471. “Was you?” should be, Were you?
472. “This is the more perfect of the two:” say, More complete. Perfect rarely admits comparison.
473. Avoid all slang and vulgar words and phrases, as, Anyhow, Bating, Bran new, To blow up, Bother, Cut, Currying favor, Fork out, Half an eye, I am up to you, Kick up, Scrape, The Scratch, Walk into.
474. “Go over the bridge,” should be, Go across the bridge.
475. “I was some distance from home,” should be, I was at some distance from home.
476. “Is Mr. Smith in?” should be, Is Mr. Smith within?
477. “It is above a month since,” should be, It is more than a month since.
478. “Vegetables were plenty,” should be, Vegetables were plentiful.
479. “We both were very disappointed.” This is an incomplete expression: say, very much, or very greatly. No one would think of saying, “We both were very pleased.”
480. “It is I who is to receive the appointment:” say, who am to receive; who is in the first person, and the verb of which it is the subject must be in the same.