§ 87. "The history of the language of the United States is the history of a Germanic language.": 'languages of the United States' in original, but the sense seems to need the singular, viz. American English. § 87. "gadus lota, or eel-pout": 'ell-pout' in original. § 100. 1. "Of the dative singular the e is retained": 'sing-gular' in original across line break. § 135. "or thus, riv-er, feve-r": 'fe-ver' in original (cannot be right as it is being contrasted to the previous 'fe-ver'). § 136. "Let, however, the n and the t of note": 'not' in original but is being contrasted to the 'not' in the previous sentence. § 155. "it may be replaced by k": 'is may be ...' in original. § 159. "The letters x and q": 'The letter ...' in original. § 161. (Table of names) "17. Pe ... Pi": '17. Pi ... Phi' in original, but compare the preceding table and § 175. § 163. 16. (Hebrew) "Pe": 'Phi' in original, but compare § 175. "§ 176." '§ 175' in original. § 199 c. "as if written peace": 'as is ...' in original. § 222. "it is me = it is I": 'it is me it = is I' in original. § 235. Compound pronouns. 3. "some such word as ei": 'some such wore ...' in original. "§ 259." '§ 250' in original. § 267. "the words lambkin, ...": 'the works ...' in original. § 272. "the termination -ing": 'terminations ...' in original. § 290. Anglo-Saxon. "Swang ... swungon": 'Swang ... swangon' in original. § 308. "Þencan, þóhte.": 'Þeecan, þóhte.' in original. § 316. "the Latin word audeo": 'auedo' in original. § 322. 4. "As early as A.D. 1085": 'nearly' in original. § 324. "The current rule of the common grammarians is ...": 'is' missing in original. § 354. "by the word rose prefixed.": 'the word tree' in original. § 383. "The full amount of change in this respect": 'repect' in original. § 397. a. "Anglo-Saxon mec and þec": 'mec and pec' in original. § 408. "sôk-idêdun, from sôk-ja": 'sôk-iddêun' in original. § 418. "the words Roman emperor": 'word' in original. § 421. "the word speak is an infinitive": 'in an infinitive' in original. § 433. "villainouser": 'villanouser' in original. § 455. "4.": '3.' in original. § 508. 2. "lest he fall upon us with pestilence.": 'us' missing in original (KJV Exod. v. 3.) § 540. 5. "Blank verse.--Five measures": 'Pive measures' in original. § 540. 8. "leaves the world to darkness and to me": 'leaves the word ...' in original. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Handbook of the English Language, by Robert Gordon Latham