“He lent me not only his horse but also his carriage.”
Number, Quantity.—Number should be used in [722] speaking of objects that are counted, quantity with those that are measured. Much, little, and less, answer to quantity, and many, few, and fewer, to numbers; more answers to both.
Of.—“A child of four years old.” Say “a child four years old,” or “a child of four years.”
Off of.—“There were ten yards of the cloth before I cut this piece off of it.” Say “before I cut this piece off it,” or “from it.”
One.—One is the only singular personal pronoun of common gender.
“One must not forget one’s duty to one’s country.” This frequent repetition is disagreeable.
“No man must forget his duty to his country.”
“A man must not forget his duty to his country.”
Only is best placed immediately before the word it modifies. In case there can be no ambiguity it may be placed immediately after the word it modifies.
Only I wrote to him to-day. (No one else wrote.)