the _better_ of the two brothers.

Right: He is the _best_ of the three brothers.

BOUND. Do not use _bound_ for _determined_.

Wrong: He was _bound_ to go skating.

Right: He was _determined_ to go skating.

Right: He _bound_ himself to pay three hundred dollars.

BUT. Do not use _but_ after a negative in the sense of _only_. See
Sec.46.

Wrong: There _isn't but_ one apple left.

Right: There _is but_ one apple left.

CALCULATE. Do not use _calculate_ in the sense of _think, expect_,
or _intend_.

CAN. Do not use _can_ to denote permission. It denotes ability or
possibility. _May_ denotes permission. See Sec.69

Wrong: _Can_ I speak to you for a minute?

Right: _May_ I speak to you for a moment?

CHARACTER, REPUTATION. Do not confuse these two words. _Character_
means one's moral condition. _Reputation_ means the morality that
others believe one to possess.

CLUM. There is no such form of the verb _climb_.

COMPLECTED. Do not use _complected_ for _complexioned_. See Sec.40.

CONCLUDE. Do not use conclude in the sense of _forming an intention._

Right: Finally, I _decided_ to go home.

Right: I was forced to _conclude_ that I had made an error.

CONSIDERABLE. Do not use _considerable_ in the sense of _very much_.

Wrong: This lesson is _considerable_ better than yesterday's.

CUTE. A much overworked word. Use some expression that is more accurate;
as, _pretty, amusing_, etc.

DECEASE, DISEASE. Do not confuse _decease_ and _disease_. The first
means _death_, the second _sickness_. _The deceased_ means a person
who is dead.

Wrong: The _diseased_ will be buried at four o'clock.

Wrong: The property of the _diseased_ will be sold at auction.

DECEASE. Do not use _decease_ as a verb in the sense of _die_.

Wrong: His father _deceased_ last year.

DEMAND. _Demand_ should not have a person as its object.

Wrong: He _demanded_ John to pay.

Right: He _demanded_ payment from John. He _demanded_ that John
pay.

DIFFERENT. Use the preposition _from_ after _different_, not _than_.

DON'T. Do not use _don't_ with a subject in the third person singular.
See Sec.64.

DOWN. Do not use _down_ as a verb in the sense of _defeat_ or
_overthrow_.

Wrong: Our football team _has downed_ every other team in the state.

Right: Our football team _has defeated_ every other team in the
state.

DROWNDED. _Drownded_ is not a proper form of the verb _drown_. Say
_drowned_. (Pronounced _drownd._)

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