rmit me
to repay it:" say, either "I owe _you_," &c., preserving "and _you_ will"
in the second clause; or, "I owe _thee_," and altering "and _you_ will"
into "and _thou wilt_."

488. "Every lancer and every rifleman _were at their post_:" say, _was at
his_ post.

489. "I can lift as many pounds _as he has_:" add _lifted_.

490. Do not use _to_, the sign of the infinitive mood, for the infinitive
itself. "I have not written to him, and I am not likely _to_," should
read, "I am not likely _to write to him_."

491. The word _agree_ is sometimes followed by the wrong preposition. We
should say, agree _with_ a person--_to_ a proposition--_upon_ a thing
among ourselves.

492. We should say _compare with_, in respect of quality--_compare to_,
for the sake of illustration.

493. We should say copy _after_ a person--_copy from_ a thing.

494. _Between_ is properly applied only to two objects; _among_, to three
or more. "A father divided a portion of his property _between_ his two
sons; the rest he distributed _among_ the poor."

495. _In_ should not be used for _into_, after verbs denoting entrance.
"Come _in_ my parlor," should read, "Come _into_ my parlor."

496. "We confide _in_, and have respect _for_, the good." Such a form of
expression is strained and awkward. It is better to say, "We confide _in_
the good, and have respect for _them_," or, "We _trust_ and _respect_ the
good."

497. "This veil of flesh parts the visible and the invisible world:" say,
"parts the visible _from_ the invisible." It certainly is not meant that
the veil of flesh _parts_ (or _divides_) each of these worlds.

498. "Every leaf, every twig, every blade, every drop of water, _teem_
with life:" say, _teems_.

499. "Dr. Prideaux used to relate that when he brought the manuscript of
his Connection of the Old and the New Testaments to the publisher, _he
told him_ it was a dry subject, and that the printing could not be safely
ventured upon unless he could enliven the work with a little humor." The
sense alone, and not the _sentence_, indicates to whom _he_ and _him_
respectively refer; such a form of expression is faulty, because it may
lead to a violation of _perspicuity_, which is one of the most essential
qualities of a good style.

500. The last direction which this little book will give, on the subject
with which it has been occupied, is one that long ago was given in the
greatest of books--"Let your conversation be as it becometh