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Show JUST TAKE MY WORD y Frank Colby Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. A score of 100 is perfect: 80 Is excellent: 80 Is very good; 70 Is good; SO is fair; SO or under Is poor. 1. Correct? "I am most nearly ready." J. Which Is incorrect T "The balloon haa bunted . . , has busted." 8. Right or wrong T "Ha don't believe it is I." (Caution hers.) 4. Is this double possessive permissible per-missible T "He Is a friend of Mabel's." 6. Which is correct? "The pole Is 10 (foot? feet?) long." 8. Which is correct? This is a 10-(-foot? -feet?) pole." 1 W ' sfi sits, uTT "' (Tlf i t ""X " taglous." 8. Correct? "We bought t second-handed car." . Correct? "We wen to church this morning." 10. Which Is correct: "Read the (first two? two first?) chapters." Answers: 1. Incorrect and dialectal. Say: I am nearly ready. Or: I am almost al-most ready. 2. Both an wrong. Then la no such word aa "bunted." And "busted" Is slang. Better say: The balloon haa burst 3. Wrong. "Don't" is short for "do not," and should not be used with "he, she, It" Right He doesn't believe It Is L 4. Yes Such double posseasives an often desirable. Note the difference dif-ference In meaning: This is a pic-tun pic-tun of Mabel. Thia is a picture of Mabel's. 8. Correct: ... 10 feet long. 8. Correct: . . . 10-foot pole. Also correct: 12-inch ruler; 100-yard dash; 00-mile wind. 7. Correct Measles Is a singular singu-lar noun, and takes a singular verb. 8. Incorrect "-handed" means "of or pertainiiur to tha hands," ss, a gentle-handed woman, a horny-handed farmer. Better say: We bought a second-hand ear. 8. Wrong. Ona cannot "be to" a place. Right: We wen at church thia morning. Or: Wt went to church this morning. 10. Then cannot be two "firsts," Correct: Read the first two chapters. chap-ters. An you guilty of using ".ain't" or "aren't I?" Mr. Colby discusses dis-cusses these common errors in his leaflet C-20. For a copy, send 6c in coin, and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to him, can of The Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram Home Service Bureau, Salt Lake Qty 10. Utah. |