ord is frequently and inelegantly abbreviated, in
pronunciation, into _agin_.

154. "_No one_ should incur censure for being careful of _their_ good
character:" say, of _his_ (or _her_).

155. "The yacht capsized in rounding the stake-boat, and the helmsman was
_drownded_:" say, _drowned_.

156. "_Jalap_ will be of service to you:" pronounce the word as it is
spelled, never saying _jollop_.

157. The word _curiosity_, though a very common term, and one that should
be correctly pronounced by everybody, is frequently called _curosity_.

158. "He has just set out to _take a tour_:" pronounce _tour_ so as to
rhyme with _poor_. Be careful to avoid saying, _take a tower_; such a
pronunciation might suggest the Mamelon, instead of a trip of travel.

159. "The storm _is_ ceased, and the sky is clear:" say, _has_ ceased.

160. "Do you know _who_ this dog-headed cane belongs to?" say, _whom_. In
expressing in _writing_ the idea conveyed in this question, a better form
of sentence would be, "Do you know _to whom_ this belongs?" In familiar
conversation, however, the latter mode might be thought too formal and
precise.

161. "_Who_ did you wish to see?" say, _whom_.

162. "_Whom_ say ye that I am?" This is the English translation, given in
Luke ix. 20, of the question of Christ to Peter. The word _whom_ should be
_who_. Other instances of grammatical inaccuracies occur in the Bible; for
example, in the Sermon on the Mount, the Saviour says: "Lay not up for
yourselves treasures on earth, where _moth and rust doth corrupt_," &c.
"_Moth and rust_" make a plural nominative to "_doth_ corrupt," a singular
verb. The following, however, is correct: "But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where _neither moth nor rust doth corrupt_."

163. The word _chimney_ is sometimes called incorrectly _chimley_ and
_chimbley_.

164. "I was walking _towards_ home:" pronounce _towards_ so as to rhyme
with _boards_; _never_ say, _to-wards_.

165. "A _courier_ is expected from Washington:" pronounce _cou_ in
_courier_ so as to rhyme with _too_, never like _currier_; the two words
have entirely distinct significations.

166. "Let each of us mind _their_ own business:" say, _his_ own business.

167. "Who made that noise? Not _me_:" say, Not _I_.

168. "Is this or that the _best_ road?" say, the _better_ road.

169. "_Rinse_ your mouth:" pronounce _rinse_ as it is written, and never
_rense_. "_Rench your mouth_," said a fashionable d