e_.

Wrong: I shall walk a _little piece_ with you.

Right: I shall walk a _little way_ with you.

PLACE. Do not use _place_ after _any, every, no_, etc., in the sense
of _anywhere, everywhere, nowhere_, etc.

Wrong: I can not find it _any place_.

Right: I can not find it _anywhere_.

PLENTY. Do not use _plenty_ as an adjective or an adverb.

Wrong: Money is _plenty_. He is _plenty able_ to do it.

Right: Money is _plentiful_. He is _quite able_ to do it.

POORLY. Do not use _poorly_ for _ill_ or _bad_.

Wrong: He feels very _poorly_.

PRINCIPLE, PRINCIPAL. Do not confuse _principle_ and _principal_.
_Principle_ means a _rule_ or _truth_. _Principal_ means _leader,
chief, the most important_.

PROPOSE. Do not use _propose_ in the sense of _intend_.

Wrong: I _propose_ to tell all I know.

Right: I _intend_ to tell all I know.

PROVIDING. Do not use _providing_ for _if_ or _on the condition_.

Wrong: I will go _providing_ you can get tickets for three.

Right: I will go _on the condition that_ you get the tickets.

RAISE, RISE. Do not confuse _raise_ with _rise_. See Sec.57.

RECOMMEND, RECOMMENDATION. Do not use _recommend_ as a noun.
_Recommendation_ is the noun.

Wrong: Her employer gave her a good _recommend_.

Right: Her employer gave her a good _recommendation_.

RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT OFF. Do not use _right away_ or _right off_ in
the sense of _immediately_.

Wrong: After the play we will come _right off_.

Right: After the play we will come _at once_.

SAME. Do not use _same_ as a pronoun.

Wrong: I will write the letter and mail _same_ at once.

Right: I will write the letter and mail _it_ at once.

SAY. Do not use _say_ in the sense of _order_ or _command_.

Wrong: Your mother _said for_ you to come home at once.

Right: Your mother _said that_ you should come home at once.

SCARCELY. Do not use _scarcely_ after a negative. See Sec.46.

Wrong: There _was not scarcely_ a pound of meat for us all.

Right: There _was scarcely_ a pound of meat for us all.

SELDOM EVER. Do not use _seldom_ with _ever_. Say instead _seldom_
or _seldom, if ever_.

Wrong: Fires _seldom ever_ occur.

Right: Fires _seldom_ occur. Fires _seldom, if ever_ occur.

SHUT OF. Do not use _shut of_ in the sense of _rid of_.

Wrong: We are _shut of_ him at last.

SIGHT. Do not use _sight_ in the sense of _many_ or _much_.

Wrong: A great _sight of people_ flocked to hear him.

Right: A great _many pe