Correct the following sentences:

  1. Mary is as old as her.
  2. I read as much as him.
  3. He either wore his coat or a sort of vest.
  4. He walked to the next town, but did not come back, but stayed all night.
  5. We are better players than them.
  6. He became thoroughly under the influence of the hypnotist and doing many absurd things.
  7. There we met a man named Harmon and whom we found very entertaining.
  8. They work harder than us.
  9. John is not as tall as you.
  10. Neither John or James is as tall as you.
  11. I admire Mary more than she.
  12. That can't be done without you get permission from the principal.
  13. He dresses just like I do.
  14. Directly he came we launched the canoes.
  15. This cannot be done except you are a senior.
  16. Neither she nor I was present.
  17. He not only had a trained pig but also a goose.
  18. Mary is not as pretty as Helen.
  19. The men neither interested him nor the places.
  20. He has traveled more than me.
  21. We like him very much, for he is very interesting, for he has traveled so much.
  22. It is a good book and which has much valuable information.
  23. It was a rough town and harboring many criminals.
  24. He took an interest neither in studies, nor did he care for athletics.
  25. He neither took an interest in studies nor athletics.

Exercise 61

Construct sentences in which the following words are correctly used:

When, where, than, as—as, so—as, neither—nor, not only—but also, either—or, except, like, without, directly.

86. Prepositions. Some mistakes are made in the use of prepositions. Note the following brief list of words with the appropriate prepositions to be used with each:

agree with a person differ from (person or thing) agree to a proposition differ from or with an opinion bestow upon different from compare with (to determine value) glad of compare to (because of similarity) need of comply with part from (a person) confide in (to trust in) part with (a thing) confide to (to intrust to) profit by confer on (to give) prohibit from confer with (to talk with) reconcile to (a person) convenient to (a place) reconcile with (a statement) convenient for (a purpose) scared by dependent on think of or about

Do not use prepositions where they are unnecessary. Note the following improper expressions in which the preposition should be omitted:

continue ondown until
covered overinside of
off ofoutside of
started outwhere to?
wish for to comeremember of
more than you think for

Do not omit any preposition that is necessary to the completeness of the sentence.