Do not use prepositions where they are unnecessary. Note the following improper expressions in which the preposition should be omitted:
continue _on_ _down_ until covered _over_ inside _of_ off _of_ outside _of_ started _out_ where _to_? wish _for_ to come remember _of_ more than you think _for_
Do not omit any preposition that is necessary to the completeness of the sentence.
Bad: He is a dealer and shipper _of_ coal.
Good: He is a dealer _in_ and shipper _of_ coal.
_Illustrate in sentences the correct use of each of the expressions listed under the first paragraph of_ §86.
_Form sentences in which correct expressions are used in place of each of the incorrect expressions listed under the second paragraph of_ §86.
SENTENCES, PARTS OF SPEECH, AND SENTENCE ELEMENTS. What are the four kinds of sentences? What are the different parts of speech? Define each. What is the difference between a clause and a phrase? What is the difference between a principal clause and a subordinate clause? Illustrate. Illustrate an adverbial clause. An adjective clause. Illustrate an adverbial phrase. An adjective phrase. What is an attribute complement? Illustrate. What is an object complement? Illustrate. Illustrate and explain the difference between simple, complex, and compound sentences.
NOUNS. What is the difference between singular and plural number? How is the plural of most nouns formed? Of nouns ending in _s, ch, sh, x_, or _z_? In _y_? In _f_ or _fe_? In _o_? Of letters, figures, etc.? Of compound nouns? Of proper names and titles? How is the possessive case of most nouns formed? Of nouns ending in _s_ or in an _s_ sound? Of a compound noun or of a group of words? What is gender? How is the feminine gender formed from the masculine? What is the difference between common and proper nouns?
PRONOUNS. What is a pronoun? What is the antecedent of a pronoun? What is the rule for their agreement? What is meant by "person" in pronouns? Name five pronouns of each person. Name the pronouns that indicate masculine gender. Feminine. Neuter. What pronouns may be used to refer to antecedents that stand for persons of either sex? To antecedents that are collective nouns of unity? To animals? What are nouns of common gender? By what pronouns are they referred to? Should a singular or a plural pronoun be used after _everybody_? After _some one_? After _some people_? After two nouns connected by _or_? By _nor_? By _and_? What are relative pronouns? Name them. With what kind of antecedents may each be used? What is the difference between the explanatory relative and the restrictive relative? Illustrate. What is an interrogative pronoun? What pronouns may be used only in the nominative case? In the objective case? When should the nominative case be used? The objective? The possessive? May _thou_ and _you_ be used in the same sentence? When should _but that_ be used, and when _but what_? May _them_ be used adjectively? May _which_ be used with a clause as an antecedent? May _which_ and _that_, or _who_ and _that_ be used in the same sentence with the same antecedent?