eed." In the latter case, the reader makes _one day_ the name of
the oak,--putting the two nouns in apposition as meaning one thing. In
the Lord's Prayer, it is not uncommon to see a comma after the words,
_kingdom_, _power_, and _glory_; as, "For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, forever and ever." Rhetorically, and to give force
and emphasis to each expression, a pause in reading is necessary; but,
grammatically, the comma is inaccurate.

Writers sometimes, and frequently proof-readers, blunder in the proper
use of the exclamations, _O_ and _Oh_. The former should be used only
in cases of invocation, as, "O Lord!" "O my countrymen!"--the latter in
cases of emotion, as, "Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might
fly to the uttermost parts of the earth!"--"Oh for a lodge in some vast
wilderness!"

It is not, perhaps, surprising that errors in grammar should be
frequently seen on signs; as, for instance, "House to Let," which should
be, "House to be Let." A person can "Let" the house to another; but he
who occupies it cannot say that he "Lets" it. Occasionally are seen on
painted signs the words _Billiards_, _Groceries_, with an apostrophe
before the letter _s_; and even in classic Cambridge this sign was to
be seen at one time, "Students Tickets can be had here," without the
apostrophe after the letter _s_ in the word _Students_. The other day,
in Harvard Square, was to be seen the sign, "Students Furniture," also
without the apostrophe. Under the portrait of Admiral Dewey, during his
reception in Boston, were the words, "Our Nations Hero," without the
apostrophe before the letter _s_. If authors and proof-readers
occasionally nod, why should not also the people?

The colloquial inquiry, "Where do you live?" should be, "Where do you
reside?"--for we live _everywhere_, but we reside only at _one place_.

A not uncommon error is made even by noted writers in the misuse of the
article _a_ before the word _historical_; as, "In a historical address
at the observance of the centennial of Washington's death." We can say,
"A history of," etc., for the accent is on the _first_ syllable; but in
the expression, "An historical," the accent being on the _second_
syllable, good taste and euphony demand the article _an_.

Occasionally a writer will split his infinitive; as, "We were to
cautiously and quickly advance to the hill above," instead of, "We
were to advance cautiously and quickly to the hill above