with the aid of the auxiliaries, the enemy was routed by him."

Discriminate between IN and INTO. Into should be used and not in after a verb of motion, or when insertion or entrance is denoted. Thus, “He went into the house." "They rode into the park." In, denoting presence or situation within limits, should be used in such sentences as "They had a pleasant drive in the park." In is frequently used for into when the noun is omitted to which it properly belongs; as, "They have come in," i. e., into the room. "The steamer has come in," i. e., has come into port. We may say, in general, that into indicates entrance, change, or motion in a more marked degree than in.

Discriminate between IN and ON. When points of temporary destination are indicated, on is used; "He went on the steamboat to see his friends."

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When a passage is intended, in is employed; as, "They rode in the cars." English usage differs from ours in the use of these words in such cases as, "He paid four shillings in the pound." We say, "He paid fifty cents on the dollar."

Discriminate between IN and WITHIN. In some cases within is more emphatic than in, in other cases it is less emphatic. To say, "The office was within his grasp," does not mean the same as "The office was in his grasp." The first sentence would indicate that it was within the compass of his grasp, the second that it was actually in his grasp. The words are often used interchangeably; as, "Within the range of his vision," or, "in the range," etc.

Discriminate between To and AT. To primarily indicates motion, denoting approach and arrival, movement or direction toward a place or thing;

as, "They went to New York." It is permissible to say, "They have been to Boston," "He has been to church," "They have been to dinner," because the idea of motion is given. At denotes, in its primary meaning, contiguity, nearness, or presence in reference to locality; as, "They are at (not to) the Fifth Avenue Hotel." It also denotes the relation of action or employment, of state or condition; as, "They were all set at work again." "Some were working at painting, some at carving, some at stamping." "These nations were at war with each other."

IS BEING BUILT.-There has been much animated discussion on the question whether is being built and all like expressions are allowable in our language. Mr. Richard Grant White devotes thirty pages of his work on "Words and their Uses" to prove that such forms of speech "affront the

eye, torment the ear, and assault the common sense of the speaker of plain and idiomatic English." Brown, in his "Grammar of English Grammar," Wells, in his "School Grammar," Bullions, in his "Grammar of the English Language," Mr. George P. Marsh, in his "Lectures on the English Language," with a number of other grammarians and critics, also condemn their use. These writers claim that the old-established usage of the language gives a passive sense to the participle ending in ing, thus, "The house is building"; "The garments are making"; "Corn is selling." Without entering into a detailed account of the controversy between the eminent advocates of the two forms, "The house is building," "The house is being built," etc., we may say that the very best authorities use either form

at pleasure.

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