Depew.
"Not always," I said.
"Now, when could they have a different meaning?"
"Why, this morning I came down from Albany on a Central car
manufactured to carry fifty passengers, but it was made to carry
seventy-two people."
"Yes, I dare say; but we'll now talk about the Behring Sea question."
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Truth, Veracity
"The veracity of his statement is doubted." The sentence should be,
"The truth of his statement is doubted," or "In making that statement
his veracity is doubted." Veracity is applied to the person; truth to
the thing.
Try the experiment
"They are trying the experiment of running railroad trains by
electricity." This should be, "They are making the experiment," etc.
The word experiment contains the idea of trial, hence, to try the
experiment is to try the trial.
Little piece
"I will go with you a little piece." A short distance or a part of the
way would be more appropriate.
Every confidence
"I have every confidence in his ability to succeed." Confidence is a
unit; every implies several units considered separately.
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