nces is incorrect or inappropriate for
written discourse. Improve the sentences.

1. I was kind of tired this morning, but now I feel alright.

2. I should of known better.

3. A young lady and myself went walking.

4. He is out of town for a couple days.

5. I feel some better now.

6. He will benefit greatly from the results.

7. The Puritans were a very odd acting people.

8. I like camping because of many reasons.

9. Cook your meal, and after you are finished eating, wash the
dishes.

10. He is a regular genius of a bookkeeper.

11. It is hard to see how humans can live in such tenements.

12. The soldiers destroyed property without the least regard of
who owned it.

13. She was crazy for an invite to the hop.

14. It was up to me to get out before there was something
doing.

15. The Gettysburg Address is very simple of understanding
though very strong of meaning.

16. When we become located in a desirable locality, we intend
to pay off some of our social indebtedness.

17. Have some local glass dealer to mend the broken door, and
send us the bill for the same.

18. The first part of Franklin's _Autobiography_ is different
than the latter part, which he wrote after the Revolutionary
War.

19. In 1771 a fellow by the name of Arkwright established a
mill in which spinning machines were run by water power.

20. Each day has brought closer to home the truth that the
condition of mankind in one part of the world is certain to
effect the equilibrium of mankind in most all other parts of
the world.

SPELLING

No one is able to spell all unusual words on demand. But every one must
spell correctly even unusual words in formal writing. The writer has
time or must take time to consult a dictionary. The best dictionaries
are _Webster's New International Dictionary_, the _Standard Dictionary_
(less conservative than Webster's), the _Century Dictionary and
Cyclopedia_ (Volume 2 of the _Century_ is the best place to look for
proper names), and _Murray's New English Dictionary_ (very thorough,
each word being illustrated with numerous quotations to show historical
development). An abridged edition of one of these (the price is one to
three dollars) should be accessible to each student who cannot buy the
larger volumes. The best are: _We