" "When you come to the city stay with me," not
stop with me.
Subtile, Subtle
Subtile means thin, fine, rare, delicate; subtle means sly, artful,
cunning, elusive. "More subtile web Arachne cannot spin." "He had to
contend with a subtle foe."
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Summons
He was summonsed to appear before the judge" should be "He was
summoned to appear," etc.
Tasty
Often used in colloquial speech when tasteful would be better. Tastily
for tastefully is still worse.
Team
Properly this word relates only to the horses, and does not include
the carriage.
Those kind, These sort
"It is unpleasant to have to associate with those kind of people."
"These sort of sheep are the most profitable." Kind and sort are nouns
of the singular number; these and those are plural, and, according to
the laws of grammar, the adjective and noun must agree in number. The
corrected sentences will read: "It is unpleasant to have to associate
with this kind of people." "This sort of sheep is the most
profitable.
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