Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 164 pages of information about Slips of Speech .

Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 164 pages of information about Slips of Speech .

  Calculate, 83. 
  Calculate, Guess, Reckon, Allow, 56. 
  Calculated, Liable, 83. 
  Calligraphy, 68. 
  Came across, Met with, 109. 
  Campbell’s law, 20. 
  Can, Could, Will, 115. 
  Can but, Cannot but, 68. 
  Cannot by no means, 196. 
  Can’t and Couldn’t, 120. 
  Can’t do nothing, 196. 
  Cantos, Heroes, 145. 
  Capacity, Ability, 27. 
  Carry, Bring, Fetch, 44. 
  Case forms—­ Pronouns, 129. 
  Casualty, Casuality, 68. 
  Character, Reputation, 44. 
  Chauncey Depew and Eli Perkins, 65. 
  Cheap, Low-priced, 30. 
  Cherubim, Seraphim, 142. 
  Choice of prepositions, 175. 
  Choice of relatives—­ Pronouns, 138. 
  Choice of words, 15. 
  Chrysalis, Analysis, 143. 
  Chuck-full, 74. 
  Clearness—­ Participles, 172. 
  Clever, Smart, 85. 
  Climax, 112. 
  Climb down, 103. 
  Collective nouns, 203. 
  Collective nouns—­ Pronouns, 135. 
  Commence, Begin, 38. 
  Commenced to write, 107. 
  Commercial slang, 23. 
  Commodious, Convenient, 26. 
  Common, Mutual, 28. 
  Common slang, 23. 
  Complected, 69. 
  Complete, Finished, Through, 39, 99. 
  Compound subject, 200. 
  Comprehend, Apprehend, 105. 
  Conclusion, End, 39. 
  Conjunctions, 156. 
  Conscious, Aware, 39. 
  Contemplate, Propose, 75. 
  Contemptible, Contemptuous, 52. 
  Continual, Continuous, 39. 
  Continually, Perpetually, 52. 
  Contractions, 118. 
  Convenient, Commodious, 26. 
  Convict, Convince, 40. 
  Correlatives, 162. 
  Could, Can, Will, 115. 
  Couldn’t, Can’t, 120. 
  Couple, Pair, Brace, 147. 
  Couple, Several, 76. 
  Courage, Bravery, 116. 
  Criterion, Datum, 144. 
  Crowd, 74. 
  Cunning, 59. 
  Cupfuls—­ Plural compounds, 147. 
  Curious, 59. 
  Custom, Habit, 40. 
  Customer, Patron, 93. 
  Cute, 59. 
  Cut in half, 98.

  Daren’t, Dursen’t, 123. 
  Data, Strata, 144. 
  Datum, Phenomenon, 144, 204. 
  Deface, Disfigure, 43. 
  Defect, Fault, 45. 
  Degrade, Demean, 43. 
  Depot, Station, 43. 
  Description, Kind, 44. 
  Didn’t, Don’t, 120. 
  Dies, Dice, 149. 
  Differ among themselves, 192. 
  Different, 191. 
  Differ with, From, 175. 
  Different from, to, than, 75, 176. 
  Directly, Immediately, As soon as, 77. 
  Disfigure, Deface, 43. 
  Disremember, 69. 
  Dispense, Dispense with, 75. 
  Dock, Wharf, 52. 
  Don’t and Didn’t, 120. 
  Don’t want none, 195. 
  Double negatives, 194. 
  Double possessives, 126. 
  Doubt not but, 160. 
  Dreadful solemn—­ Adjective or adverb? 152. 
  Drive, Ride, 76. 
  Drowned, Attacked, Burst, 108. 
  Dry, Thirsty, 75. 
  Due, Owing, 71. 
  Dursent, Daren’t, 123. 
  Dutch, German, 75.

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