Wrong. Some seeds do not need to be very deep in the ground nor very far apart.
Right. Some seeds do not need to be very deep in the ground or very far apart.
Revise. A favorite son is not necessarily known throughout the whole country, nor even in the neighboring states.
386. Omit the negative as a supposed reinforcer of hardly, scarcely, only, and but.
Wrong. I can’t scarcely realize it yet.
Right. I can scarcely realize it yet.
Revise. I do not like but two kinds of reading matter: novels and short stories.
387. Use an adverb—not an adjective—to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs formed from adjectives end in -ly.
Wrong. I worked steady all vacation.
Right. I worked steadily all vacation.