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Purityofstylesistsinusingwordsutable，nationala，whisthatthewordsareiusebythebestauthorities，thattheyareusedthroughoutthenationandnotedtooicularpart，andthattheyarewordsintuseatthepresenttime.
&woguidingprihechoiceooduseandgoodtaste.Goodusetellsuswhetherawhtoodtaste，whetheritisadaptedtoourpurposeornot.
Awordthatisobsoleteortooohavegainedaplathelaisaprovincialism，shouldnotbeused.
&heTeneyle:
1.Donnwords.
2.Donotusealongwordwhenashortonewillserveyourpurpose.Fireismuchbetterthanflagration.
3.Doeicalwords，orthoseuoodosiiveliwheingespeciallyforsuchpeople.
4.Donotuseslang.
5.Donotuseprovincialisms，as"Iguess"for"Ithink"?"Ire"for"Iknow，"etc.
6.Donprose，usepoetitiquatedwords:as"lore，e'er，morn，yea，nay，verily，peradve;
7.Doeandhaeyedressions?as，"onthejob，""upandin"?"downandout."
8.Donotusenehiotestablishedaplathela;tobugle"?"tosuicide，"etc.
9.Donotuseungrammaticalwordsandforms?as，"Iain't?""hedon't."
10.Donotuseambiguouswordsorphrases?as—"Heshowedmeallaboutthehouse."
Tritewords，similesaaphorswhichhavebeehadwornoutshouldbeallowedtorestintheoblivionofpastusage.Suchexpressionsandphrasesas"Sweetsixteen""theAlmightydollar，""UncleSam，""O;"TheGloriousFourth，""YoungAmerica，""Thelordsof，"&queion，""Theweakersex，""Theweakervessel，""Sweetnesslongdrawnout"and"chiefdbottlewasher，"shouldbeputoheyareutterlywornoutfromtoomuchusage.
&heoldsimileswhichhaveoutlivedtheirusefulnessandshouldbepensionedoff，are"Sweetassugar，""Boldasalion，"&quasanox，""Quickasaflash，""Coldasice，""Stiffasapoker，""Whiteassnow，""Busyasabee，""Paleasaghost，""RichasCroesus，""Crossasabear"amaooomention.
Beasinalaspossibleintheuseofexpression.Don'tfollowibuttryaforyourself.Thisdoesyoushouldtrytosetthestyle，ordoanythingoutlandishoroutoftheway，orbeaninnovator.Iinalthereisyforyoutoihiablishapret.Theprobabilityisyouarenotfittodoeither，byeduortalent.Whilefollowiyleofthosewhoareaowledgedleadersyoubeinalinye.Tryandideadifferentfromwhatithasbeeter.Ifyouarespeakingofdan'ttalkorwriteabout&quthelightfantastictoe."Itisovertwohundredyearssiowayin"L'Allegro."You'renotaMiltonandbesidesoveramillioolenitfromMiltonuntilitisnowhstealing.
Don'tresurrectobsoletewordssuchaswhilom，yclept，wis，etdberegardtoobsolestwords，thatis，wordsthatareatthepresenttimegraduallypassingfromusesuchasquoth，trow，betwixt，amongst，froward，etc.
Andbewareofnewwords.Beirudarrae，butdon&#inatewords.Leavethattothemastersoflanguage，anddon'tbethefirsttotrysuchwords，waitusofspeechhavetestedthemaheirmerits.
Quintiliansaid—"Prefertheoldestoftheheheold."Popeputthisistillholdsgood:
Inwords，asfashions，thesamerulewillhold，Alikefantastic，iftooneworold:Bebywhomtheried，helasttolaytheoldaside.
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