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&hepastparticipleforthepasttensehismistakeisaveryoeverytur;Hedo;for"Hedidit.""Thejarwasbroke"insteadofbroken."Hewouldhavewent"for"Hewouldhavego;etc.
&heverbsshallandohebestspeakersetowreck.Theyareintergedrecklessly.Theirsignifigesagastheyareusedwiththefirst,sedorthirdperson.Withthefirstpersonshallisusediementtoexpressasimplefuturea?as,"Ishalgototheorrow."Withthesedthirdpersonsshallisusedtoexpressadetermination?as,"Youshallgototheorrow,""Heshallgototheorrow."
Withthefirstpersonwillisusediementtoexpressdetermination,as,"Iwilgototheorrow."Withthesedthirdpersonswillisusedtoexpresssimplefuturea?as,"Youwillgototheorrow,""Hewillgototheorrow."
Averytheusesofshallandwillisthusexpressedinrhyme:
Ipersonsimplyshallforetells,
Inwillathreatorelseapromisedwells.
Shallinthesedthirddoesthreat,
Willsimplythehefuturefeat.
4.Takespecialcaretodistihenominativeaivecase.Theproheonlywordswhitheainctivegfortheobjective.Rememberthattheobjectivecasefollowstransitiveverbsaions.Don'tsay"TheboywhoIsenttoseeyou,"but"TheboywhomIsenttoseeyou."Whomisheretheobjectofthetra.Don'tsay"ShebowedtohimandI"but"Shebowedtohima;siheobjectivecasefolowiioood."BetweenyouandI"isaveryoshouldbe"Betweenyoua;siositiongfortheobjectivecase.
5.Betheuseoftherelativepronounswho,whidthat.Whorefersonlytopersons?whilytothings?as,"Theboy;"TheumbrellawhichIlost."Therelativethatmayrefertobothpersonsandthings?as,"ThemanthatIsaw.""ThehatthatIbought."
6.Don'tusethesuperlativedegreeoftheadjeparative?as"Heistherichestofthetwo"for"Heisthericherofthetwo."Othermistakesoftehisare(1)Usingthedoubleparativeaive?as,"Theseapplesaremuchmorepreferable.""Themostuivetobusinessisgain."(2)pariswhigtodissimilarclasses?as"Thereisha;(3)Ingobjeclasstowhichtheydonotbelong?as,"Thefairesthters,Eve."(4)Exobjeaclasstowhichitdoesbelong?as,"Caesarwasbraverthanawarrior."
7.Don'tuseaiveforanadverboranadverbforaive.Don'tsay,"Heaie"but"Heaie,"andinsteadofsaying"Shelookedbeautifully"say"Shelookedbeautiful."
8.Placetheadverbasnearaspossibletotheworditmodifies.Insteadofsaying,"Hewalkedtothedoorquickly,"say"Hewalkedquicklytothedoor."
9.Notaloodistihenominativeaivecasesofthepronouns,buttrytoavoidambiguityintheiruse.
TheamusithereferenouratedbyBurtoninthefollowingstoryofBillyWilliams,aicactorwhothusnarrateshisexperienridingahorseownedbyHamblin,themanager:
"SodowhestablewithTomFlynn,andtoldthemantoputthesaddleonhi""OnTomFlynn?"
"No,onthehorse.SwithTomFlyedhi""What!mouomFlynn?"
"No,thehorse?andthenIshookhandswithhimandrodeoff.""Shookhandswiththehorse,Billy?"
"No,withTomFlynn?andtheheBowery,andwhoshouldImeetbutTomHamblin?soIgotoffandtoldtheboytoholdhimbythehead."
"What!holdHamblinbythehead?"
"No,thehorse?aandhadadri;"What!youandthehorse?"
"No,meandHamblin?aImountedhimagaioftown.""What!mountedHamblinagain?"
"No,thehorse?aoBurnham,whoshouldbetherebutTomFlyakenanotherhorseaaheadofme?soItoldthehostlertotiehimup."
"TieTomFlynnup?"
"No,thehorse?andwehadadri;"What!youandthehorse?"
"omFlynn."
Findinghisauditorsbythistimeinahh,Billywoundupwith:"Now,lookhere,—everytimeIsayhorse,yousayHambliimeIsayHamblinyousayhorse:I'llbehaellyoua."
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