efore.
11. Their clothes are always _tasty_ in appearance.
12. He has money, but he is very _near_.
13. He left the room _unbeknown_ to his mother.
14. If manners are any indication, she belongs to the _nouveau riche_.
15. I feel pretty _tollable_ today.
16. I _reckon_ all will be able to get seats.
17. Do you _callate_ to get there before noon?
18. If I had as much _long green_ as he has, I wouldn't be such a
_tight-wad_.
19. He was the _beau ideal_ of soldier.
20. John is a _crazy cuss_.
21. Let me say _en passant_ we did not ask for the tickets.
22. Even at that time John had a bad _rep_.
23. That woman is the Countess of Verdun, _nee_ Smith.
24. _Methinks_ you are wrong.
25. The teacher _spake_ sharply to her.
26. I _didn't go for to do_ it.
27. It will be published _inside of_ two months.
28. The duke and his wife were travelling _incog_.
29. I hadn't _thought on_ that.
30. There is little difference _twixt_ the two.
31. Come now, _fess up_.
32. It's a _right smart ways_ to Williamsport.
33. You _wot_ not what you say.
34. He bought a _poke_ of apples for his lunch.
35. Brown runs a pretty _classy_ store.
36. I finally _got shut_ of him.
37. I _could of_ jumped across.
38. That can't be done _nohow_.
39. You make such _dumb_ mistakes.
40. I never saw such a _bum_ show.

194. IMPROPRIETIES. The third offense against good use, an impropriety,
is the use of a proper word in an improper sense. In many cases an
offense against good use may be called a barbarism, an impropriety,
or a solecism, since the fields covered by the three terms somewhat
overlap one another. Many improprieties have their origin in the
similarities in sound, spelling or meaning of words. The following
exercises deal with a number of common improprieties resulting
from the confusion of two similar words.

EXERCISE 79

_Study the proper use of the words given under each of the following
divisions. In each group of sentences fill the blanks with the
proper words:_

ACCEPT, EXCEPT. See Glossary at end of book, under _except_.

1. I cannot ---- your gift.
2. Have you no books ---- these?
3. Cicero was not ---- from the list of those condemned.
4. He ---- the invitation.

AFFECT, EFFECT. See Glossary under _effect_.

1. Will your plan ---- a reform from the present condition?
2. The sad news will seriously ---- his mother.
3. How was the bank ---- by the indictment of its president?
4.