MANY, MUCH. 27.  We saw as ——­ as twenty tramps. 28.  He blames his uncle for ——­ of his misfortune. 29.  I found that ——­ of the accidents on this railroad are caused by
    negligence.
30.  How ——­ of your peaches have you sold?

MUTUAL, COMMON. 31.  Charles and his wife were happy in their ——­ love. 32.  They parted with ——­ good feeling. 33.  We have a ——­ friend in Mr. Phelps. 34.  I find, Miss Vernon, that we have some ——­ friends.

PARTLY, PARTIALLY. 35.  Beware of acting ——. 36.  All men are ——­ buried in the grave of custom. 37.  This is ——­ true. 38.  The city of York is ——­ surrounded by a wall.

QUITE, VERY. 39.  The country is ——­ open. 40.  The snow has ——­ covered the ground. 41.  Books ——­ worthless are ——­ harmless. 42.  The island is ——­ close to the mainland. 43.  He was ——­ dead when they found him. 44.  You are ——­ mistaken. 45.  He is ——­ ill.

SO-AS, AS-AS. 46.  She is ——­ amiable as she is beautiful. 47.  He is ——­ tall as his brother, but not ——­ tall as I. 48.  You have never ——­ much as answered my letter. 49.  Come ——­ quickly as you can. 50.  No other country suffered ——­ much as England.

II.

APPARENTLY, EVIDENTLY, MANIFESTLY.—­“Apparently is properly used of that which seems, but may not be, real; evidently, of that which both seems and is real."[123] Manifestly is stronger than evidently.

AVERAGE, ORDINARY.—­Average implies an arithmetical computation; if four persons lose respectively $10, $20, $30, and $40, the average loss is $25.  The word is used figuratively by Dr. O.W.  Holmes in “The average intellect of five hundred persons, taken as they come, is not very high.”  In the sense of “usual,” “common in occurrence,” “of the usual standard,” ordinary is preferable to average.

BOUND, DETERMINED.—­Bound properly means “obliged,” “fated,” or “under necessity”:  as, “A man is bound by his word;” “We hold ourselves in gratitude bound to receive ... all such persons.”  In the sense of “determined” hound is not in good use.  In the sense of “sure” it is in colloquial, but not in literary, use.

CONTINUAL, CONTINUOUS.—­“Continual is used of frequently repeated acts, as, ‘Continual dropping wears away a stone;’ continuous, of uninterrupted action, as, ‘the continuous flowing of a river.’"[125]

DEADLY, DEATHLY.—­“Deathly, in the sense of ‘resembling death,’ as, ‘She was deathly pale,’ is preferable to deadly, since deadly also means ‘inflicting death.’"[124]

DECIDED, DECISIVE.—­“A decided opinion is a strong opinion, which perhaps decides nothing; a decisive opinion settles the question at issue.  A lawyer may have decided views on a case; the judgment of a court is decisive."[125]