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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...Truth refers to statements or things; verac ity, to persons. The truth of a statement is admitted when the veracity (observance of truth) of its author is unquestioned. 172. Turn, Pour.--Pour (not turn) the tea, coffee, milk, etc. 173. Verdict, Testimony. The jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the testimony of the witnesses. 174. Want, Need.--To icant is to be without that which contrib utes to our comfort, or that which is the object of our desire; to need is to be without that which is essential for our existence or our purposes. I may want a new hat, but I need food 175. Went, Gone.--Say have gone or would have gone. Have is used before gone, but not before went. 176. What for?--Why (not what for) did he do that 1 177. Which refers to animals and things; who, whose, and whom, to persons; and that, to either persons or things. The pronoun who did not come into the language until about the seventeenth century. This fact accounts for which in the expression, "Our Father which art in heaven." 178. Who, Whom.--Who is the nominative and whom the objective form. To whom have you sent the money, not Who have you sent the money to? "Who do men say that I am," is right, because the nominative is used after the verb to be. 179. Widow.--The word woman following widow is superfluous. 180. Without, Unless.--Without is a preposition and requires the objective case; unless is a conjunction. He would not go unless (not without) I would. He would not go without me. 181. Witness, See.--Witness means to bear testimony, to attest. We may witness a legal paper, but we see a race or a ball game. 182. Worse.--We want to see you more (not worse) than ever. 183. Yours.--Do not close a letter with Yours, etc. WORDS SIMILAR IN...