Down. Do not use down as a verb in the sense of defeat or overthrow.
| Wrong: Our football team has downed every other team in the state. |
| Right: Our football team has defeated every other team in the state. |
Drownded. Drownded is not a proper form of the verb drown. Say drowned. (Pronounced drownd.)
Each other. Do not use each other to refer to more than two objects. See §44.
| Wrong: The members of the regiment helped each other. |
| Right: The members of the regiment helped one another. |
Effect, affect. Do not confuse effect and affect. Effect means a result, or to cause a thing to be done. Affect means to disturb or have an influence on.
| Wrong: The news effected him seriously. |
| Right: The news affected him seriously. |
| Wrong: The affect of this news was to cause war. |
| Right: The effect of this news was to cause war. |
Either. Do not use either with reference to more than two objects, nor follow it by a plural verb. See §43.
| Wrong: Either of the three will do. Either you or John have done it. |
| Right: Any one of the three will do. Either you or John has done it. |