adn't ought_) to make this
error."

=_Hardly_.= Not to be used with a negative. See 34.

=_Home_.= Do not use when you mean simply _house_.

=_Human_ or _humans_.= Not in good use as a noun. Say _human
being_. Right: "The house was not fit for _human beings_ (not
_humans_) to live in."

=_If_.= Do not use for _whether_. "I can't say _whether_ (not
_if_) the laundry will be finished today."

=_In_.= Often misused for _into_. "He jumped _into_ (not _in_)
the pond."

=_It's_.= Means _it is_; not to be written for the possessive
_its_.

=_Kind of_.= (a) Should not modify adjectives or verbs. "He was
_somewhat_ (not _kind of_) lean." "_She partly suspected_ (not
_She kind of suspected_) what was going on." (b) When using
with a noun, do not follow by _a_. "That kind of man"; not
"That kind of a man."

=_Like_.= To be followed by a substantive; never by a substantive
and a verb. "He ran like a deer." "Do _as_ (not _like_) I do."
"She felt _as if_ (not _like_) she was going to faint." _Like_
is a preposition; _as_ is a conjunction.

=_Literally_.= Do not use where you plainly do not mean it, as in
the sentence, "I was literally tickled to death."

=_Loan_.= _Lend_ is in better use as a verb.

=_Locate_.= Do not use for _settle_ or _establish oneself_.

=_Lose out_.= Not used in formal writing. Say _lose_.

=_Lots of_.= A mercantile term which has a dubious colloquial
standing. Not in good literary use for _many_ or _much_.

=_Might of_.= A vulgarism for _might have_.

=_Most_.= Do not use for _almost_. "_Almost_ (not _most_) all."

=_Myself_.= Intensive or reflexive; do not use when the simple
personal pronoun would suffice. "I saw them myself." "Some
friends and _I_ (not _myself_) went walking."

=_Neither_.= Used with _nor_, and not with _or_. "Neither the man
whom his associates had suspected _nor_ (not _or_) the one whom
the police had arrested was the criminal." "She could neither
paint a good picture _nor_ (not _or_) play the violin well."

=_Nice_.= Means _delicate_ or _precise_. _Nice_ is used in a
loose colloquial way to indicate general approval, but should
not be so used in formal writing. Right: "He displayed nice
judgment." "We had a _pleasant_ (not _nice_) time." See 62.

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