“The trumpet spake not to the armed throng;
And kings sat still with awful eye,
As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.”
Back up
In the sense of support, this, and the shorter expression back, are doubtless borrowed from the commercial world. While they may be tolerated in conversation, they must be regarded as slang.
Bulk
This word is often incorrectly used for most or the greater part; as, “The bulk of the people opposed the measure.” Bulk refers to size, not to numbers.
Burglarize
This word is often used by the more sensational reporters in their reports of crime. It should be avoided.
But what, But that
“I don’t know but what I shall have to punish him.” The sentence should read, “I don’t know but that I shall have to punish him.” It is equivalent to, “I think that I shall have to punish him.” The omission of but will convey the opposite meaning. “I don’t know that I shall have to punish him” is equivalent to “I think that I shall not have to punish him.”