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

There are the careless people, CnOoe
"who know the right, and yet the wrong
pursue" They plunge recklessly on
without thought for the words they use;
their sentences abound with exclamations
and explosives more expressive than
choice. Their slang phrases are IN ofense
to cultivated ears; and they exhaust the
uperlatives Of the language on the most
ordinary occasions. It 10 they Who pref
with, my starsi" by Georgei" BY
"Thunder |" You bet r." No, you don't -
In their vocabulary, Oh I" " Indeed, yesi''
"Well!" "And ah!" are - thickly
strewn AZ leaves in Vallambrosa. With
them funeral ia "jolly,"a prayer meet
ing funny" an ordinary performance 10
first rate" the lowessround on the ladder
of beauty IL real pretty :" and their in.
discriminate summation il expressed by
the mueh-sbused epithets, splendid,
beautiful, magnificent, superb, exquisite"
etc. Any violation of law belonging to
their code IL shameful" . refusal to
conform to their wishes is "horrid mean"
Q common cold is terrible" and head
ache Is "beyond endurance" They are
always roasted or /" frozen or "melt-
ed; their friends are beauti6ed 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 feelingA
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 precepts. This class h largo
one, and Includes among it, audscious
i. Those who use the objective cass for
the nominative; ~, 1T h me" TOR IT 2
=" + Is her" for !" Its ahe;" 1T Is uA"
2. Those who use the nominative case
for the objective; -, Between You and
l." for" Between you and me-" Like you
and /" for Like You and me !" II know
who you nean," for II know whom you
8. Those whose subjects and verbs do
not agree n namber and person -, "6eys
y were 8 !. ~ tests cox: 5cr Any fsst
are cold !" There's thirty" for "Thers
4. Thcee Who use the Indicative mood
for the subjunctive; II was ycu," TOR
" II ! wer6 y0u-" ~
8. Those who use the pressut tense for
the past: II see ycu yesterday" for II
NV you Yesterday -
s. Those Who use the intrsnsitivs verb
for the transitivs; IF he y mind TO-"
for "If he haG mind TO.
Z. Those Who use incorrectly the much
abused verbs ct and lie; - II an going
to lay down." for am going 10 lie down.
~ laid down this morning" tor u lay
down this morning. II shall ~ there"
for I Ghall IL there. @
8. Those who use the adverb for the Cd
iective; @, ~6he looks beautifully" for
4 She looks beautifhl = a il opposite,
.1shs E:ls !. graceful" for "sas walks
.. Those Who use . plural adjective
with singular noun; q, Those kind; !"
for .That kind" "Six pair" Tor "Six
pairA"
10. Those Who use the compound rela-
tive for the conjunction; -, II do not
know but what will" for I do not
know but TIT i VII"
II. Those who NE the objective case
afSer the conjunction @than - He
knows more than me-" tor He knows
"a Tnose Who use double negstives;
-, No, yOu don't neither, p6 NO you
don't either"
Is. IhosS who use tho wrong preposi-
ton; q, = Different to- for Different
from; In regard Of" for With regard
to- i a.
II. Those Who me the superlative do
gree for the comparative; ~, THE oldegt
o. the two" for The elder Of the two.'~-
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