“He goes to school,” “He went to school yesterday,” “He has gone to the West.” Avoid such ungrammatical forms as “He has went,” “I have saw.”
Badly, Greatly
Badly is often incorrectly used for greatly or very much, as, “I need it badly,” “He was badly hurt.”
“That fence wants painting badly, I think I’ll do it myself,” said the economical husband.
“Yes,” said his wife, “you had better do it yourself if you think it wants to be done badly.”
At you
“If you don’t stop teasing me I will do something at you,” meaning “I will punish you.” That form of expression is very common in some localities, and it is even more inelegant than common. The use of the preposition to instead of at would be a slight improvement, but the sentence should be entirely recast.
Haply, Happily
In the reading of the Scriptures the word happily is sometimes used where the archaic word haply should be employed. In like manner the word thoroughly is substituted for the old form throughly. Both words should be pronounced as they are spelled.