+Direction+.—Study the Caution, and correct these errors:—
1. There is a difference between the sin and sinner. 2. We criticise not the dress but address of the speaker. 3. A noun and pronoun are alike in office. 4. Distinguish carefully between an adjective and adverb. 5. The lion, as well as tiger, belongs to the cat tribe. 6. Neither the North Pole nor South Pole has yet been reached. 7. The secretary and treasurer were both absent.
(The secretary and treasurer was absent—referring to one person—is correct.)
+Caution+.—A few and a little mean some as opposed to none; few means not many, and little means not much.
+Examples+.—He saved a few things and a little money from the wreck. Few shall part where many meet. Little was said or done about it.
+Direction+.—Study the Caution, and correct these errors:—
1. There are a few pleasant days in March, because it is a stormy month. 2. He saved a little from the fire, as it broke out in the night. 3. Few men live to be & hundred years old, but not many. 4. Little can be done, but not much.
+Direction+.—Write correct sentences illustrating every point in these
Cautions.
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