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Words Not To Use

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
December
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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Cute, !or acute. Party, for person. Depot, for station. l'romise, for awure. Postee), for informeel. Stopping, for staving. Like I do, for as I do. Feel badly, for feel ü:id. First-rato, as an adrerb. Ilealtby, for wbolesome. Try and do, for try to do. These kind, for tbis kind. Cunning, for smull, iluinty. Funny, for odd, or uiiusual. Guess, for suppose or think. Fix, for arrange or prepare. Just iis soon, for just ns lief. Had ratlicr, for would ratlier. Hnd better, for would better. KL'lit away, for Immadlately. Hetween seven for amonx seven. Not a9 good as, for not so good áf. Some ten d;iys, for about ten daj's. Tlie matter ot, for the matter witli. Not s I know, for not tbat I know. Somebody else's, for somebody's else. Kind of, to indícate a moderate degree. Storuis, for it riins or snows moderalely. Abóte, for foreiroiug, more th:n or béyond. Try an exporinieut, for make an experiment. More tlian yon ttiinlc for, for more tlian yon iblnk. Nice, imliscriiiiiuutcly. (lteül olee inay be iloubly faulty.) lltal, as an mlveib, iu expressions, real good, for renlly or very ;ood. Singular subject witli contracted plural vcrl, e. sr , "Slie don't skate well.'1

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News