EXERCISE XVIII.

Tell the difference in meaning between the following:—­ 1.  Mr. Roscoe has no house (home). 2.  The hotel clerk says he expects three more parties (persons) on the six
   o’clock train.
3.  There are three persons (parties) concerned in this contract. 4.  A succession (series) of delays. 5.  This morning’s papers publish an assertion (a statement) by Mr.
   Pullman, which throws new light on the strike.

EXERCISE XIX.

Insert the proper word in each blank, and give the reason for your choice.—­

HOUSE, HOME. 1.  Whenever a tramp comes to our ——­, the dog is untied. 2.  His new ——­ will be finished in November. 3.  Mr. S. owns a beautiful ——­ and has a happy ——. 4.  One can build a very good ——­ for $6000. 5. ——­s are built to live in, not to look on.

PARTY, PERSON. 6.  There is another ——­ coming on the evening train, but he will leave
   to-morrow.
7.  A cross-looking ——­ alighted from the stage-coach and entered the inn. 8.  The cause of both ——­s shall come before the court. 9.  Is the ——­ that wants a carriage at dinner or in his room? 10.  He is attached to the king’s ——. 11.  Who was that fat old ——­ who kept us all laughing?

SERIES, SUCCESSION. 12.  The ——­ of Presidents is a long one. 13.  This stamp belongs to the ——­ of 1864. 14.  A ——­ of calamitous events followed this mistake in policy. 15.  A ——­ of accidents prevented the sailing of the yacht.

STATEMENT, ASSERTION. 16.  The last ——­ of the bank has been examined. 17. ——­ unsupported by fact is worthless. 18.  The Declaration of Independence contained a clear ——­ of grievances. 19.  The orator’s ——­ was shown to be false.

VERDICT, TESTIMONY. 20.  The ——­ of history is that Christianity has improved the condition of
    women.
21.  Let us await the ——­ of the public. 22.  The early Christian martyrs sealed their ——­ with their blood. 23.  The ——­ of those who saw the murder was contradictory.

THE WHOLE, ALL. 24. ——­ (of) the dishes came tumbling to the floor. 25.  Tell ——­ (the) truth. 26.  Then you and I and ——­ of us fell down. 27.  Washington was respected by ——­ (the) people. 28.  We sold ——­ (of) our apples at sixty cents a bushel. 29.  He has already packed ——­ of his books. 30. ——­ (the) adornments took an appropriate and sylvan character. 31.  He readily confided to her ——­ (the) papers concerning the intrigue. 32.  In the afternoon ——­ of them got into a boat and rowed across the
    lake.

II.  A RESEMBLANCE IN SOUND MISLEADS.[25]

ACCEPTANCE, ACCEPTATION.—­Acceptance is the “act of accepting”; also “favorable reception”:  as, “The acceptance of a gift,” “She sang with marked acceptance.” Acceptation now means “the sense in which an expression is generally understood or accepted.”