e use of _without_ for _unless_ is a very common mistake.

95. "He claimed admission to the _chiefest_ offices:" say, _chief_.
_Chief_, _right_, _supreme_, _correct_, _true_, _universal_, _perfect_,
_consummate_, _extreme_, _&c._, _imply_ the superlative degree without
adding _est_, or prefixing _most_. In language sublime or impassioned,
however, the word _perfect_ requires the superlative form, to give it its
fullest effect.

96. "I _had rather do_ it now:" say, I _would rather do_. The
incorrectness of the first form of expression is very clearly seen by
cutting out _rather_, leaving "_I had do_," which is ungrammatical and
meaningless.

97. An obituary notice contained the following ludicrous statement: "He
left a large circle of mourners, _embracing his amiable wife and
children_!" _Comprising_ should have been used, instead of _embracing_.

98. "His _court-of-arms_ is very splendid:" say, _coat-of-arms_.

99. "They ride about in small carriages, which are called _flies_:" write
the last word _flys_; _flies_ is the plural of _fly_, the insect.

100. "Victoria is Queen of the _United Kingdom_:" say, _United Kingdoms_.
Who ever speaks of the _United State of America_?

101. "I have not traveled _this twenty years_:" say, _these twenty years_.

102. "Soldier arms!" Say, "_Shoulder arms!_" The latter is frequently
corrupted into "_Sojer arms!_"

103. "He is _very much the gentleman_:" say, He is _a very gentlemanly
man_, or, _He is very gentlemanly_.

104. "The _yellow_ part of an egg is very nourishing:" never pronounce
_yellow_ so as to rhyme with _tallow_, as we so often hear.

105. "We are going to the _Zoological_ Gardens:" pronounce _Zoological_ in
_five_ syllables, and place the accent on _log_ in _logical_; sound _log_
like _lodge_, and _the first two o's in distinct syllables_; _never_ make
_Zool one_ syllable.

106. "He _strived_ to obtain an appointment:" say, _strove_.

107. "He always preaches _extempore_:" pronounce _extempore in four
syllables_, with the accent on _tem_, and _never in three_, making _pore_
to rhyme with _sore_--but with _story_.

108. "Allow me to _suggest_:" pronounce _sug_ as to rhyme with _mug_, and
_gest_ like _jest_; never say _sudjest_.

109. "That building is an _episcopal_ chapel:" pronounce _episcopal_ with
the accent on the second syllable, and _not_ on _co_.

110. "The Emperor of Russia is a _formidable_ sovereign:" pronounce
_formidable_ with the accent on _