The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-04-30
BAD ENGLISH.

Hundred Mistakes Corrected" )" a valuable
work recently published:
Equally as well" is very common ex.
pression, and avery incorrect one; the ad /.
verb Of comparison, "as," has no right in
the sentence. Equally WE'LL" Equally
high, Equally DEAR" should be the con-
siruc!ion and il "a complement be neces
sary IN tho phrase, it should be preceded
10y the proposition "with," "a, "I'he wall
was cquall high with the former onen
THE goods at Smiths are equally dear
with those sold atthe shop rext door," etc.
Equally the same" is tautology.
"The Weekly Tribune has \ large cir.
culation:' pronounce Tribune as If divided
irid ane, and Ho: Try bune.
"lle has gone 10 the Lyceum :" pro.
nounce Lyceum with the accent on the se-
cond syllable, and not on the first.
"A courier is expected from Washing.
Ton = pronounce cou in courier so as 20
rhyme with too, never like courier; the
TWO words have entirely distinct 81 snifica.
tions.
The soil in those island. is so very thin
that little is produced in them beside CO.
coannt trees" "beside cocoa-nut trees'
means strictly alongside, or by tie side, of
them. Beside or ercept should he used.
Hes'aes also signifies ia addition to: as,
81 sat beside the President, and convcrsed
with him besides"
"lle could neither read or write:" saw.
more properly, write nor read. All pe.
sons who can write can read, but not all
who read can ,critc. This sentence. "a
corrected, is much stronger than in the
Other forlr.
"lie was bred and born among the hills
Of the Hudson :"say, born an 4 bred, which
is the natural order.
be hi
NO ertros or uacations," from the pros
pecius OF schoomistress say, nor ia
cations.
'Iie WIS never known to be GOV ctous:r
/ pronounce covetous as if written corcf US
and not coretyus.
"lle is now settled in Wo, cester :" pro-
nounce as if written Wooster. GioYos,,r
and Leicester arc pronounced GiOsfey and
| Lester.
The combination Of letters oagkt is pro.
nonnced in eight different ways, ms ful.
lows: ]. Though, in which il is pro-
nouneed 90 Through, pronounced 90 J;
3. Plough op =. SougAt, are; s. C'ouyh
off; 6. Rough, uT; Z. Borough, ugh 8.
Lough, Ok. The following sentence, which
is Of doubtful authorship, affords an ex.
amh'e Of each Of these eight modes Of p,o-
nu,cialion II pm, () dough- (6) enough
IN the (5) trough near the (3) slough by
the ts) to"gh, to hast the ducks that I az
t0"ght at the (7) borough (?) through the
day"
Shall and wW arc often confound.d or
missed. The following suggestion will be
OF service TO TIE reader: mere fuiuriiy is
expressed by shall in the FIRST person, and
by miH in the second and third tie deter
nsination Of the speaker Ly aciH, in the
FIRST, and sAoA in the second apd laird
For example: II shall go by the moy OF
Hoiyar,' simply expresses an event abou,
to take yiace-as also you ,ciii, and Mey
r'H: T'H expresses de,ernination--as
also you shall and they shall. Bright
land has the following illustrative stan.
"a:
"lu The first person simply shall fore.
tells
In 'ciH a threat, or else promise dwells,
Shalt, in the second and the third, does
threat;
WiH, simply, then. forctells the future
feat"
The drought lasted long time !" pro,
nounce drought so as 10 rh yus with spso~i
and no, drorfA.
"Ibs two friends conrerscd together for
an. hour:' omit together, as the full mean.
ing Of this word is implied in eo,,, which
means srith. or together or in company.
A popular proverb is expressed in the
following language: "Offro evils choose
the least" say, the less. OF no less than
three evils eau person Glucose the isast.
"fhc ciab gives an iapctus to the BALI
prono"nce impetus with the stress on i'm
and not on pc.
"le would never believe but hat dit
IT, say, bat that 1 did IL.
Before the words heir, herb, honest hon
or, and hour, and their compounds, in
stead Of the article q. we make use Of aa
as the is not sounded; likewise befor,
words beginning with h, that nre not ac
cented on the first syllable such as hero
&c, historical, hypofhesis, etc., as, .on he
roic ccfion;" ''oa historical cork ~ "a,
hypothesis that eau scarcely lie allow ed.n
| dearly beloved brethrcn y " ssu Selov
ed splacsd ,S.fore the noun, as in this in
stance If6pounce it in three syliabDes
when plated yier, in Two syIlables, as
"She was much be iored by us ALL
When used IS . noun by itself, it Is pro
nonneed in three sylIables as, "Be los-ed
let rs lovc one another" |
"llow do you Ike tbese Kind Of p>srs.'
say, these Kinds; sroaa in tho siupals
number will not allow its adjective 10 1,
in the plural.
Nothing can be more erroneous than 4
say, Il shall go and lay dowp." an
question which naturally arisss N ts.
mind Of tho iisrir,ipa,ies hss-e, /.