104. His death shall be long regretted [from a notice of a death in a newspaper]; say, will be long, &c. Shall and will are often confounded; the following rule, however, may be of use to the reader. Mere futurity is expressed by shall in the first person, and by will in the second and third; the determination of the speaker by will in the first, and shall in the second and third; as, I will go to-morrow, I shall go to-morrow. N. B. The latter sentence simply expresses a future event; the former expresses my determination.
105. "Without the grammatical form of a word can be recognized at a glance, little progress can be made in reading the language" [from a very popular work on the study of the Latin language]; say, Unless the grammatical, &c. The use of without for unless is a very common mistake.
106. Have you begun substraction yet? say, subtraction.
107. He claimed admission to the chiefest offices; say, chief. Chief, right, supreme, correct, true, universal, perfect, consummate, extreme, &c., imply the superlative degree without est or most. In language sublime or impassioned, however, the word perfect requires the superlative form to give it effect. A lover, enraptured with his mistress, would naturally call her the most perfect of her sex.
108. The ship had sprang a leak; say, sprung.
109. I had rather do it now; say, I would rather.
110. He was served with a subpœna; pronounce subpœna with the accent on pœ, which you will sound like tea, and sound the b distinctly. Never pronounce the word soopee'na.
111. I have not travelled this twenty years; say, these twenty years.
112. He is very much the gentleman; say, He is a very gentlemanly man, or fellow.
113. The yellow part of an egg is very nourishing; never pronounce yellow like tallow, which we so often hear.