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 .
  Rent, Lease, Let, Hire, 88. 
  Repair, Fix, Mend, 62. 
  Reply, Answer, 32. 
  Reputation, Character, 44. 
  Requisite, Requisition, Requirement, 106. 
  Resemble, Favor, 59. 
  Residence, House, 43. 
  Restaurant French, 10. 
  Revolting, 96. 
  Reverend, 182. 
  Riches, Alms, Odds, 145. 
  Ride, Drive, 76. 
  Right, Right here, Just here, 99. 
  Right smart, 73. 
  Rise up, 192. 
  Round, Square, 63.

  Said, Allowed, 87. 
  Same as, Same that, 105. 
  Save, But, Or, Nor, As well as, 201. 
  Say, Observe, 90. 
  Says, States, 63. 
  Scholar, Pupil, 107. 
  Section, Region, 106. 
  Seeming Paradox, 191. 
  Seldom or ever, 106. 
  Send, Remit, 43. 
  Seraphim, Cherubim, 142. 
  Set, Sit, 80. 
  Settle up, down, 188. 
  Several, Couple, 76. 
  Sewage, Sewerage, 106. 
  Shall, Will, Should, Would, 100. 
  Shall you?  Will you? 102. 
  She’s, He’s, It’s, 123. 
  Should, Would, Ought, 102. 
  Should, Would, Shall, Will, 100. 
  Shouldn’t and Wouldn’t, 122. 
  Sick, Ill, 107. 
  Sight, Many, 74. 
  Silent Predicate—­ Pronouns, 132. 
  Single, The first, 79. 
  Singular Nouns, 125. 
  Singular in Meaning, 201. 
  Sink down, 192. 
  Sit, Set, 80. 
  Slang, 22. 
  Slang, Commercial, Common, and Society, 23. 
  Smart, Clever, 85. 
  Smell of, 192. 
  Smells sweetly—­ Adjective or Adverb? 151. 
  Sociable, Social, 106. 
  Society Slang, 23. 
  So... as, 163. 
  So far, That far, 154. 
  So nice, 155. 
  So, Such, 152. 
  Solos, Heroes, Octavos, 145. 
  Some better, 98. 
  Some means or another, 48. 
  Somebody else’s, 127. 
  Somewheres, Anyways, Thereabouts, 78. 
  Sparrowgrass, Asparagus, 34. 
  Specialty, Speciality, 106. 
  Square, Round, 63. 
  Stand a chance, 110. 
  States, Says, 63. 
  Station, Depot, 43. 
  Stay, Stop, 63. 
  Stilts, 18. 
  Stop, Stay, 63. 
  Strata, Data, 144. 
  Subject after the verb, 199. 
  Subsequent, Future, 79. 
  Subtile, Subtle, 63. 
  Such as you and me—­ After than and as, 133. 
  Such, So, 152. 
  Summerish, Winterish, 99. 
  Summons, 64. 
  Supply “To,” 166. 
  Support, Back up, 82. 
  Sweat, Perspire, 86.

  Tableaux, Beaus, Plateaus, 147. 
  Tactics, Acoustics, 143. 
  Taint, Haint, 121. 
  Take, Adopt, 37. 
  Talented, 103. 
  Taste, 7. 
  Tasty, Tasteful, 64. 
  Team, 64. 
  Teach, Learn, 88. 
  Terminus, Radius, Focus, 143. 
  Than, 48. 
  Than ambiguous, 158. 
  Thanks, I thank you, 115. 
  That, As, 70. 
  That, But, 157. 
  That far, Thus far, 154. 
  That, Lest, 159. 
  That omitted, 158. 
  That, that, 157. 
  The father he died—­ Needless pronouns, 136. 
  The first, Single, 79. 
  The Honorable, the Reverend, 182. 

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