construction; to alter it, so as to meet the public taste or demand. To dramatize a production is to change a story from the narrative to the dramatic form. It is to make a story into a drama. The first-mentioned kind of work is called an adaptation; the second, a dramatization.

Discriminate between ADMINISTER and DEALT. Don't say, "Blows were administered by the pugilist"; say, "were dealt."

Discriminate between ADOPT and TAKE. Don't say, "What course will you adopt?" say, "What course will you take?" Discriminate between ADOPT and DECIDE UPON. Don't say, "The measures adopted by Congress did not give satisfaction"; say, "The measures decided upon." Adopt is

properly used in such cases as the following: "The resolution (or report or plan or measure) proposed or recommended by Mr. Brown was adopted by the committee." "The report of the committee was adopted by the House." That is, what was Mr. Brown's resolution, etc., was adopted by the committee, and what was the committee's was adopted (made its own) by the House. Discriminate between AGGRAVATE and IRRITATE, PROVOKE, or ANGER. Don't say, "It aggravates me to be thus talked about"; say, "It provokes me." Don't say, "How easily he is aggravated"! say, "irritated." Circumstances aggravate; the word meaning to heighten, to make worse.

Discriminate between ALL OVER and OVER

ALL. Instead of saying, "The rumor flew all over the country," say, "over all the country."

Discriminate between ALLOW and ASSERT, or

to be of the OPINION OF. Instead of saying, "He allows it to be the best speech delivered," say, "asserts," or, "He is of the opinion it is the best."

Discriminate between ALLUDE and SPEAK OF, MENTION, or NAME. To allude to a matter is to refer to it in a delicate manner, or indirectly. Instead of saying, "He alluded to the address in a sarcastic manner," say, "spoke of,” or “referred." Instead of saying, "He alluded to the honorable gentleman," say, "mentioned," or "named" him.

Discriminate between ALONE and ONLY. Alone relates to that which is unaccompanied; as, "Wealth alone" (that is, unaccompanied with something else) "can not make a man happy. Only implies there is no other; as, "Man only of the animal creation can adore," not " alone."

Discriminate between AMATEUR and NOVICE.

An amateur is one who is well skilled in an art, a science, or pursuit, but does not pursue it professionally. A novice is one who is inexperienced or new in any business, profession, pursuit, or art; a tyro, a neophyte, a beginner. A professional singer who is unskilled in the art of singing would be a novice, and not an amateur. An amateur singer may be one of great power and excellence.

Discriminate in the use of AND and To. Instead of saying "Go and see them before you leave"; "Try and help him obtain a place"; "Come and meet our friends at my house," say, "Go to," "Try to," "Come to." Discriminate between AMELIORATE and IMPROVE. Don't say, "His health was ameliorated"; say, "improved."

Discriminate between AND and OR.

Instead

of saying "It is plain that a nation like the English and French must be an armed nation," say, "Like the English or French." There is no English and French nation. Discriminate between ANSWER and REPLY.

An answer is given to a question; a reply is made to a statement or an assertion. We answer inquiries, we reply to charges or