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Show I By C N. Lurie - Common Errors in English and t How to Avoid Them "THROUGH" AND FINISHED." THE use of tlie word 'thi'oiu'h" In the sense of "tini-died" or "completed" "com-pleted" Is condemned by virtually all uthorltles on English, as a vulgarism. One writer on the proper use of words says: "Unless you have fallen through a trap door and have finished your career, ca-reer, do not say. 'I am through,' when you mean, 'I am finished.' The schoolboy school-boy says, 'I am through with that' lesson,' les-son,' when he should say, T have tin- : Ished that lesson.' The farmer asks the man In his employ, 'Are you ' through with that field V when he should have asked. 'Have you linishc plowing that field?' You ask your friend, 'Are you through with that book?' when you should ask. 'Have you finished reading that hook?'" "I am through" meaning "I have finished fin-ished eating" or "I have dined" is a vulgarism, according to the Standard dictionary. (Copyright.) n . Ironing by Wholesale. Ironlnl, the last process to which the products of a stocking mill are sub-tecred. sub-tecred. was formerly done in one great factory by many girls, who stood up to old-fashioned ironing hoards. The girls j have now been replaced, however, by a i; broad mangle, or rotary press, which! delivers Ironed stockings in a continu- i ous stream. Popular Mechanics Maga- j zine. : |