Revise. I enjoyed the freshman year with its essays and themes, since it proved to be a subject which I did not find difficult.
362. In the formula one of the most ... if not the most ... put the noun in the first element of the formula.
Wrong. It was one of the slowest if not the slowest game ever played on the Oval.
Right. It was one of the slowest games, if not the slowest, ever played on the Oval.
Revise. As a statesman he deserves to rank as one of the most, if not the most, contemptible figures in our history.
363. Phrase the subject so that it exactly fits the predication required by the verb.
Wrong. Mr. Swinnerton’s novel, Nocturne, takes place in one night.
Right. The action in Mr. Swinnerton’s novel, Nocturne, takes place in one night.
Revise. The character of Mr. Pickwick is a funny creature.
364. Use the precise verb which is idiomatically required to predicate the subject.