| Wrong: He was condemned to be hung. |
| Right: He was condemned to be hanged. |
| Right: The picture was hung in the parlor. |
Humbug. Do not use humbug as a verb.
Wrong: He has humbugged the people for years.
Illy. Do not use illy for the adverb ill. See §40.
In, into. Do not confuse in and into.
| Wrong: He went in the house. |
| Right: He went into the house. |
| Right: He exercised in a gymnasium. |
Kind. Do not precede kind by those or these.
| Wrong: I do not like those kind of plays. |
| Right: I do not like that kind of play. |
Kind of a. Do not use a or an after kind of. See §47.
| Wrong: It is one kind of a mistake. |
| Right: It is one kind of mistake. |