Say, _be that as it may_.
_Blame on_. We may lay the _blame on,_ but we cannot _blame it on_ any
one.
_But what_. Should be _but that_.
_Calculate_. Do not use for _intend_.
_Can_. Do not use for _may_. "_May_ I go with you?" not "_Can_ I go with
you?"
_Clever_. Does not mean _good-natured,_ but _talented_.
_Demean_. Means to _behave,_ not to _debase_ or _degrade_.
_Disremember_. Now obsolete.
_Don't_. Not to be used for _doesn't,_ after a singular subject such as
he.
_Else_. Not follow by _but_; say, "nothing else _than_ pride."
_Expect_. Do not use for _think,_ as in "I _expect_ it is so."
_Fetch_. Means to _go and bring,_ hence _go and fetch_ is wrong.
_Fix_. Not used for _arrange_ or the like, as "fix the furniture."
_From_. Say, "He died of cholera," not _from_.
_Got_. Properly you "have _got_" what you made an effort to get,
not what you merely "have."
_Graduate_. Say, "The man _is graduated_ from college,"
and "The college _graduates_ the man."
_Had ought. Ought_ never requires any part of the verb _to have_.
_Had rather, had better_. Disputed, but used by good writers.
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