Practical Exercises in English

by Huber Gray Buehler

Daresn't, [71].
Datum, plural of, [21].
Deadly, deathly, distinguished, [122].
Deception, deceit, distinguished, [30].
Declare, assert, claim, etc., distinguished, [94]-[95].
Decided, decisive, distinguished, [122].
Delusion, illusion, allusion, distinguished, [25].
Demand, ask, distinguished, [95].
Dependent clauses, will or shall in, 73; tenses in, [78].
Depreciate, deprecate, distinguished, [92]-[93].
Detect, discriminate, distinguished, [99].
Determined, bound, distinguished, [122].
Dictionaries, usefulness of, [9]; quoted, see CENTURY and MURRAY.
Die (noun), plurals of, [19].
Different from, different to, [134].
Disclose, discover, distinguished, [99].
Discover, invent, distinguished, [31].
Discriminate, detect, distinguished, [99].
Dive, principal parts of, [61].
Do, principal parts of, [61].
Doe, masculine corresponding to, [21].
Doesn't, [71].
Dominate, domineer, distinguished, [99].
Don't, [71].
Drake, feminine corresponding to, [21].
Drank, drunk, distinguished, [62].
Drive, principal parts of, [61]; distinguished from ride, [99].
Duck, masculine corresponding to, [21].
Duke, feminine corresponding to, [21].
Dumb, stupid, distinguished, [122].
Duodecimo, plural of, [18].

Each, distinguished from all, [56]; from every and both, [119]; number of, [58], [89].
Earl, feminine corresponding to, [21].
EARLE, JOHN, quoted, [82].
Eat, principal parts of, [61].
Effect, affect, distinguished, [99].
Egoists, egotists; egoism, egotism, distinguished, [30].
Either, distinguished from any one, [55]-[56]; number of, [58], [89].
Either—or, number of the verb with singular subjects connected by, [89].
Electrocute, [10].
Elegant, [124].
Elicit, eliminate, distinguished, [100].
EMERSON, R.W., quoted, [124].
Emigration, immigration, distinguished, [30].
Eminent, prominent, distinguished, [123].
Enormity, enormousness, distinguished, [30].
Enthuse, [10].
Esteem, estimate, estimation, distinguished, nouns, [30]; verbs, [100].
Every, number of, [58], [89]; distinguished from each and both, [119].
Everywheres, [110].
Evidently, apparently, manifestly, distinguished, [122].
Ewe, masculine corresponding to, [21].
Except, accept, distinguished, [99].
Except, without, unless, distinguished, [142].
Existing, extant, distinguished, [122].
Expect, suspect, anticipate, distinguished, [101].
Expose, expound, distinguished, [100].
Extant, existing, distinguished, [122].

Falsity, falseness, distinguished, [31].
Fetch, bring, carry, distinguished, [94].
Fewer, less, smaller, distinguished, [109].
Figures, plural of, [19].
Find, locate, distinguished, [100].
Fish, plurals of, [19].
Flee, principal parts of, [61].
Fled, flew, flown, distinguished, [61].
Fly, principal parts of, [61].
For, because, since, distinguished, [143]-[144].
For, on, after wait, distinguished, [135].
Foreign origin, plural of nouns of, [20]-[21].
Foreignisms, defined, [10].
Forget, principal parts of, [61].
FOUNDATIONS OF RHETORIC, A.S. Hill's, [9]; quoted, [6], [17], [54], [67], [61], [62], [113], [119], [133], [134], [135], [136], [143], [144].
Frances, Francis, distinguished, [21].
Freeze, principal parts of, [61].
Frighten, [100].
Froze, frozen, distinguished, [61].
Funny, odd, distinguished, [122].

Gallicisms, defined, [10].
Gander, feminine corresponding to, [21].
Gender, nouns of different, [21].
Genius, plural of, [21].
Genus, plural of, [21].
Gerunds, [50]-[51].
Get, principal parts of, [61].
Go, principal parts of, [61].
Good reading, the foundation of good writing and speaking, [8].
GOOD USE, [3]-[11]; defined,[6]; conversation and, [7]; newspapers and, [7]; not to be learned from any one book or writer, [7]; to be learned from good reading, [8]; and from dictionaries, [9]; and from books like the "Foundations of Rhetoric," [9].
Good, well, distinguished, [109].
Goose, masculine corresponding to, [21].
Gorgeous, [124].
Gotten for got, [61].
Grand, [124].
Gums for overshoes, [4].

Habit, custom, distinguished, [30].
Halo, plural of, [18].
Hang, principal parts of, [61].
Happen, transpire, distinguished, [96].
Hart, feminine of, [21].
He, him, himself, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
He, his, him, for mankind in general, [58].
Healthy, healthful, wholesome, distinguished, [122]-[123].
Heifer, masculine corresponding to, [21].
Her, herself, she, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Hero, feminine corresponding to, [21].
HILL, A.S., quoted, [6], [8], [17], [25], [26], [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [54], [61], [62], [74], [89], [92], [95], [99], [100], [113], [119], [122], [123], [133], [134], [135], [140], [143], [144].
Him, his, before verbal nouns, [61].
Him, himself, he, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Hind, masculine corresponding to, [21].
Hire, let, lease, distinguished, [95].
His, him, before verbal nouns, [51].
Home, distinguished from house, [23]; preposition before, [140].
How, [144].
Human, humane, distinguished, [123].
Hung, hanged, distinguished, [61].
Hypothesis, plural of, [21].

