for _Child_. This needless use of the adjective for the
noun is probably supposed to be humorous, like "canine" for dog,
"optic" for eye, "anatomy" for body, and the like. Happily the offense
is not very common.

_Kind of a_ for _Kind of_. "He was that kind of a man." Say that kind
of man. Man here is generic, and a genus comprises many kinds. But
there cannot be more than one kind of one thing. _Kind of_ followed by
an adjective, as, "kind of good," is almost too gross for censure.

_Landed Estate_ for _Property in Land_. Dreadful!

_Last_ and _Past_. "Last week." "The past week." Neither is accurate:
a week cannot be the last if another is already begun; and all weeks
except this one are past. Here two wrongs seem to make a right: we can
say the week last past. But will we? I trow not.

_Later on_. On is redundant; say, later.

_Laundry_. Meaning a place where clothing is washed, this word cannot
mean, also, clothing sent there to be washed.

_Lay_ (to place) for _Lie_ (to recline). "The ship lays on her side."
A more common error is made in the past tense, as, "He laid down on
the grass." The confusion comes of the identity of a present tense of
the transitive verb to lay and the past tense of the intransitive verb
to lie.

_Leading Question_. A leading question is not necessarily an important
one; it is one that is so framed as to suggest, or lead to, the answer
desired. Few others than lawyers use the term correctly.

_Lease_. To say of a man that he leases certain premises leaves it
doubtful whether he is lessor or lessee. Being ambiguous, the word
should be used with caution.

_Leave_ for _Go away_. "He left yesterday." Leave is a transitive
verb; name the place of departure.

_Leave_ for _Let_. "Leave it alone." By this many persons mean, not
that it is to be left in solitude, but that it is to be untouched, or
unmolested.

_Lengthways_ for _Lengthwise_.

_Lengthy_. Usually said in disparagement of some wearisome discourse.
It is no better than breadthy, or thicknessy.

_Leniency_ for _Lenity_. The words are synonymous, but the latter is
the better.

_Less_ for _Fewer_. "The regiment had less than five hundred men."
Less relates to quantity, fewer, to number.

_Limited_ for _Small_, _Inadequate_, etc. "The army's operations were
confined to a limited area." "We had a limited supply of food." A
large area and an adequate supply would also be limited. Everything
that we know about is limited.