20. "Are you at leisure?" pronounce lei in leisure the same as lee. The word should not rhyme with measure.
. "It is an error; you are mistaken:" say, you mistake. Mistaken means misapprehended; "you mistake," means "you misapprehend."
93. Shall and will are often confounded, or misused. The following suggestion will be of service 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. For example: "I shall go by the way of Halifax," simply expresses an event about to take place--as also you will, and they will: I will expresses determination--as also you shall and they shall. Brightland has the following illustrative stanza
93. Shall and will are often confounded, or misused. The following suggestion will be of service 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. For example: "I shall go by the way of Halifax," simply expresses an event about to take place--as also you will, and they will: I will expresses determination--as also you shall and they shall. Brightland has the following illustrative stanza:
"It is highly important, that whatever we learn or know, we should know CORRECTLY; for unless our knowledge be correct, we lose half its value and usefulness."— Conversations on Botany.
Purpose and propose: these two words, which are often confounded, are entirely distinct in meaning. To purpose means to intend; to propose means to offer a proposition.
"It is highly important, that whatever we learn or know, we should know CORRECTLY; for unless our knowledge be correct, we lose half its value and usefulness."--Conversations on Botany.
a still tongue denotes a wise head
authors should be read, not heard
141. WORDS TO BE CAREFULLY DISTINGUISHED.
