to-morrow
"This much I know" denotes a limitation in the extent of knowledge which is not restricted by "this I know."
threatening. Compare eminent.
three first, the: Incorrect for the first three: one may, however, correctly use three first if referring to a race, or the like, in which three of the competitors run a dead heat. Compare two first.
through: An undesirable colloquialism for "at an end"; "finished"; generally applied to speakers who have completed an address, or to diners who have finished a meal. Both applications are marks of ill-breeding and border on vulgarity.
tickled to death: An absurd phrase used to express "greatly pleased."
till: In some parts of the United States oddly misused for by; as, "I'll be there till [by] ten o'clock."
time: Avoid such an incongruity as "Heaps of time." "Plenty of time," or "time enough" are to be preferred.
timely. Compare seasonable.
tinker's dam: A colloquialism for something worthless, used usually in the phrase "Not worth a tinker's dam." Avoided in polite society.
tiny little: The use of words as mere intensives should be avoided, for by judicious selection a single word can probably be found which is capable of conveying the precise sense desired. To speak of a "tiny
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