44. Each other should be used when referring to two; one another when referring to more than two. Note the following correct sentences:

The two brothers love each other.

The four brothers love one another.

Exercise 24

Correct such of the following sentences as are incorrect. Be able to give reasons:

  1. He is six foot tall.
  2. I like those kind of fruit.
  3. He lost several pound.
  4. I have not seen him this twenty year.
  5. Have you heard these news?
  6. Are they those kind of people?
  7. He rode ten mile.
  8. There were fifteen car-load of people.
  9. These kind of books are interesting.
  10. Several phenomenon marked his character.
  11. There are a few crisis in every man's career.
  12. Each strata of the rock lies at an angle.
  13. The poem has six verse in it.
  14. Either of the five will do.
  15. Little children should love each other.
  16. Neither of the large cities in the United States is so large as London.
  17. You will be able to find it in either one of those three books.
  18. Those two brothers treat one another very coldly.
  19. Neither of the many newspapers published an account of it.
  20. Either law or medicine is his profession.
  21. Some ten box of shoes were on the train.
  22. Those two statements contradict one another.
  23. The Sahara Desert has several oasis.
  24. How can he associate with those sort of men?

45. Placing of Adverbs and Adjectives. In the placing of adjective elements and adverbial elements in the sentence, one should so arrange them as to leave no doubt as to what they are intended to modify.

Wrong: A man was riding on a horse wearing gray trousers.
Right: A man wearing gray trousers was riding on a horse.

The adverb only requires especial attention. Generally only should come before the word it is intended to modify. Compare the following correct sentences, and note the differences in meaning.

Only he found the book.