Like its antithesis, "lose out," this reasonless phrase is of sport, "sporty."

"I went to the race and win ten dollars." This atrocious solecism seems to be unknown outside the world of sport, where may it ever remain.

"I cannot go without I recover." Peasantese.

To witness is more than merely to see, or observe; it is to observe, and to tell afterward.

"The would-be assassin was arrested." The word doubtless supplies a want, but we can better endure the want than the word. In the instance of the assassin, it is needless, for he who attempts to murder is an assassin, whether he succeeds or not.