I, me, myself, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Identity, identification, distinguished, [31].
Illusion, allusion, delusion, distinguished, [25].
Illy, [110].
Immigration, emigration, distinguished, [30].
Import, importance, distinguished, [81].
Improprieties, defined, [10].
Impugn, impute, distinguished, [93].
In, at, into, on, distinguished, [134]- [135].
In addition to, words joined to the subject by, [89].
Index, plurals of, [19].
Indicative, use of the perfect, [78]; indicative or subjunctive, [82]-[89].
Infinitive, tenses of the, [78]-[79]; adverbs between to and the, [133].
Inquire, investigate, distinguished, [100].
Insure, secure, distinguished, [100].
Intend, calculate, distinguished, [94].
Invent, discover, distinguished, [31].
Investigate, inquire, distinguished, [100].
It, its, before verbal nouns, [51].

Junto, plural of, [18].

Laid, lay, lain, distinguished, [61]-[62].
Lasso, plural of, [18].
Last, latest, distinguished, [123].
Lay, lie, laid, lain, distinguished, [61]-[62].
Learn, teach, distinguished, [95].
Lease, let, hire, distinguished, [95].
Leave, let, distinguished, [100].
Lend, loan, distinguished, [93].
Lengthy, long, distinguished, [123].
Less, fewer, smaller, distinguished, [109].
Lesser, [110].
Let, leave, distinguished, [100].
Let, lease, hire, distinguished, [95].
Letters, plural of, [19].
Liable, likely, apt, distinguished, [119].
Lie, lay, distinguished, [61]-[62]; principal parts of, [62].
Light, alight, distinguished, [62].
Light-complected, [110].
Lighted, lit, distinguished, [62].
Like, as, distinguished, [142].
Like, likely, probably, distinguished, [109].
Like, love, distinguished, [95].
Likely, liable, apt, distinguished, [119].
Limit, limitation, distinguished, [31].
Lion, feminine of, [21].
Loan, lend, distinguished, [93].
Locate, find, distinguished, [100].
Long, lengthy, distinguished, [123].
Lot, number, distinguished, [31].
Love, like, distinguished, [95].
Lovely, [124].

Mad, angry, distinguished, [128].
Magnificent, [124].
Manifestly, evidently, apparently, distinguished, [122].
Maintain, assert, allege, etc., distinguished, [94]-[95].
Majority, plurality, distinguished, [31].
Man after man, number of, [58].
Many, much, distinguished, [119].
Many a, number of, [89].
Marquis, feminine of, [21].
Materialize, appear, distinguished, [95].
May, can, distinguished, [71].
Me, myself, I, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Me, my, before verbal nouns, [51].
Memento, plural of, [18].
Mention, refer to, allude to, distinguished, [99].
Middle, centre, distinguished, [30].
Might, distinguished from could, [71]; tense of the infinitive with, [79].
Misplaced adjectives and adverbs, [132]-[133]; correlatives, [148]-[149].
Misused nouns, [22]-[42]; verbs, [92]- [108]; adjectives and adverbs, [119]-[129]; prepositions, [134]-[139]; conjunctions, [143]-[146].
Monk, feminine corresponding to, [21].
Most, almost, distinguished, [109].
Much, many, distinguished, [119].
Muchly, [110].
MURRAY'S DICTIONARY, quoted, [54], [94], [101], [119].
Must, tense of the infinitive with, [78]-[79].
Mutual, common, distinguished, [119].
My, me, before verbal nouns, [51], [52].
Myself, me, I, proper choice among, [43]-[45].

National use, [4]-[6].
Near, nearly, distinguished, [109].
Need, tense of the infinitive with, [78]-[79].
Negligence, neglect, distinguished, [31].
Neither, number of, [58], [89]; distinguished from no one, [55]-[66].
Neither—nor, number of the verb with singular subjects joined by, [89].
New, novel, distinguished, [123].
Newspapers and good use, [7].
Nobody, number of, [58].
Nominative or objective, [43]-[50].
No one, neither, choice between,[55]-[56].
Nor, or, choice between, [144].
Notional verbs, defined, [72].
Nouns, [16]-[42]; form of the possessive case, [16]-[17]; use and misuse of the possessive case, [17]-[18]; singular and plural, [18]-[21]; plural forms of foreign origin, [20]; gender, [21]; abbreviations, [22]; misused, [22]-[42]; gerunds and verbal nouns, [50]-[51].
Novel, new, distinguished, [123].
Novice, novitiate, distinguished, [31].
Nowhere near, [110].
Number, singular and plural, of nouns, [18]-[21]; of pronouns, [58]-[60]; of verbs, [89]-[92]; of adjectives, [110].
Number, distinguished from quantity and amount, [29]; from lot, [81].
Number, quantity, amount, distinguished, [29].
Nun, masculine corresponding to, [21].