2. Preposition at end of sentence.

3. to and at.

4. at.

5. in back of.

G-Paragraph.

1. Paragraphing conversation.

H. I. J.-Spelling.

1. Then and than.

2. Latter and later.

3. Of and have.

4. There and their.

5. Homonyms and words confused because of similarity of sound.

6. Spelling of words that change y to i.

7. Spelling of words that contain ei or ie.

8. Spelling of words ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel.

9. Spelling of adverbs formed from adjectives ending in l.

10. to and too.

11. Quite and quiet.

12. Off and of.

13. no and know.

14. Woman and women.

K. L.-Usage.

1. Split infinitive.

2. Figures and numbers.

3.

&.

4. Where and when clauses used substantively.

5. Different from.

6. Very with a past participle.

7. Infinitive, or preposition with a gerund.

8. So after a negative.

9. Abbreviations.

2.

Needless change of subject.

3. Too many dependent elements.

N. O.-Punctuation.

1. Capitalization.

2. Semicolon with namely.

3. Semicolon with a series of clauses.

4.

Punctuation of a series containing commas.

5. Semicolon in compound sentence containing commas. 6. Colon before an enumeration.

7. Colon or a new sentence.

8. Quotation marks improperly used for emphasis.

9.

Quotation marks in direct discourse.

10. Quote the names of books.

11. Apostrophe.

12. It's and its.

P. Q-Pronouns.

2. Sentence as a part of speech.

3. Awkward.

4. Sentence must have subject.

T. U. V.-Verb.

1. Agreement of subject and verb.

2. Some verb forms.

3. Tense.

4. Lay and lie.

5. Subjunctive mode.
6. Defective verbs.

7. Lead and led.

8. Participle for a finite verb.

9. Possessive case with gerund.

10. Let and leave.

11. Lend, loan, and borrow.

In order to give an idea of the type of drill used, I am listing below eighty-seven sentences, each being a typical illustration of the exercises in the order that they are indexed above. It will be noticed that some of the exercises do not call for a choice of expressions. Such sentences are to be corrected.

A. 1. We could (easy, easily) see the whole city.

2. I have seen (most, mostly, almost) everything.

3. Nancy and her sister were dressed alike, but Nancy was the (prettier, prettiest).

4. One was unable to determine what (kind of, kind of a) store it was.

B. 1. He kept reminding his lordship that the dinner hour

was long past without any satisfaction.

2. The elements that make the fifth act an artistic end

ing are the mythical allusions at the beginning of the act, and that Bassanio and Gratiano were forgiven for giving their rings away.

3. Having received few letters from me, I suppose you think I've forgotten you.

C. 1. I advanced to the room from (which, where) the noise seemed to come.

2. Morocco thought he had a golden mind therefore he must choose the golden casket.

3. Of course there was no rain so he had to use water from the well.

4. The younger brother was fair and gentle, resembling his mother and who had never had to undergo hardships of any kind.

5. My thoughts were whirling round and round (like, as) a lonely leaf is whirled from a tree only to be picked up and tossed hither and thither.

6. He then learned to love his money. It was stolen from him. Now in old age he had nothing to love. He had no friends.

7. He tried to lead a good life (when, while, though, but) something always came up against him.

D. 1. Throwing herself down on a rock which jutted out into the water, she happened to look over into the water.

2. I have just (gotten back, returned) from Italy.

E. F.-1. He stole Marner's money and fell (in, into) the Stone Pit.

2. He is a person whom it is difficult to become angry with.

3. I have been away (to, at) boarding school.

4.

He would never have known where she was at.

5. Once my friend and I went out in the country (in back of, back of, behind, the other side of) Pleasantville to get some holly.

G. 1. One day she said to her mother as they were eating at the table, "Mother, I wish I had something to put on my bread. It is awful dry." Her mother answering said, "The only thing to do is to dip it in your

milk." The little girl answered, "Oh, I hate milk. That is all I ever drink or see and I am tired of it.” Just the same, she continued to drink the milk and eat the dry bread.

H. I. J.-1. He was more interested in highland legends (than, then) in clients.

2. Godfrey went (later, latter) for a last look at his dead wife.

3. I am sure we must (of, have) missed many details. 4. I have many friends (their, there).

5. The Prince of Morocco chose the golden casket because of the (inscription, scripture) on it.

6. When the flapper (present tense third person singular of try) this, she is criticized.

7. It was like eating a p(ie, ei) ce of candy.

8.

The accident had (past participle of occur).

9. The first sentence (adverb formed from usual) is

the topic statement.

10. It was done (to, too) hurriedly.

11. It is so often (quite, quiet) here that it is oppressing. 12. He started (off, of) to Silas's cottage.

13. He found the door unlocked and (no, know) one in

the cottage.

14. He would never make love to another (woman, women).

K. L.-1.

I am going to, in this letter, describe Westminster Abbey.

2. They were (10, ten) and (12, twelve) years older than Lamb respectively.

3. They raised many fruits (&, and) vegetables.

4. "The Cotter's Saturday Night" is where a man comes home Saturday night for dinner.

5. I found that Paris was entirely different (from, than, to) what I imagined it to be.

6. He was (much, very) worried.