Practical Exercises in English

by Huber Gray Buehler

Oasis, plural of, [21].
Objective case, [43]-[50].
Observance, observation, distinguished, [26].
Obsolete, defined, [4],
Octavo, plural of, [18].
Odd, funny, distinguished, [122].
Of after verbal nouns, [51].
Of which, whose, choice between, [54].
Omitted articles, [13]; pronouns, [60]; adverbs, [117]; prepositions, [140]; conjunctions, [146].
On, in, before names of streets, distinguished, [135].
On, for, after wait, distinguished, [135].
One, possessive and reflexive of, [56]-[57].
Only, distinguished from alone, [116]; position of, [132].
Onto, [135].
Oppose, antagonize, distinguished, [94].
Or, nor, use of, [144].
Oral, verbal, distinguished, [123].
Ordinary, average, distinguished, [122].
Organism, organization, distinguished, [31].
Other, with comparatives and superlatives, [129].
Ought, tense of the infinitive with, [78]-[79].
Our, us, before verbal nouns, [51].
Ourselves, we, us, proper choice among, [43]-[46].

Parenthesis, plural of, [21].
Part, portion, distinguished, [31].
Participle, defined, [50].
Partly, partially, distinguished, [119].
Parts of verbs, principal, [61]-[62].
Party, person, distinguished, [23].
Penny, plurals of, [19].
Perfect indicative, [78]; infinitive, [78]-[79].
Person, change from one to another in pronouns, [56]-[57].
Person, party, distinguished, [23].
Persuade, advise, distinguished, [100].
Phenomenon, plural of, [21].
Piano, plural of, [18].
Pitiable, pitiful, distinguished, [123].
Plea, argument, distinguished, [29].
Plead, principal parts of, [62].
Plenty, distinguished from abundance, 32; as adjective and adverb, [109]-[110].
Plural of nouns, [18]-[21]; of pronouns, [58]-[60]; of verbs, [89]-[92]; of adjectives, [110].
Plurality, majority, distinguished, [31].
Portion, part, distinguished, [31].
Possessive case, of nouns, [16]; of pronouns, [43].
Practicable, practical, distinguished, [123].
Predicate, predict, distinguished, [100].
Predominance, prominence, distinguished, [32].
PREPOSITIONS, [134]-[141]; misused, [134]-[139]; omitted, [140]; redundant, [140].
Prescribe, proscribe, distinguished, [100].
Present use, [3]-[4].
Principal parts of verbs, [61]-[62].
Probably, likely, like, distinguished, [109].
Produce, product, production, distinguished, [32].
Prominence, predominance, distinguished, [32].
Prominent, eminent, distinguished, [123].
PRONOUNS, [43]—[60]; possessive case of, [43], [56]; in "self," [44]-[45]; before verbal nouns, [50]-[61]; choice of relative, [53]-[55]; omission of, [53]-[54]; change of, [56]-[57]; singular or plural, [58]; omitted, [60]; redundant, [60].
Proper nouns, plural of, [18]; [19] note 3.
Proposal, proposition, distinguished, [26].
Propose, purpose, distinguished, [100].
Proscribe, prescribe, distinguished, [100].
Prove, principal parts of, [62].
Provincialisms, defined, [10].
Proviso, plural of, [18].
Punctuation of relative clauses, [53].
Purpose, propose, distinguished, [100].

Quantity, number, amount, distinguished, [29].
Quarto, plural of, [18].
Quite, very, distinguished, [119].

Raise, principal parts of, [62]; distinguished from rise, [62].
Ram, feminine corresponding to, [21].
Rang, rung, distinguished, [62].
Real, really, very, distinguished, [124].
Receipt, recipe, distinguished, [32].
Recourse, resource, resort, distinguished, [32].
Redundant articles, [13]; pronouns, [60]; adjectives and adverbs, [117]; prepositions, [140]; conjunctions, [146]-[147].
Refer to, allude to, mention, distinguished, [99].
Reflexive pronouns, [45], [57].
Relation, relationship, distinguished, [26].
Relative, relation, distinguished, [32].
Relative pronouns, [53]-[54].
Relieve, alleviate, distinguished, [99].
Remainder, rest, balance, distinguished, [29].
Repel, repulse, distinguished, [100].
Reputable use, [6].
Reputation, character, distinguished, [30].
Requirement, requisite, requisition, distinguished, [32].
Resort, resource, recourse, distinguished, [32].
Rest, remainder, balance, distinguished, [29].
Ride, principal parts of, [62]; distinguished from drive, [4], [99].
Rise, principal parts of, [62]; distinguished from raise, [62]; from arise, [92].
Run, principal parts of, [62].

