Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-25
F,om The Associate EclorE.I,. Presbyterian.
A SENTENCE,

TO those OF cur readers who have {:
tasio for rhetoric, grammar, compost
ton, and similar subjects, We wouII
iSubniL the question llavo you cvci
eEGuircd in how many different re-
spccls - scntcrce in our language is
liable to correction. Let us scr.
Q) In respect TO as oyfho ;rc1.Ay
Are Inc words spelled correctly III az
cordanco with established usage, hav-
'ns the right letters in tho right place:
'A"d saw Ill a"gte como down from,
heaven, having tho key of The bot.
Lomlcss pit aud y great chain in biz,
Eand." The error here is not in hay
lrS loo fow or too many letters, but
i'll tho position of the and OF the { in
tho undcrscorcd word. Lot then,
change positions and tho word will
appcur lhus-'unGti"
There may bo >,.pc, luous letters in
some OF TIC words. "Aud Joscpl,
say: them '%"yycns' according to tho
commandmcnl vr Pharaoh, auG ;.avc
them provision G.r tho way" Tue, c
Is al orthH!;r"i,h:c:sl error iii this s".
i"ncr, 81 VIC have wilton j. i'll tho lin
dvrSjo'cd "o:@. 1t oH:;ht to no
@,5o"S,' wiz" u!.!y ,.ac "y.'
Dy the way, bad spelling, as VIC
usually call il, vitialcs !. mans litcla-
~ pretcnsions. Tho trustees Of IN
acadcmy aud high school in want Of :.
teacher, wrote to II graduate OF ono
OF our colleges who advvrtiscs lin
sell Tor = si.uatiun, but tho lci:cl.
whicn comes i'll rvl'ly has Il number OF
badly spelled words, and tho result is,
there i, tlu engagement made. What
an incunsrui,J. a s::ic..liiic gru;ic-
nan furnishes AT article for ono OF
tho lcvicws. lie is evidently master
OF the sui jcct, hut his cr:;l~srap:.ical
, biuEdcia 30 pr j"a!cr The Minds cI
The editors that t:,cy ;.;'ni. his com-
G) ~ ncl.tc,.ct tn;;y Lc criticised in
grammatical respect. 1t may bc
clear and tulcibic, wEiIo tho lulcs OF
GRAMMAR HAY bo So violated that il
cannot be parsed. T"c words corl.
posing it may Eot Sustain tho proper
! relation with each other il accoruanc Z
with tho r:lc Il :,vvcrr!not a:.d Ct
agreement.
(3) Tic structure oc it demands 1T
!rnlion. The several mem Jvra or
! parts should be 50 arranged rs t.,
make tho se''tc,co im,ci!is.iiio a:.G
i"rci3!c. "li tMc Pope be anti Christ
down with him." is clear, but it
would Gc more iorcihic t. run thus;
'Down With tho Pope, il &c ~ anti
Christ
We find the foIiowin. in rrn! c,'
sermon "frum vi h.L h", been said
We may sec that minister's Of the g, 8:
l'cl ;:ic often exposed to trials, .hc =
verify OF which ti:cy Came: wei! un-
dcrst;:nd who were never called to
public employment in tho vhurch" -.
This is IN ob"cur"ra3sugc. Ii is i'm.
proved by rcaaiuS it thus: "From
| what has been said wc may 200 t;;ri
ministers Of the gospel arc of-cn cx-
posed 10 trials, tho severity Of which
cannot we'll 10 understood Jy those
who were never called to pabiic en-.
! ploymcht in tho church." An Ala.
Oana paper writing CT Florida says
There are also numerous small lax O.,
OF pure water filled with fish, somo OF
which arc OIL y u f-w rods in extent
while others arc from two 10 ton miles
in extent" What huge fish I! Some
OF them q few rods in extent, while
others arc from two to ten miles in
cxlcnt!!!! Bat tho writer did not
intend to express himself thus
These miles and rods apply to the
islands and not to tue fish. Tho in
! scrlion Of the word ":akcs" after The
words "sonse G ~AicA' would rectify
tho sentence.
(4) A sentence may bo criticised
on tho scoro Of 6rerity, If tho idea is
clearly expressed its brcvity is no OBJ
jcction in itself, but that brcvity be-
comes OH j.ctiopable whom it ob,curcs
the scnsc and keeps it from being un
dcrstood.
(5) 1t may be too long. Some Of
tho sentences in law books covor more
than a printed pago. Tho nominative
and verb arc separated by wido spaces
and it requires close attention to oE
servo tho connection. Tho style of q
writer is grievousIy faulty, let his sub
ject DO what it may, whom tho reador
in'attompting to find tho nom inativo tc
the verb, has TO fall back whole page
or half pago. Tho uso OF super fl u our