choice among, 43-45.

National use, 4-6. Near, nearly, distinguished, 109. Need, tense of the infinitive with, 78-79. Negligence, neglect, distinguished, 31. Neither, number of, 58, 89; distinguished from no one, 55-66. Neither—­nor, number of the verb
  with singular subjects joined by, 89.
New, novel, distinguished, 123.  Newspapers and good use, 7. Nobody, number of, 58. 

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