Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-07-31


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FAKE GARE0FYOUR GRAMMAR.
sTasTswas the sayingeof a shrewd critic
and ouEown experience confirms its truth
---ttat few men can write page ofmat>
: ter entirely free from grammatical errors.
In fact the printed works ofthe best wri.
tsrs sin the Language. even when the
proofs have beed read by the authors
themselves, abound in such mistakes.
a late critic has amused him elfby col
lecting exam pies of this character from
Burke. -Hsllam, Macaulsy, Junius. John
tson 'Cobbett, Blair, Gibbon. Allison. &c.
'1A5feWsof his samples will show how true
tho saying is that. ''even Homer mods"
gBhrke, in one OF his noblest passages
writes, "Ihe more accurately we search.
the stronger traces We end Of his wisdom
who made it," Macaulay. who, when
feTfeTihg:: tears an au'hot to pieces for
All error in grammar, perpetra:es the fol-
lowing: "in depressed state. if less
than million OF terms. are produced. "
tIibbc q blundcrs out, 1.-the richness OF her
arms and apparel ,oers conspicuous. -
Even Blair. who though. himself cri.ic
Cumons critics, and wS+ considered At one
tbnG. The very piuk of accur ICY. wrote.
how lar euch oi the three great epic po-
c,s haze distinguished themselves -
s.Am ord IL .ry. ~ rtrr. after This, may
cake .l'-"rs at grace ii lie finds he has
trppca in his grammar. Esp, cially may
Il 81 lltV
.,tLey ,u'e Compelled 10 compo:e on the
,sFun oi the mUmrr t., u-ualiy write a hand
that is hardly IegibIe. and rarely enjoy
Ihc advantage OF correcting the prno's OF
their r,articlcs.r. FrvqIrn,ly a 'urnSliss is
made by the printer 10 speak sheer non
svnSc. though captiou~ public. in laugh
.iI., Nl his errors. scarcely ever take this
INSTRUMENTATION. In spite OF the haste
with whichshe writes: the editor bVunGtrs
les iGHn Gs appears lU und- would be
safe. III tho mAiutity ot cases. to blame
moi, him. but the printer. Editors. how
SSuE, prUbAbly IHike AS few miStaEes AS
oortlcr writer's. for custom will enable {;
man, if he cUmm, uc,s his career Alright,
10. compose with average accuracy. even
,if he isiu a hurry =, Every forcibIe'or:cor
rectwri:er has acquired his or her p:oh.
cheney by extreme cate at 6rst. L'tsrfry
beginners should initiate this example.
whether they desire to become editors or
not. A carelrss habit of writing, ruins
style aud grammar alike. To quote The
old pEoxeeb, :. rs the twig is bent. the
tree isiHclined." .a.
We often hear Writer'S censured. in con-
TeESattou. = With no. little fippancy. for
grammHtic,.l errors. Yet where ope wri-
ter confOunds singular with plural, a doz
en- takers do it, aud the fauR finders the
'oftenest. ID nothing IS Fef0Fm moIe need
ed than in the grammar of every days
6ps9eh. The best educated men and wo'
mencoutiuuaIly perpetrate plumbers. the
habitsof which they acquired ia chld hood
and have never shaken off. Persons,
having less book learning. but who are
Stiltcultivated, often. in animated colo
guy. let slip such euormiLies, as II have
saw" or 4" l seen," relics Of their infant
tfE3ss-Wher ignorant nurses talked tc
them l4lmppD ohllvio dbgfammqr@l Or
the stump, at the bnr. even in the pull pit
errors in grammItSareifreqHeht. Every
body as. 70 this matter. lives in q rglaS:
hous ;rRud. he is prudent therefore, who
declines thfo wing. Stones Wise men
ipssesd, Of earpipg atothers,S mistakes. try
to CsErectthei own deficiencies. vi It. is E
th0asadds tines easier to pick a flaw IL
: a great writer's grammar than 1t is tc
riyklsh7s 4dgic: RfsS sl6iagInati6dSNot thi'
stsaS. EEfR&. &4ffeb, Il 6ft9n7r rethe mBeted
would close the ii ps ''oF the word critic
the smallest Of all small dabblers7in litera
ture,
= LIFE Is Bur SPAN OF HORSES. Life
;ST6St q snsinaI, oe bor.o. 49, = "a