ear_.= Vulgar for _not nearly_.

=_Nowheres_.= Vulgar.

=_O_ and _Oh_.= _O_ is used with a noun in direct address; it is
not separated from the noun by any marks of punctuation. _Oh_
is used as an interjection; it is followed by a comma or an
exclamation point. "Hear, O king, what thy servants would say."
"Oh, dear!"

=_Of_.= Do not use for _have_ in such combinations as _should
have_, _may have_, _ought to have_.

=_Off of_.= _On_, _upon_, or some equivalent expression is
usually preferable.

=_Ought to of_.= A vulgarism for _ought to have_.

=_Over with_.= Crude for _over_.

=_Pants_.= _Trousers_ is the approved term in literary usage.
_Pants_ (from _pantaloons_) has found some degree of colloquial
and commercial acceptance.

=_Party_.= Not to be used for _person_, except in legal phrases.

=_Phone_.= A contraction not employed in formal writing. Say
_telephone_.

=_Plenty_.= A noun; not in good use as an adjective or an adverb.
"He had _plenty of_ (not _plenty_) resources." "He had
_resources in plenty_ (not _resources plenty_)."

=_Proposition_.= Means a _thing proposed_. Do not use loosely, as
in the sentence: "A berth on a Pullman is a good proposition
during a railway journey at night." See 62.

=_Proven_.= Prefer _proved_.

=_Providing_.= Prefer _provided_ in such expressions as "I will
vote for him _provided_ (not _providing_) he is a candidate."

=_Quite a_.= Colloquial in such expressions as _quite a while_,
_quite a few_, _quite a number_.

=_Raise_.= _Rear_ or _bring up_ is preferable in speaking of
children. "She _reared_ (not _raised_) seven children."

=_Rarely ever_.= Crude for _rarely_, _hardly ever_.

=_Real_.= Crude for _very_ or _really_. "She was _very_ (not
_real_) intelligent." "He was _really_ (not _real_) brave."

=_Remember of_.= Not to be used for _remember_.

=_Right smart_ and _Right smart of_.= Extremely vulgar.

=_Same_.= No longer used as a pronoun except in legal documents.
"He saw her drop the purse and restored _it_ (not _the same_)
to her."

=_Scarcely_.= Not to be used with a negative. See 34.

=_Seldom ever_.= Crude for _seldom_, _hardly ever_.

=_Shall_.= Do not confuse with _will_. See 53.

=_Sight_.= _A sight_ or _a sight of_ is very crud