There is no sense in making approve an intransitive verb.
"One is apt to be mistaken." Apt means facile, felicitous, ready, and the like; but even the dictionary-makers cannot persuade a person of discriminating taste to accept it as synonymous with likely.
"The debris of battle lay around them." "The huckster went around, crying his wares." Around carries the concept of circularity.
A good and useful word, but used without meaning by shopkeepers; as, "A good article of vinegar," for a good vinegar.
"I do not know as he is living." This error is not very common among those who can write at all, but one sometimes sees it in high place.
As – as for So – as"He is not as good as she." Say, not so good. In affirmative sentences the rule is different: He is as good as she.
"As for me, I am well." Say, as to me.
"The goods were sold at auction."
"She was shocked at his conduct." This very common solecism is without excuse.
"By diligence we attain our purpose." A purpose is accomplished; success is attained.
A needless word – as needless as "poetess."
A vocation is, literally, a calling; that is, a trade or profession. An avocation is something that calls one away from it. If I say that farming is some one's avocation I mean that he practises it, not regularly, but at odd times.