_Proven_ for _Proved_. Good Scotch, but bad English.

_Proverbial_ for _Familiar_. "The proverbial dog in the manger." The
animal is not "proverbial" for it is not mentioned in a proverb, but
in a fable.

_Quit_ for _Cease_, _Stop_. "Jones promises to quit drinking." In
another sense, too, the word is commonly misused, as, "He has quit the
town." Say, quitted.

_Quite_. "She is quite charming." If it is meant that she is entirely
charming this is right, but usually the meaning intended to be
conveyed is less than that--that she is rather, or somewhat, charming.

_Raise_ for _Bring up_, _Grow_, _Breed_, etc. In this country a
word-of-all-work: "raise children," "raise wheat," "raise cattle."
Children are brought up, grain, hay and vegetables are grown, animals
and poultry are bred.

_Real_ for _Really_, or _Very_. "It is real good of him." "The weather
was real cold."

_Realize_ for _Conceive_, or _Comprehend_. "I could not realize the
situation." Writers caring for precision use this word in the sense of
to make real, not to make seem real. A dream seems real, but is
actually realized when made to come true.

_Recollect_ for _Remember_. To remember is to have in memory; to
recollect is to recall what has escaped from memory. We remember