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"Withouthavihis,wewillbeataloss,iandingseveralpassagesintheclassics."—Blair'sLectures.
"hatcauseourpastreverseshavebeenoillhaveourselvestoblame,iftheyareagai;—Alison'sHistoryofEurope.
Adverbialmistakesoftenothebestwriters.Theadverbratherisawordveryfrequentlymisplaced.ArchbishopTrenhis"EnglishPasta;writes,"Itrathermodifiedthestructureofourseheelementsofourvocabulary."Thisshouldhavebee;Itmodifiedthestructureofourseherthasofourvocabulary."
"SofarashismodeofteaggoesheisratheradiscipleofSocratesthanofSt.PaulorWesley."
ThuswritesLeslieStephensofDr.Johnson.Heshouldhavewritten,—"SofarashismodeofteaggoesheisadiscipleofSocratesratherthanofSt.PaulorWesley."
&ionisapartofspeechwhichislyusedbysomeofthebestwriters.ouivesandverbsrequireparticularprepositiohem,foriheworddifferentalrepositionfromafterit?prevailtakesupoo?accordtakeswith,andsoon.
Inthefollolestheprepositiohesesaretheoshouldhavebeenused:
"Hefoudifficulty."—Hume'sHistland.
"Ifpoliprevailupon(over)force."—Addison.
"Hemadethedisduh)hisfriends."—Swift'sTaleofaTub.
"Everyoffiandshouldbeiopersonson(in)whomtheparliamentshallfide."—Macaulay.
&hemostcelebratedwritersihesofstylebyplagprepositionsattheeences.ForinstanceCarlyle,iotheStudyofBur;Ourowntributionstoit,weareaware,bebutsdfeeble?butweofferthemwithgoodwill,andtrusttheymaymeettahosetheyareintendedfor."
—"forwhomtheyarei;heshouldhavewritten.
"Mostwritershavesomeoneveinwhichtheypeculiarlyandobviouslyex."—WilliamMinto.
Thissentenceshouldread,—Mostwritershavesomeoneveininwhichtheypeculiarlyandobviouslyexcel.
Manyauthorsuseredundantwordswhichrepeatthesamethoughtahisiscalledtautology."Notwithstandingwhich(however)poorPollyembracedthemallaround."—Dis.
"Ijudgedthattheywould(mutualy)fiher."—Crockett.
"ashavieda(joiweewopowersintheMoroccoquestion."—TheTimes.
"Theonlyseioobe)istofranklyaowledgeliesbeyond."—DailyTelegraph.
"LordRoseberyhasnotbudgedfromhisposition—splendid,nodoubt,—of(lonely)isolation."—TheTimes.
"MissFoxwas(ofteMrs.Chick."—Dis.
"Thedeck(it)wastheirfieldoffame."—Campbell.
"Hehad,aswasly)hiswont,"—Trollope.
TheselorsoftheSultan(ueto)remaiheTimes.
Seriously,(andapartfromjesting),thisisnolightmatter.—Bagehot.
Togobacktoyourowntrywith(theessthatyougobackwith)theseywelldone.—LordHalsbury.
ThePeresvietlostb-topsand(inappearahemostdamagedofalltheships
&imes.
ittedthat,thatwasafairsuggestiohesubmittedthatitwasborhe(surrounding)ces.—Ibid.
Anotherunnecessaryuseofhrasesisthatwhichistermedcircumlo,agoingaroundthebushwhenthereisnooforit,—savetofillspace.
Itmaybelikeoapersonwalkiawosidesletoreachtheobjet.Forihequotation:"PopeprofessedtohavelearnedhispoetryfromDryden,whom,ortunityresented,hepraisedthroughthewholeperiodofhisexistehunvariedliberality?andperhapshischaractermayreeillustration,ofaparisoedbetweenhimandthemanwhosepupilhewas"muchemaybeelimihesehussed:
"PopeprofessedhimselfthepupilofDrydenoopportunity?andhischaractermaybeillustratedbyaparisonwithhismaster."
"Hislifewasbroughttoa1910atafarfromtheohesacredwriterasthetermofhuma;
Thisiybeput,"Hislifewasbroughttoacloseattheageofseventy?"or,betteryet,"Hediedattheageofseventy."
"Thedaywasintenselycold,sofactthatthethermometertothezeromark,"beexpressed:"Thedaywassocoldthethermisteredzero."
Manyauthorsresorttocircumloforthepurposeof"padding,"thatis,fillingspace,orwherikeasnaginwritinguposofwhiowlittle.Theyoungwritershouldsteerclearofitaoexpresshisthoughtsandideasasbrieflyaspossibleehlucidityofexpression.
Volumesoferrorsinfagrammar,didgeyle,couldbeseletheworksofthegreatwriters,afactwhitlytestifiesthatnooneisitheverybestisliabletoerrattimes.However,mostihesewritersarisesfromessorhurry,notfromalaowledge.
Asageisinwritingthatthescholarisliabletoslip?inoralspeechheseldommakesablunder.Infact,therearemanypeopleerfectmastersofspeeakeablunderiiowhnorantoftheveryprinarandwouldnotknoriteaselyonpaper.SushavebeenainfahelanguagespokelyaheproperwordsandformsbeesaseaturetotheAlearnwhatisrightaseasyaswhatiswrongandressionsaremadeonthemiisplasticwillremainthere.Evenaparrotbetaughttheproperuseoflaoaparrot.—"Twoandtwomakefour"anditneverwillsay"twoandtwomakesfour."
Inwritiisdifferent.Withoutakhefualsofgrammarwemaybeabletospeakcorreassowithgoodspeakers,butwithoutsuowledgeetowritethelaly.Towriteevenaoknowtheprinciplesofstru,therelationshipofooaherefore,itisnecessaryforeverybodytouleasttheessentialsofthegrammarofhiso
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