s) the
fresh salt air.
36. Bach of the gentlemen offered ---- assistance.
37. Nobody but a fool would have left ---- money in such a place.
38. Anybody wishing to sell ---- bicycle will please call at No. 267.
39. Franklin and Collins started off together, each with very little money
in ---- pockets.
40. In the time of Franklin's great-great-grandfather, if a person was
caught using an English Bible ---- was (were) treated as a heretic.
41. Nobody should praise ----self (selves).
42. Neither the merchant nor the lawyer made ----self (selves) rich.
43. Every man and every boy received ---- wages.
44. When the carnival comes off everybody who owns a boat, or who can
borrow one, decorates it as best ---- can with lanterns and trimmings.
45. Every cowboy carries a pistol and knows how to use it very quickly;
---- also has (have) a knife stuck in ---- belt, in the use of which
---- is (are) very expert.
46. Everybody's heart is open, you know, when ---- has (have) recently
escaped from severe pain.

OMITTED PRONOUNS.[63]--The omission of necessary pronouns--an
omission especially common in business letters--cannot be justified on
the ground of brevity.

[63] "Foundations," pp. 77, 78.

EXERCISE XXXVII.

_Insert the omitted pronouns in_--

1. After twenty-two years' experience announce the opening of my new
store. Hope to serve the public better by presenting new ideas. Would
invite inspection.
2. Have received manuscript, but not had time to examine. Will take up in
a few days. If good, will publish.
3. Dr. Jones and wife occupy the front room.
4. My inability to get employment, and destitute condition, depressed me.
5. She didn't trouble to make any excuse to her husband.
6. Accept thanks for lovely present. Hope we may have the pleasure of
using together in the near future.

REDUNDANT PRONOUNS.--A vulgarism not often seen in writing, but
common in conversation, consists in the use of an unnecessary pronoun
after the subject of a sentence. Thus,

_Teacher_: Who was Benjamin Franklin?
_Pupil_: Benjamin Franklin, _he_ was a great American philosopher and
statesman.

CHAPTER V.

OF VERBS

CORRECT and INCORRECT FORMS.[64]--It is not enough to learn by
heart the "principal parts" of a verb; the habit of using them correctly
should be acquired. The following verb-forms are often misused:--

_Present. Past Indicative. Past Participle._

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