_History of England_.

"If policy can prevail _upon_ (over) force."--_Addison_.

"He made the discovery and communicated _to_ (with) his friends."
--Swift's _Tale of a Tub_.

"Every office of command should be intrusted to persons _on_ (in)
whom the parliament shall confide."--_Macaulay_.

Several of the most celebrated writers infringe the canons of style by
placing prepositions at the end of sentences. For instance Carlyle, in
referring to the Study of Burns, writes:--"Our own contributions to it,
we are aware, can be but scanty and feeble; but we offer them with good
will, and trust they may meet with acceptance from those they are
intended _for_."

--"for whom they are intended," he should have written.

"Most writers have some one vein which they peculiarly and obviously
excel _in_."--_William Minto_.

This sentence should read,--Most writers have some one vein in which they
peculiarly and obviously excel.

Many authors use redundant words which repeat the same thought and idea.
This is called tautology.

"Notwithstanding which (however) poor Polly embraced them all around."
--_Dickens_.