" "We raise
wheat," etc., would be better. With the same propriety we might use
sleep for lodge, and eat for feed, or supply with food; as, "We can
eat and sleep fifty persons at one time."
The word raise is often incorrectly used in the sense of rear; as,
"She raised a family of nine children." It is sometimes employed in
the sense of increase, as, "The landlord raised my rent." Increased
would be better.
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Has went
"He goes to school," "He went to school yesterday," "He has gone to
the West." Avoid such ungrammatical forms as "He has went," "I have
saw."
Badly, Greatly
Badly is often incorrectly used for greatly or very much, as, "I need
it badly," "He was badly hurt."
"That fence wants painting badly, I think I'll do it myself," said the
economical husband.
"Yes," said his wife, "you had better do it yourself if you think it
wants to be done badly."
At you
"If you don't stop teasing me I will do something at you," meaning "I
will punish you." That form of expression is very common in some
localities, and it is even more inelegant than common.
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