s
composition this may do, though it is not funny; but in serious work
use the regular pronoun.

_Then_ as an Adjective. "The then governor of the colony." Say, the
governor of the colony at that time.

_Those Kind_ for _That Kind_. "Those kind of things." Almost too
absurd for condemnation, and happily not very common out of the class
of analphabets.

_Though_ for _If_. "She wept as though her heart was broken." Many
good writers, even some devoid of the lexicographers' passion for
inclusion and approval, have specifically defended this locution,
backing their example by their precept. Perhaps it is a question of
taste; let us attend their cry and pass on.

_Thrifty_ for _Thriving_. "A thrifty village." To thrive is an end;
thrift is a means to that end.

_Through_ for _Done_. "The lecturer is through talking." "I am through
with it." Say, I have done with it.

_To_. As part of an infinitive it should not be separated from the
other part by an adverb, as, "to hastily think," for hastily to think,
or, to think hastily. Condemnation of the split infinitive is now
pretty general, but it is only recently that any one seems to have
thought of it. Our forefathers and we elder writers of this generation
used it freely and without shame--perhaps because it had not a name,
and our crime could not be pointed out without too much explanation.

_To_ for _At_. "We have been to church," "I was to the theater." One
can go to a place, but one cannot be to it.

_Total_. "The figures totaled 10,000." Say, The total of the figures
was 10,000.

_Transaction_ for _Action_, or _Incident_. "The policeman struck the
man with his club, but the transaction was not reported." "The picking
of a pocket is a criminal transaction." In a transaction two or more
persons must have an active or assenting part; as, a business
transaction, Transactions of the Geographical Society, etc. The
Society's action would be better called Proceedings.

_Transpire_ for _Occur_, _Happen_, etc. "This event transpired in
1906." Transpire (_trans_, through, and _spirare_, to breathe) means
leak out, that is, become known. What transpired in 1906 may have
occurred long before.

_Trifling_ for _Trivial_. "A trifling defect"; "a trifling error."

_Trust_ for _Wealthy Corporation_. There are few trusts; capitalists
have mostly abandoned the trust form of combination.

_Try an Experiment_. An experiment is a trial; we cannot try a trial.
Say, make.

_Try