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 .
  The Infinitive, 166. 
  The Miss Browns—­ Titles, 146. 
  The Old Man, 97. 
  The one, the other—­ Pronouns, 141. 
  Them books, 137. 
  Thereabouts, Somewheres, Any ways, 78. 
  These kind, Those kind, 47. 
  These sort, Those kind, 64. 
  These, Those, 62. 
  They’re, We’re, You’re, 123. 
  Think for, 192. 
  Thirsty, Dry, 75. 
  This much, 154. 
  This twenty years, These kind, 47. 
  Those kind, These sort, 64. 
  Through, Finished, Complete, 39, 99. 
  Throw, Fire, 78. 
  Titles of Books, 204. 
  Titles—­ The Reverend, the Honorable, 182. 
  Titles with Proper Names, 146. 
  To always find—­ The Infinitive, 166. 
  To, With, 177, 178. 
  To, At, 176. 
  Transpire, Happen, 65. 
  Trite Expressions, 12. 
  Truth, Veracity, 67. 
  Try and, Try to, 117. 
  Try the experiment, 67. 
  Two foot, These kind, 48. 
  Two Negatives, 194.

  Ugly, 67. 
  Unbeknown, 68. 
  Underhanded, 68. 
  Under the weather, Ill, 115. 
  Unexampled, 96. 
  Uniform Relatives—­ Pronouns, 137. 
  Unless, Without, 41. 
  Up above, 180. 
  Upon, On, Over, 104. 
  Utter, Express, 96.

  Vacate, Evacuate, 75. 
  Valuable, Valued, 97. 
  Values, Weights, Measures, 203. 
  Veracity, Truth, 67. 
  Very, Most, Almost, 30. 
  Very much of, 153. 
  Very pleased, 97. 
  Very, Pretty, 116. 
  Very Vulgar Vulgarisms, 13. 
  Vicinity, Neighborhood, 97. 
  Vulgarisms, 13.

  Want, Need, 40. 
  Wasn’t, 122. 
  Way, Away, 41. 
  Ways, way, 41. 
  Weights, Measures, and Values, 203. 
  Well, Good, 153. 
  Weren’t, 122. 
  We’re, They’re, You’re, 123. 
  Wharf, Dock, 52. 
  Wharf, Wharves, 149. 
  What for that, 137. 
  What?  Which?  Hey? 25. 
  Whereabouts, 204. 
  Where for in which—­ Adverbs for Relative Pronouns, 140. 
  Whether, If, 58. 
  Whether...  Whether, 160. 
  Which? 25. 
  Which?  Beg pardon, 25. 
  Which for who, 137. 
  Which?  What? 25. 
  Which and who after and—­ Pronouns, 140. 
  Who should I see—­ Interrogatives, 131. 
  Whole, All, 41, 51. 
  Wholesome, Healthy, 52. 
  Whom do you think he is—­ Interrogatives, 131. 
  Why, 187. 
  Widow woman, 186. 
  Will, Could, Can, 115. 
  Will, Shall, Should, Would, 100. 
  Will you?  Shall you? 102. 
  Winterish, Summerish, 99. 
  Wish, Hope, 99. 
  With, By, 177. 
  With, Of, 176. 
  With, To, 177, 178. 
  Without, Unless, 41. 
  Woman, Female, 73. 
  Words, Anglicized, 20. 
  Words Improperly Used, 26. 
  Words, New, 21. 
  Words, Obsolete. 20. 
  Words to be avoided, 18. 
  Worse, More, 42. 
  Would better, Had better, 57. 
  Would Should, Ought, 102. 
  Would, Should, Shall, Will, 100. 
  Wouldn’t, Shouldn’t, 122.

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