here were seventeen senators voted for the bill." Better:
"Seventeen senators voted for the bill."

=_These sort_, _These kind_.= Ungrammatical. See 51b.

=_This here_.= Do not use for _this_.

=_Those_.= Do not carelessly omit a relative clause after
_those_. Faulty: "He is one of those talebearers." Better: "He
is a talebearer." [Or] "He is one of those talebearers whom
everybody dislikes."

=_Those kind_, _those sort_.= Ungrammatical. See 51b.

=_Till_.= Do not carelessly misuse for _when_: "I had scarcely
strapped on my skates _when_ (not _till_) Henry fell through an
air hole."

=_Transpire_.= Means _to give forth_ or _to become known_, not
_to occur_. "The secret _transpired_." "The sale of the
property _occurred_ (not _transpired_) last Thursday."

=_Try_.= A verb, not a noun.

=_Unique_.= Means _alone of its kind_, not _odd_ or _unusual_.

=_United States_.= Ordinarily preceded by _the_. "The United
States raised a large army." (Not "United States raised a large
army.")

=_Up_.= Do not needlessly insert after such verbs as _end_,
_rest_, _settle_.

=_Used to could_.= Very crude. Say _used to be able_ or _once
could_.

=_Very_.= Accompanied by _much_ when used with the past
participle. "He was _very much_ (not _very_) pleased with his
reception."

=_Want to_.= Not to be used in the sense of _should_, _had
better_. "You _should_ (not _You want to_) keep in good
physical condition."

=_Way_.= Not to be used for _away_. "Away (not _way_) down the
street."

=_Ways_.= Not to be used for _way_ in referring to distance. "A
little _way_ (not _ways_)."

=_When_.= (a) Not to be used for _that_ in such a sentence as "It
was in the afternoon that the races began." (b) A _when_ clause
is not to be used as a predicate noun. See 6.

=_Where_.= (a) Not to be used for _that_ in such a sentence as "I
see in the paper that our team lost the game." (b) A _where_
clause is not to be used as a predicate noun. See 6.

=_Where at_.= Vulgar. "Where is he? (not _Where is he at_?)"

=_Which_.= Do not use for _who_ or _that_ in referring to
persons. "The friends _who_ (not _which_) had loved him in his
boyhood were still faithful to him."

=_Who_.= Do not use unnecessarily for _which_ or _that_ in