The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-07-13

should be I'm answer to your letter."
Motorcycles are given to state
ments, accusations. arguments, etc.,
whether verbal or written; therefore,
in general correspondence, the word
answer" should be used.
Don't say "reprove" for "rebuke."
Note-These words are often used in
terchangeably, but enormously so. A
reproof is kindly given with a desire to
aid; rebuke is not always prompted by
the best motives; hence, is often unkind-
ly given.
Don't say reputation" for "charac-
ter"
Note-These words are not synony-
nous. A mans character is what he
makes it; his reputation is what his
friends or his enemies make it. A good
reputation does not always bespeak a
good character. One with a noble char
acter may have bad reputation. Ones
character is what he is; ones reputation
is what he seems-sometimes viewed
Through glass darkly."
Don't say return back" for return. 81
Example: 1--WE were compelled to re.
turn back" 'The army retreated back
many miles," should be I'VE were COM
PEELED to RETURN" "The army retreated
many miles"
Don't say rig" for conveyance"
Example: "They had fine rig"
Note-The use of the word in this
sense is questionable taste.
Don't say right here" for "just here. u
Example: Right here let me say"
should be "Just here let me say"
Don't say rinse OF" for rinse"
Example: "Rinse OF your hands, u
should be Rinse your hands,"
Don't say rode" for ridden"
Example: II have rode several nile,
on my wheel to-day" should be II have
ridden several miles on my wheel to.
day."
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Don't say run" for ran"
Example: HE run to the truin.
should be HE ran to the train"
Don't say "rung" for rang"
Example: HE rung the bell" should
be HE rang the bell"
Don't say Savage" for "ferocious."
Example: THAT man is often quite
savage" should be "That man is often
quite ferocious."
Note-Savage signifies uncivilized: fe-
rocious, ungentle.
Don't say saw" for "have SEEN"
Example: 1T was the largest ever
saw" never saw it but once" pei never
saw such parade" should be at was
the largest I ever have seen," never
have seen it but once" 81 never have
seen such parade"
Note-"When the period of time re.
ferred to extends to the time when the
statement is made, it must be have
seen.' The Verbalist.
Don't say "see more of you" for "see
you more often"
Example: II should like to see more
of you," should be II should like to see
you more often"
Don't say "see out of his eyes,"
Example: "He can hardly see out of
his eyes," should be 'He can hardly
see."
Note-There is only one way of see
Ing.
= 4"
Don't say seen" for saw"
Example: 81 seen him when he die
it." should be Il saw him wien he did
it,
Don't say "set" for "sit."
Set, set, setting or set.
Sit, sat, sitting or sat.
Note-The meaning of the woro
should aid one in its correct use. To set.
is to place; to fix; to plant; to frame;
TO regulate. To sit, is to rest upon tile
launches; to repose On seat; to hold
. session; to iLcubate; to be adjusted:
to fit.
Example: Set it here. He set the
plate on the table. They have been set
ting the table.
sit on the sofa. sat on the sofa.
have been sitting on the sofa.
Congress is sitting. The hen sits.
The hen is sitting.
HE sits horse well" "A coat sits.
we'll or ill."-Webster's International.
''This new and gorgeous garment,
majesty, sits not SO easy on me as you
think. "-Shakespeare.
"As a partridge stitch on her eggs
and hatcheth them not."-Jer. XVIII.
Note-"The use of the verb set for sit,
in such expressions as, the hen is setting
on IL eggs; setting hen, etc., although
colloQuially common, and sometimes
tolerated in serious writing. is not to
be approved. Webster Interna-
tional.
Don't say "sett" for "set."
Note-This error, of course, is not
made in speech, but in writing.
Example, 'Send me your full sett of