5. He is apt (likely) to win the race.
6. A mutual (common) friendship.
7. The weekly reports are partially (partly) made out.
EXERCISE LXXI.
_Insert the proper word in each blank:_--
AGGRAVATING, IRRITATING.
1. Some of his remarks were ----.
2. The prisoner said his wife"s conduct had been very ----.
3. He has an ---- manner.
4. He was too ---- by half.
5. The murder was committed under ---- circ.u.mstances.
ALL, THE WHOLE.
6. ---- (of) the boys were sent off at a day"s notice to their homes.
[For additional exercises, see page 125].
APT, LIKELY, LIABLE.
7. An industrious man is ---- to succeed.
8. The ship was ---- to founder at any moment.
9. Bad books are ---- to corrupt the reader, 10. If a man does not care for himself, he is not ---- to care much for other people.
11. Youth is ---- to err.
12. Any kind of taxation is ---- to be looked on as a grievance.
13. We are constantly ---- to accidents.
14. Men are ---- to think well of themselves, their nation, their courage, and their strength.
BOTH, EACH, EVERY.
15. ---- of them has (have) taken a different course.
16. ---- went his way.
17. He told me to invite ---- brother and sister.
18. He gave his hand to ---- of them.
19. In ---- cheek (cheeks) appears a pretty dimple.
20. I am feeling better in ---- way.
21. The oak and the elm have ---- a distinct character.
22. He"ll be hanged yet, though ---- drop of water swear against it.
23. ---- soldier has a musket, and ---- one fires as fast as he can.
24. ---- inhabitant, male or female, young or old, was there.
25. In ---- ten women that the G.o.ds make, the devils mar five.
26. There is a row of beautiful elm-trees on ---- side(s) of the road.
MANY, MUCH.
27. We saw as ---- as twenty tramps.
28. He blames his uncle for ---- of his misfortune.
29. I found that ---- of the accidents on this railroad are caused by negligence.
30. How ---- of your peaches have you sold?
MUTUAL, COMMON.
31. Charles and his wife were happy in their ---- love.
32. They parted with ---- good feeling.
33. We have a ---- friend in Mr. Phelps.
34. I find, Miss Vernon, that we have some ---- friends.
PARTLY, PARTIALLY.
35. Beware of acting ----.
36. All men are ---- buried in the grave of custom.
37. This is ---- true.
38. The city of York is ---- surrounded by a wall.
QUITE, VERY.
39. The country is ---- open.
40. The snow has ---- covered the ground.
41. Books ---- worthless are ---- harmless.
42. The island is ---- close to the mainland.
43. He was ---- dead when they found him.
44. You are ---- mistaken.
45. He is ---- ill.
SO-AS, AS-AS.
46. She is ---- amiable as she is beautiful.
47. He is ---- tall as his brother, but not ---- tall as I.
48. You have never ---- much as answered my letter.
49. Come ---- quickly as you can.
50. No other country suffered ---- much as England.
II.
APPARENTLY, EVIDENTLY, MANIFESTLY.--"_Apparently_ is properly used of that which seems, but may not be, real; _evidently_, of that which both seems and is real."[123] _Manifestly_ is stronger than _evidently_.
AVERAGE, ORDINARY.--_Average_ implies an arithmetical computation; if four persons lose respectively $10, $20, $30, and $40, the _average_ loss is $25. The word is used figuratively by Dr. O.W. Holmes in "The _average_ intellect of five hundred persons, taken as they come, is not very high."
In the sense of "usual," "common in occurrence," "of the usual standard,"
_ordinary_ is preferable to _average_.
BOUND, DETERMINED.--_Bound_ properly means "obliged," "fated," or "under necessity": as, "A man is _bound_ by his word;" "We hold ourselves in grat.i.tude _bound_ to receive ... all such persons." In the sense of "determined" _hound_ is not in good use. In the sense of "sure" it is in colloquial, but not in literary, use.
CONTINUAL, CONTINUOUS.--"_Continual_ is used of frequently repeated acts, as, "Continual dropping wears away a stone;" _continuous_, of uninterrupted action, as, "the continuous flowing of a river.""[125]
DEADLY, DEATHLY.--"_Deathly_, in the sense of "resembling death," as, "She was deathly pale," is preferable to _deadly_, since _deadly_ also means "inflicting death.""[124]
DECIDED, DECISIVE.--"A _decided_ opinion is a strong opinion, which perhaps decides nothing; a _decisive_ opinion settles the question at issue. A lawyer may have _decided_ views on a case; the judgment of a court is _decisive_."[125]
DUMB, STUPID.--_Dumb_ properly means "mute," "silent." Its misuse for _stupid_ is partly due, especially in Pennsylvania, to its resemblance to the German _dumm_.
EXISTING, EXTANT.--That is _extant_ which has escaped the ravages of time (used chiefly of books, ma.n.u.scripts, etc.); that is _existing_ which has existence.
FUNNY, ODD.--_Funny_ means "comical;" in the sense of "strange" or "odd" it is not in good use.