To _purpose_ means _to intend_; _to
propose_ means _to offer a proposition_.

72. _Directing and addressing letters_: _Directing_ designates the persons
to whom, and the place to which the letter, as a parcel, is to be sent;
_addressing_ refers to the individual to whom, as a communication, it is
written. A letter _addressed_ to the President, may be _directed_ to his
secretary.

73. "_Who_ do you think I saw yesterday?" say, _Whom_.

74. A popular proverb is expressed in the following language: "Of _two_
evils choose the _least_;" say, _the less_. Of no less than _three_ evils
can a person choose the _least_.

75. _Exaggerate_: pronounce _exad-gerate_, and _do not sound agger_ as in
_dagger_.

76. _Ladies School_: the _usual_ form, but _not correct_; write, _Ladies'
School_. The apostrophe (') is thus used after nouns in the plural, and
indicates _possession_. In the singular, it is placed _before the s_, as,
_The lady's school_.

77. The following equivocal notice is said to swing out on a sign-board
somewhere in the Western country: "SMITH & HUGGS--SELECT SCHOOL.--_Smith
teaches the boys, and Huggs the girls._" _Huggs needs correction!_

78. "He keeps a _chaise_:" pronounce it _shaze_, and not _shay_; it has a
regular plural, _chaises_.

79. "The _drought_ lasted a long time:" pronounce _drought_ so as to rhyme
with _sprout_, and not _drowth_.

80. "The two friends _conversed together_ for an hour:" omit _together_,
as the full meaning of this word is implied in _con_, which means _with_,
or _together_, or _in company_.

81. "The affair was _compromised_:" pronounce _compromised_ in three
syllables, and place the accent on _com_, sounding _mised_ like _prized_.

82. "A _steam-engine_:" pronounce _engine_ with _en_ as in _pen_, and _not
like in_; also, pronounce _gine_ like _gin_.

83. "Several of the trappers were massacred by the Indians:" pronounce
_massacred_ with the accent on _mas_, and _red_ like _erd_, as if
_massaker'd_; never say _massacreed_, which is abominable.

84. "The King of Israel and the King of Judah sat _either of them_ on his
throne:" say, _each of them_. _Either_ signifies the _one_ or the _other_,
but _not both_. _Each_ relates to _two or more objects_, and signifies
_both of the two_, or _every one of any number taken singly_. We can say,
"_either_ of the three," for "_one_ of the three."

85. "A _respite_ was granted the convict:" pronounce _respite_ with the
accent on _res_