Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-12-29
Wrong and Right Use of Words.

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! 4 Aggr0eate-This word should never bC
/ employedt in Tefefence 20 PERSONS as i
! meaiis merely to add weight to-to max,
an evil more oppressive; injuryeis aaggra
waited by INSULT 1t is sometimes improper
! ly used in the sense of -trTitGte,. as "1 Was
7 m6cf aggravated by his co1ductnn. ,s-ss ;.
h : lBsLG1ace, in the sl nse of rest remainder
residue rempant is an abomination
Balance is, metaphorically, the differences
betweens two sides of an 7acceRnt---fhe
amount which is necessary to make 0ns on
Yet we continually hear of the balance OF
this or that thing, even the balance of a
congregation or of.an army
fBOu71tEfut is applica bic only TO persons.
A giver may be bountiful, but his gift cam
not it should be called plentiful or large.
"a bountiful slice is absurd.suv q5s3 s1ssI -
Fetch expresses a double motion first
from and then toward the speaker itis,ex-
sactly equivalent 70 90 and abring.py \ and
ought not to be used in the sense Of bring
alone - Es
Calculate, besides its sectional misuse for
Htfszk or suppose, is sometimes, = in, the
paricipal form calculated, put for tStely or
apt- . That nomination Acalculated to
injnres the party" 1t is ieaIcIated .Jde-
sigse1 to do no such thing, though 10 may.
be likely to- y s--ss - la.rs7a
CStssen should notibe used except when
the Possession of political rights ismeant
20 be implied Newspaper reporters have
bad habit of bringing it out on all occa-
=sions, when person" man" or-os bye
stander y would express their meaning
much better. 80 7. ,a.s ,a.',9
Couple applies to two things which are
bound together or united IN some way.
A couple of apples is incorrect -tso0 ap 2
pies is what Is meant. 10 o5ssss-ss. Z :,
Dirt means filth, and is not SYNONYMOUS
rIreff 80 n. W IL
speak of dirt road, or of packing dirt
around theroots of trees they are setting.
They mean earth. 'A---
Ekecute.-EWh hen a murderer is hanged
his 5seAee is executed, the man is not. A
man cannot be executed-that is, followed
out or performed. iE e. 80 8. : -
Egpect looks always to the future. You
cannot expect that anything has happened
or is happening, but only that it viii.
happen. g Issl5 - es,a-l1
Get means to- obtain. not to possess. oasse
lie has got all the .numberso of thenews-
paper :" Have YOU got good 1noIassesy' \
. They have got bad manners" Why will |
people Psrsistiin introducing the word IN !
such sentences as these, where it is evi- |
--Help .Meet.-An absurd use of these two |
words, as if they together were the name.
OF one thing-a wife-is tooa common.
Thesent nee in Genesis is: :" I will ma ke
him anshelp meet for him'-t. e., a help f T
for him. There is no such word as help
meetA a
GSelLay.-Persons not grossly igno,l
rant sometimes say theyswill lay meaning I
lie down, that they have laid fiainT an
lous or that the hammer is laying [lyingT
by the Jacks. Lie means to recline; its
past tense is LGy-'I~Iay there all. that,
nights" its paFliciples lyireg and lain. Lag
usedpf present time) means 70 put some
lays a carpet; its, past is.
laid il myself ;;@1its partieipies, lgy- E.
ngsand ldsdDe1 was Sintgrrupfeda while !
aging it, and il was not all laid till night
L0us rules the heart, not the stomach |,
1o9 Le0e your wife, or ought to; but favor
te articles Of food you like. ,-se..-, -,,,---l
O6seEre should not be. used for sag, as
3 the=cft heard Sentence. " What did you z
6SerceRp a -
ST., oftensmispronouneed set, is OCCASION. ,
lyEsgritteRs but, it's to be hoped rarely.
= W0ffs and Their Uses. ,