Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-24
The Common Crimes Of Cenversatios

There are the careless people, those
"who know the right, and yet the wrong
pursue" They plunge recklessly on
without thought for the words they use /;
their sentences abound with ordinations
and explosives more expressive than
choice. Their slang phrases are IN offense
to cultivated ears; and they exhaust the
superlatives of the language on the most
ordinary occasions. It 10 they who pref.
ace every sentence, even on trivial topics,
with, my stars!" BY Georgei" by
Jupiter" Gnciousl" Good Lord y
THUNDER r You bet I" !" No, you don't r
In their vocabulary, OIL" /" Indeed, yesf'
"Well!" "And all" are - thickly
strewn as leaves in vallambrosa. With
them funeral il "jolly,"a prayer meet
first rate" the lowessround on the ladder
discriminate admiration il expressed by
beautiful, magnificent, superb, exquisite, y
their code 10 shameful refusal to
conform to their wishes is horrid mean !"
q common cold is terrible and head.
ache IL "heyond endurance" They are
always roasted or " frozen or "melt-
ed /" their friends are beautified with
every virtue and their enemies are the
ofscourines of the race. They 20 COM
pletely exhaust the language on common
occasions that no words are left TO give
expressions to their deeper feelings
A second class includes those who vi0-
late the laws Of etymology. They have
been thoroughly trained In the grammar
of language, and yet refuse to Be regu-
lated 81 IL precepta This class y . largo
one, and Includes among it audacious
/. Those who use the objective case for
the nominative; ~, 1T b mi" for ut =
Il" = It i her," for " 1t i shs;" ut Il a."
for at il We"
2. Those who use thu nominative case
for tho objective; o., Between you and
/" 70. Between you and me Like you
and I" Tor |" Like you and me !" /" know
who you mean" for II know whom you
5. Those whose subjects and verbs do
not agree IN number and person -, "Says
/" 81 "6Ay I !" You WA" for "You
were !" any feet's cold" foe aMy fest
are cold !" 3There's thirty" Scr "Thsrs
are thirty
/. Those Who use the indicative mood
for the subjunctivs; III ! was you," Sor
II Wono you." 80
s. Those Who use the present tense for.
the past: II zee you yesterday" ior II
NV y0u yeGteeday 2"
8. Those Who NE the intransitive verb
for the transltive; II he y mind TO"
for "If he hAD mind 70.
4. Th0oo who use incorrectly the much
sbussd verbs sit and lie; - II am going
to lay down." for I am going 70 lie down.;
~ laid down this morning Tor II lay
down this morning" / shah ~ there"
for I han dt there.
8. Those who nee the adveTb for the Cd
jective; q, "6he looks beautifully" for
LShe iooks beautiful = a il opposite,
'7She walks graceful" for "Shs WALKS
.. Those who use : plural adjective
with singular noun; -, Those kind;"
for .That kind" Six pair" for "eix
10. Those Who uss the compound relar
tive for The conjunction; ~ II DO not
know bat Whist VIII" for = do not
know bu9 NJ viii
II. Those who use the digestive csc
afte. the conjunction : than g he
knows moee dian me-" tor He knows
Il Tlose Who use double negatives;
q, " No, you don't neither" Tor No you
don't either"
IL. Those who use the wrong preposi-
ton - = Different to- for Different
from; I'm regard Of" for " With regard
TO-" ~
IL Those who IRE the superlative do
Rree for the comparative; ~, The Oldest
q the two" for " The elder Of the two.'-
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