As colds are never good, we should not say they are bad. We can have slight colds, or severe colds, but not bad colds.

Discriminate between BAD and BADLY. Don't make the mistake, so frequently made, of saying, "I feel very badly." Use "bad." Badly is an adverb, and should not be employed. One might as well say, "I feel happily," instead of "happy."

Discriminate between BADLY and GREATLY. Don't say, "I wish to see my friend very badly." Use "greatly." The words strictly imply that you wish to see your friend in a bad state of health.

Discriminate between BALANCE and REMAINDER or REST. Don't say, "The balance of the library remained unsold"; "He spent

the balance of the evening at home"; "The balance of the money he left in their keeping"; "We will now have the balance of the toasts." Use rest or remainder. Balance denotes the excess of one thing over another. Discriminate between BEG and Beg leave. Don't say, "We beg to acknowledge your kindness"; say, "Beg leave." The first is as improper as to say, "We beg to inform you of his arrival," instead of beg leave.

Discriminate in the use of BETWEEN and AMONG. Between is used when two things, parties, or persons are mentioned; among, in reference to more than two. "There was a perfect understanding between the two sisters"; "There was great difficulty among the soldiers in electing a captain."

Discriminate between BOUNTIFUL and PLENTIFUL. Don't say, "A bountiful breakfast, a bountiful repast," and the like. Use the term plentiful. Bountiful applies to persons, not to things. Thus, a bountiful giver, a bountiful benefactor.

Discriminate between BOUND and DETERMINE. "He is bound to have it," should be, "He is determined to have it."

Discriminate between BRAVERY and COURAGE. Bravery is inborn, instinctive, and constitutional. Courage is of the reason, or of determination and calculation. There is no more merit in being brave than in being beautiful. Courage, whether physical, mental, or moral, is truly commendable. "The act of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton in seizing

and holding a mad dog, until the village blacksmith riveted a chain around the brute's neck, was an act of courage."

Discriminate between BRING, FETCH, and CARRY. Bring means simply to convey to, or toward; fetch means to go and bring—a compound act; carry often implies motion from, and is generally followed by away or off. "Bring me the book"; "Fetch, or go bring the book from the library"; "Carry this parcel to the house," would be correct expressions.

Discriminate in the use of BUT. "They do not doubt but that he will succeed"; omit but.

Discriminate in the use of the word CALIBER (or CALIBRE). Don't say, "This author's

later works were of a higher caliber than his former productions." Caliber metaphorically refers to the capacity or compass of mind, and not to the efforts of the mind. Thus, men of great or small caliber, not books of. Discriminate in the use of CAPTION and HEADING. It is a perversion of the word caption to use it in the sense of heading, although this is frequently done in the United States. Caption means seizure or act of taking, and not headship. Don't say, "The caption of a chapter, section, or page"; use heading. Discriminate between CATCH, REACH, GET TO, OVERTAKE. A man may be running very fast to overtake the cars; when he has caught up to them, he does not catch them, as a man endeavors to reach or get to a