220. “I cannot by no means allow it:” say, I can by no means, &c.; or, I cannot by any means, &c.
221. “He covered it over:” leave out over.
222. “I bought a new pair of shoes:” say, a pair of new shoes.
223. “He combined together these facts:” leave out together.
224. “My brother called on me, and we both took a walk:” leave out both, which is unnecessary.
225. “Evil spirits are not occupied about the dead corpses of bad men:” leave out dead, which is altogether unnecessary, as it is implied in the word corpses, “corpse” and “dead body” being strictly synonymous.
226. “He has gone to the Lyceum:” pronounce Lyceum with the accent on the second syllable, and not on the first.
227. “This is a picture of Westminster Abbey:” never say Westminister, as if there were two words, West-minister.
228. “We are going to take a holiday:” this word was originally spelled and pronounced holyday, being compounded of the two words holy (meaning “set apart”) and day. Custom, however, has changed the orthography from y to i, and made the first syllable rhyme with Poll.
229. “It was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means:” emphasize the second, not the first syllable.