Same as, same that, distinguished, [64].
Sang, sung, distinguished, [62].
Sank, sunk, distinguished, [62].
Sat, set, sit, [62].
Scared, afraid, distinguished, [124].
Second, secondly, distinguished, [110].
Secreting, secretion, distinguished, [32].
Secure, insure, distinguished, [100].
See, principal parts of, [62].
Self, pronouns in, [44]-[45], [57].
Sequence of tenses, [78].
Seraph, plural of, [21].
Series, succession, distinguished, [23].
Set, principal parts of, [62]; distinguished from sit, [62].
Sewage, sewerage, distinguished, [32].
Shake, principal parts of, [62].
Shall or will, [72]-[77].
She, her, herself, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Shoe, principal parts of, [62].
Shot, plurals of, [19].
Should distinguished from would, [74], [77]; in sense of ought, tense of the infinitive with, [78]-[79].
Show, principal parts of, [62].
Shrank, shrunk, distinguished, [62].
Since, for, because, distinguished, [143].
Singular and plural, nouns, [18]-[21]; pronouns, [58]-[60]; verbs, [89], [92]; adjectives, [110].
Sit, principal parts of, [62]; distinguished from set and sat, [62].
Situation, site, distinguished, [32].
Slang, defined, [10].
Slay, principal parts of, [62].
Slew, Slain, distinguished, [62].
Smaller, fewer Jess, distinguished, [109].
So or as, correlative to as, [119]-[120].
So, therefore, distinguished, [144].
Solecisms, defined, [10].
Solicitude, solicitation, distinguished, [26].
Solo, plural of, [18].
Some, somewhat, something, distinguished, [110].
SONNENSCHEIN, PROFESSOR, quoted, [83].
Speak, principal parts of, [62].
Speciality, specialty, distinguished, [33].
Splendid, [124].
Spoke, spoken, distinguished, [62].
Sprang, sprung, distinguished, [62].
Staff, plurals of, [19].
Staff, feminine corresponding to, [21].
Start, begin, commence, distinguished, [100]-[101].
State, declare, assert, etc., distinguished, [94]-[95].
Statement, assertion, distinguished, [23].
Stay, stop, distinguished, [95],
Steal, principal parts of, [62].
Stiletto, plural of, [18].
Stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, distinguished, [26].
Stole, stolen, distinguished, [62].
Stop, stay, distinguished, [95].
Stratum, plural of, [21].
Stupid, dumb, distinguished, [122].
Subjunctive, [82]-[89]; forms of, [83]-[84]; uses of, [84]-[86]; in conditional sentences, [85]-[86]; in wishes, [86].
Succession, scries, distinguished, [23].
Suggestions to teachers, [151].
Sultan, feminine of, [21].
Superfluous articles, [13]; pronouns, [60]; adjectives and adverbs, [117]-[118]; prepositions, [140]; conjunctions, [146]-[147].
Superlative, use of the, [129]-[131].
Support, champion, distinguished, [94].
Suspect, expect, anticipate, distinguished, [101].
Swam, swum, distinguished, [62].
Symbols, plural of, [19].

Tableau, plural of, [21].
Take, principal parts of, [62].
Teach, learn, distinguished, [95].
Teachers, suggestions to, [151]-[152].
Tense, questions of, [78]-[82]; in conditional sentences, [85]; in wishes, [86].
Testimony, verdict, distinguished, [23].
Than, clause after, often omitted in part, [45] note 2.
That distinguished from as after same, [54].
That, those, [110].
That, who, which, as relatives, [53]-[54].
The or a, [12].
The before verbal nouns, [51].
Thee, thyself, thou, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Their, them, before verbal nouns, [51].
Them, themselves, they, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Therefore, so, choice between, [144].
These, this, [110].
Thesis, plural of, [21].
They, them, themselves, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
This, these, [110].
Those, that, [110].
Thou, thee, thyself, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Though, [144]; verbs in clauses introduced by, [86].
Throw, principal parts of, [62].
Thyself, thee, thou, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Tiger, feminine of, [21].
Together with, words joined to the subject by, [89].
Torso, plural of, [18].
Transpire, happen, distinguished, [96].
Tyro, plural of, [18].

Unbeknown, [110].
Union, unity, distinguished, [33].
Unless, verbs in clauses introduced by, [86]; distinguished from without and except, [142].
Us or our before verbal nouns, [51].
Us, ourselves, we, pro per choice among, [43]-[45].
USE [3]-[11]; defined,[6]; conversation and, [7]; newspapers and, [7]; no one book or writer decisive of, [7]-[8]; relation of dictionaries to, [9].
Use, present, [3]-[4]; national, [4]-[6]; reputable,[6].

Verbal nouns, construction with, [50]-[51].
Verbal, oral, distinguished, [123].
VERBS, [61]- [108]; principal parts often misused, [61]- [70]; contractions, [71]; may or can, [71]; will or shall, [72]-[76]; notional and auxiliary, defined, [72]; would or should, [74]-[77]; questions of tense, [78]-[82]; indicative or subjunctive, [82]-[89]; singular or plural, [89]-[92]; misused, [92]- [108].
Verdict, testimony, distinguished, [23].
Very, distinguished from quite, [119]; from real, really, [124].
Visitor, visitant, [33].
Vocation, avocation, distinguished, [25]- [26].
Vulgarisms, defined, [10]; in the use of adjectives and adverbs, [109]-[113]; of conjunctions, [142]-[143].

Wait for, wait on, distinguished, [135].
Wake, principal parts of, [62].
We, us, ourselves, proper choice among, [43]-[45].
Well, good, distinguished, [109].
WENDELL, BARRETT, quoted, [7]- [8].
Went, gone, distinguished, [61].
What as a relative pronoun, [54].
When, while, distinguished, [144].
Which, who, that (relative), proper choice among, [53]-[55].
Who, whom, choice between, [43]-[45].
Who, which, that (relative), proper choice among, [53]-[55].
Whoever, whomever, choice between, [45].
Whole, all, distinguished, [23].
Wholesome, healthy, healthful, distinguished, [122]-[123].
Whose, of which, choice between, [54].
Will or shall, [72]-[76].
Wishes, moods and tenses in, [86].
Witch, masculine corresponding to, [21].
With, words joined to the subject by, [89]; distinguished from by, [134].
Without, except, unless, distinguished [142].
Wizard, feminine corresponding to [21].
Would or should, [74]-[77].
Write, principal parts of, [62].

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