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Enquire within upon everything
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Robert Kemp Philp
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82.
Instead
of
"Before
I
do
that
I
must
first
ask
leave,"
say
"Before
I
do
that
I
must
ask
leave."
83.
Instead
of
"To
get
over
the
difficulty,"
say
"To
overcome
the
difficulty."
84.
The
phrase
"get
over"
is
in
many
cases
misapplied,
as,
to
"get
over
a
person,"
to
"get
over
a
week,"
to
"get
over
an
opposition."
85.
Instead
of
saying
"The
observation
of
the
rule,"
say
"The
observance
of
the
rule."
86.
Instead
of
"A
man
of
eighty
years
of
age,"
say
"A
man
eighty
years
old."
87.
Instead
of
"Here
lays
his
honoured
head,"
say
"Here
lies
his
honoured
head."
88.
Instead
of
"He
died
from
negligence,"
say
"He
died
through
neglect,"
or
"in
consequence
of
neglect."
89.
Instead
of
"Apples
are
plenty,"
say
"Apples
are
plentiful."
90.
Instead
of
"The
latter
end
of
the
year,"
say
"The
end,
or
the
close
of
the
year."
91.
Instead
of
"The
then
government,"
say
"The
government
of
that
age,
or
century,
or
year,
or
time."
92.
Instead
of
"For
ought
I
know,"
say
"For
aught
I
know."
93.
Instead
of
"A
couple
of
chairs,"
say
"Two
chairs."
94.
Instead
of
"Two
couples,"
say
"Four
persons."
95.
But
you
may
say
"A
married
couple,"
or,
"A
married
pair,"
or,
"A
couple
of
fowls,"
&c.,
in
any
case
where
one
of
each
sex
is
to
be
understood.
96.
Instead
of
"They
are
united
together
in
the
bonds
of
matrimony,"
say
"They
are
united
in
matrimony,"
or,
"They
are
married."
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