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 .
  Lit, Lighted, 88. 
  Little, Few, 46. 
  Little piece, Short distance, 67. 
  Little bit, 74. 
  Loan, Lend, 88. 
  Look and see, 187. 
  Look at here, 187. 
  Lot, Number, 116.  Love, Like, 29. 
  Low-priced, Cheap, 30. 
  Luck, 84.

  Mad, Angry, 30. 
  Make, Manufacture, 65. 
  Make way with, 84. 
  Mayn’t, Mustn’t, Mightn’t, Oughtn’t, 122. 
  Mayst, Mightest, 123. 
  Means, Alms, Headquarters, 146. 
  Measures, Weights, Values, 203. 
  Memorandum, Datum, 144. 
  Mend, Fix, Repair, 62. 
  Mention, Allude to, Refer to, 77. 
  Men’s and boys’ shoes, 124. 
  Men, women, and children’s shoes—­ Double possessives, 126. 
  Met with, Came across, 109. 
  Mightn’t, Mustn’t, Mayn’t, Oughtn’t, 122. 
  Mightst, Mayst, 123. 
  Mighty, Very, 104. 
  Misplaced relatives—­ Pronouns, 141. 
  Mixed pronouns, 136. 
  More than, Above, Preceding, 111. 
  More than, Over, 155. 
  More, Worse, 42. 
  Mosquitoes, Heroes, Halos, 145. 
  Most, Almost, Very, 30. 
  Musselmans, Dragomans, 145. 
  Mustn’t, Mayn’t, Mightn’t, and Oughtn’t, 122. 
  Mutual, Common, 28. 
  Myself, 29.

  Nasty, Nice, 89. 
  Near, Nearly, 89. 
  Need, Want, 40. 
  Needless Articles, 183. 
  Needless Prepositions, 180. 
  Needless Pronouns, 136. 
  Negatives, 194. 
  Negligence, Neglect, 29. 
  Neighborhood, Region, 42. 
  Neither, Either, 47, 163. 
  Neither... nor, Either, 163. 
  Never, Ever, 72. 
  Never... nor (or or), Either, 163. 
  Never, Not, 29. 
  News, 142. 
  New beginner, 191. 
  New Words, 21. 
  Nice, Nasty, 89. 
  Nicely, 89. 
  No, Each, Every, Not, 201. 
  No... no, 154, 196. 
  No, Not, 154. 
  No good, No use, 89. 
  No more than I could help, 111. 
  No use, No good, 89. 
  Nor... no, 197. 
  Nor, Or—­ Pronouns, 135. 
  Nor, Or, As well as, But, Save, 201. 
  Nor... not, 197. 
  None, Singular or plural, 51. 
  Not... hardly, 196. 
  Not impossible but, 160. 
  Not... neither, Either, 163. 
  Not, Never, 29. 
  Not... or (or nor), Either, 163. 
  Not... no, 197. 
  Noted, Notorious, 94. 
  Nothing like, 94. 
  Nothing... nor, 196. 
  Notorious, Noted, 94. 
  Nouns in Apposition—­ Possessive Case 126. 
  Nouns, Plural-Possessive Case, 125. 
  Nouns, Singular—­ Possessive Case, 125. 
  Nowhere near so, 94. 
  Nucleus, Terminus, Fungus, 143. 
  Number, 142. 
  Number, Amount, 32. 
  Number, Lot, 116. 
  Number, Quantity, 38.

  O, Oh, 90. 
  Observe, Say, 90. 
  Obsolete Words, 20. 
  Odds, Alms, Riches, 145. 
  Of any, Of all, 90. 
  Of, From, 104,176. 
  Of, In, 177. 
  “Of” redundant, 169. 
  Of, With, 176. 
  Off of, 189. 
  Older, Elder, 91. 
  Omission of Article, 182. 

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