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ession is indicated by _have_ alone. Another common mistake is the use of _got_ to express obligation or constraint. "I have _got_ to do it." _Guess_ should not be used in the sense of _think_ or _imagine_. _Handy_ should never be used to express nearness. _Hanged_ should be used to express the execution of a human being. _Hung_ is the past participle in all other uses. _Hardly._ "I _can hardly_ see it," not "I _can't hardly_ see it." _Healthy_ which means "possessed of health" should be distinguished from _healthful_ and _wholesome_ which mean "health giving." _High_ should not be confused with _tall_. _Home_ is not a synonym for _house_. A beautiful _house_ is a very different thing from a beautiful _home_. _Honorable_ as a title should always be preceded by _the_. _How_ should not be used for _what_, or for _that_. It means "in what manner." _How that_ should not be used when either one will do alone. Such a sentence as "We have already noted how that Tillotson defied rubrical order...." is very bad. _If_ should not be used in the sense of _where_ or _that_. _Ilk_ means "the same" not _kind_ or _sort_. _Ill_ is an adverb as well as an adjective. Do not say illy. _In_ should not be used for _into_ when motion is implied. You ride _in_ a car but you get _into_ it. _Inaugurate_ should not be used for _begin_. _Individual_ should not be used for _person_. _Inside of_ should not be used as an expression of time. _Invaluable_, meaning "of very great value" should not be confused with _valueless_, meaning "of no value." _Invite_ should not be used for _invitation_. _Kind_ is not plural. Do not say "These" or "those" _kind_ of things. _Kind of_ should never be followed by the indefinite article. "What _kind of_ man is he?" not "What _kind of a_ man is he?" _Kind of_ or _sort of_ should not be used in the sense of _rather_ or _somewhat_. _Kindly_ is often misused in such expressions as "You are _kindly_ requested to recommend a compositor." Undoubtedly the idea of kindness is attached to the recommendation not to the request and the sentence should be so framed as to express it. _Last_ is often misused for _latest_. "The _last_ number of the paper" is not the one that appeared this morning but the one that finally closes publication. _Latter_ applies only to the last of two. If a longer series than two is referred to, say _the last_. _Lay_, which is a transitive verb, shou
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