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 .
  Prejudice, 33. 
  Prepositions, 174. 
          All of, 180. 
          At, To, 176. 
          Between, Among, 175. 
          By, In, 175. 
          Choice, 175. 
          Differ with, from, 175. 
          Different from, to, than, 176. 
          From hence, 180. 
          In, Into, 176. 
          In, On, 177. 
          In respect of, to, 176. 
          Needless prepositions, 180. 
          Of, In, 177. 
          Of, From, 176. 
          Omission of prepositions, 179. 
          Position, 178. 
          Preferred before, to, 176. 
          To, With, 177. 
          Up above, 180. 
          With, By, 177. 
          With, Of, 176. 
          With, To, 178. 
  Present, Introduce, 105. 
  Presume, Think, Believe, 33. 
  Pretend, Profess, 33. 
  Pretty, Very, 116. 
  Preventative, Preventive, 33. 
  Previous, Previously, 33. 
  Profess, Pretend, 33. 
  Promise, Assure, 34. 
  Pronouns, 129. 
          Adverbs for Relative Pronouns, 140. 
          After than and as, 132.
              " the Imperative, 132.
              " To be, 131.
              " Verbs and Prepositions, 130. 
          Agreement with Antecedent, 133. 
          Ambiguity, 135. 
          Case Forms, 129. 
          Choice of Relatives, 138. 
          Collective Nouns, 135. 
          Interrogatives, 130. 
          Misplaced Relatives, 141. 
          Mixed, 136. 
          Needless, 136. 
          Omitted Relatives, 141. 
          Or, Nor, 135. 
          Parenthetical expressions, 133. 
          Silent Predicate, 132. 
          The one, the other, 141. 
          Uniform Relatives, 137. 
          Which and who after and, 140. 
  Pronouns—­ Possessive Case, 126. 
  Pronouns—­ Personal and Relative, 129. 
  Proper Names—­ Plurals, 146. 
  Propose, Purpose, 34. 
  Proposal, Proposition, 37. 
  Propose, Contemplate, 75. 
  Prospectus, Terminus, Apparatus, 148. 
  Proved, Proven, 38. 
  Providing, Provided, 37. 
  Provincialisms, 24. 
  Pupil, Scholar, 107. 
  Purity of Diction, 19. 
  Purpose, Propose, 34.

  Quail, Grouse, Woodcock, 149. 
  Quantity, Number, 38. 
  Quite, Very, Rather, 153. 
  Quite a few, 38. 
  Quit, Leave, 83.

  Raise, Grow, Rear, 113. 
  Rarely, Rare, 42. 
  Rather than, Other than, 159. 
  Real, Really, 42. 
  Real good, 155. 
  Rear, Raise, Grow, 113. 
  Reason, Because, 156. 
  Receipt, Recipe, 42. 
  Reckon, Guess, Calculate, Allow, 56. 
  Recollect of, 187. 
  Redundancy, 185. 
  Redundant Article, 183. 
  Redundant Negatives, 195. 
  Refer to, Allude to, 77. 
  Region, Neighborhood, 42. 
  Relieve, Alleviate, 37. 
  Remainder, Balance, 60. 
  Remit, Send, 43. 

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