Practical Grammar and Composition Part 55

2. It makes one ---- to see such behavior.

3. The noise almost drove me ----.

MUCH, MANY. _Much_ refers to quant.i.ty; _many_ to number.

1. Sometimes they have as ---- as fifty in a cla.s.s.

2. ---- of the trouble comes from his weak eyes.

3. Do you use ---- horses on the farm?

4. How ---- marbles did the boy have?

NEAR, NEARLY. _Near_ is an adjective; _nearly_ an adverb.

1. Is the work ---- finished?

2. The man was ---- the end of the porch.

3. It was ---- noon when Blucher came.

4. They are ---- insane with worry.

5. Mary is not ---- so old as John.

OBSERVATION, OBSERVANCE. _Observation_ means to _watch, to look at.

Observance_ means _to celebrate, to keep_. _Observation_ applies to a fact or an object; _observance_ to a festival, a holiday, or a rule.

1. The ---- of the astronomer proved the theory.

2. Sunday ---- is of value to one's bodily as well as to one's spiritual health.

3. The ---- of the sanitary regulations was insisted upon.

4. The scientist needs highly developed powers of ----.

RESPECTIVELY, RESPECTFULLY. _Respectively_ means _particularly, relating to each. Respectfully_ means _characterized by high regard._

1. These three kinds of architecture were characterized ---- as "severe," "graceful," and "ornate."

2. Sign your letter "Yours ----," not "yours ----."

3. Their shares were ---- two hundred dollars and five hundred dollars, 4. The cla.s.s ---- informed the faculty of their desire.

SUSPECT, EXPECT. _Suspect_ means _to mistrust. Expect_ means _to look forward to_.

1. I ---- that he will come.

2. He ---- his brother of hiding his coat.

3. When do you ---- to finish the work?

4. The man was never before ---- of having done wrong.

TEACH, LEARN. See Glossary under _learn_.

1. You must ---- him to be careful.

2. He must ---- to be careful.

3. To ---- a cla.s.s to study is a difficult task.

4. Who ---- your cla.s.s to-day.

TRANSPIRE, HAPPEN. _Transpire_ does not mean _to happen_. It means _to become gradually known, to leak out_.

1. She knows everything that ---- in the village.

2. It ---- that he had secretly sold the farm.

3. No more important event than this has ---- in the last ten years.

4. It has now ---- that some money was stolen.

QUITE, VERY. _Quite_ is not in good use in the sense of _very_ or _to a great degree_. It properly means _entirely_.

1. The book is ---- easy to study.

2. Have you ---- finished your work.

3. The train ran ---- slowly for most of the distance.

4. That is ---- easy to do.

5. We were ---- unable to reach the city any sooner.

EXERCISE 80

_The following list includes some groups of words that are often confused. Far the proper meaning of the words refer to a good dictionary. Write sentences using the words in their proper senses:_

practical, skilled sensible, sensitive couple, two access, accession future, subsequent allusion, illusion, delusion folk, family conscience, consciousness evidence, testimony ident.i.ty, identification party, person, firm limit, limitation plenty, many, enough of majority, plurality portion, part materialize, appear solicitation, solicitude invent, discover human, humane prescribe, proscribe bound, determined some, somewhat, something fix, mend mutual, common foot, pay noted, notorious creditable, credible wait for, wait on exceptionable, exceptional in, into

EXERCISE 81

_Show how the use of each of the two italicized words in the following sentences would affect the meaning of the sentence:_

1. We experienced a _succession series_ of hindrances.

2. That _statement a.s.sertion_ was made by an eye witness.

3. The student has remarkable _ability capacity_.

4. In my _estimate estimation_ the cost will be higher than fifty dollars.

5. The _import importance_ of his words is not fully understood.

6. The _union unity_ of the clubs is remarkable.

7. The _acts actions_ of the president were closely watched.

8. The man needed a new _stimulus stimulant_.

9. He was _captivated captured_ by her unusual charms.

10. We are quick to _impute impugn_ motives that we think to exist.

11. He was _convinced convicted_ by John's argument.

12. The dog's suffering was _alleviated relieved_ by the medicine.

13. He _persuaded advised_ me to consult a lawyer.

14. His behavior was _funny odd_.

15. The plan seems _practical practicable_.

16. That is the _latest last_ letter.

17. That certainly was not a _human humane_ action.

18. He _waited on waited for_ his mother.

19. The _completeness completion_ of the work brought many congratulations.

EXERCISE 82

_Supply a word which will remedy the italicized impropriety in each of the following sentences. When in doubt consult a dictionary:_

1. The _majority_ of the ill.u.s.trations are good.

2. No one can accurately _predicate_ what the weather will be.

3. Shall you _except_ the invitation?

4. They _claim_ that the a.s.sertion cannot be proved.

5. They finally _located_ the criminal in Dravosburg.