d nine _foot_ broad:" say, twelve
_feet_, nine _feet_.

189. "He is a _Highlander_:" never say, _Heelander_.

190. "He is _singular_, though _regular_ in his habits, and also very
_particular_:" beware of leaving out the _u_ in _singular_, _regular_, and
_particular_, which is a very common practice.

191. "They are detained _at_ France:" say, _in_ France.

192. "He lives _at_ New-York:" say, _in_ New-York.

193. "He is very _dry_" (meaning _thirsty_), is a very common and very
improper word to use: say, _thirsty_.

194. "No _less_ than fifty persons were there:" say, _fewer_, &c. _Less_
refers to _quantity_; _fewer_ to _number_.

195. "_Such another_ victory, and we shall be ruined:" say, _Another such_
victory, &c.

196. "It is _some distance_, from our house:" say, _at some distance_, &c.

197. "I shall call _upon_ him:" say, _on_ him.

198. "Remove those _trestles_:" pronounce _trestles_ exactly as written,
only leaving out the _t_; never say _trussles_.

199. "He is much addicted to _raillery_:" in pronouncing _raillery_, leave
out the _i_; never say, _rail-le-ry_.

200. "He is a Doctor of _Medicine_:" pronounce _medicine_ in _three_
syllables, NEVER in _two_.

201. "They told me to enter _in_:" leave out _in_, as it is implied in
_enter_.

202. "His _strength_ is failing:" never say, _strenth_.

203. "Give me both _of_ those books:" leave out _of_.

204. "_Whenever_ I try to write well, I _always_ find I can do it:" leave
out _always_, which is unnecessary and improper.

205. "He plunged _down_ into the stream:" leave out _down_.

206. "I never saw his _nephew_:" say, _nef-ew_; never _nev-u_, or
_nevvey_.

207. "She is the _matron_:" say, _may-tron_, and not _mat-ron_.

208. "Give me _leave_ to tell you:" never say _lief_ for _leave_.

209. "The _height_ is considerable:" pronounce _height_ so as to rhyme
with _tight_; never _hate_ nor _heighth_. An instance occurs in "Paradise
Lost" in which this word is spelled and pronounced _highth_.

210. "Who has my _scissors_?" never call _scissors_, _sithers_.

211. "He has obtained a good _situation_:" pronounce _situation_ as if
written _sit-you-a-tion_, and do not say, _sitch-u-a-tion_.

212. "I had as _lief_ do it as not:" _lief_ means _willingly_, _gladly_,
and is not to be confounded with _leave_, as in example No. 208.

213. "First _of all_ I shall give you a lesson in French, and last _of
all_ in music:" omit _of all_ in both instances