Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-12-03
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Common Improbricties OF

At all Is q needless cxploilvu,
which Is employed by many writers,
Of what may ba called the iorciblc.
feeble school, For example: The
coach was upsc,, but, strange TO say.
not passenger received tho slight.
est injury Ii ALL Il, is no, at all
strang3" o..
Mistaken is crroneously used for
mistook. "You arc mistaken il
used to signify " yoti mistake" 4
popular hymn begins, Mistaken
souls, that dream of heaven" for
mistaking, II nm mistaken means
| am taken amiss, that is. you mis-.
apprchcnd mo- Gee.
What, for that. This error Is
quite common among those who
think themselves above learning
anything more out Of the dictionary
orgrammar. "Iic Io;ild Ho. believe
but what was joking"
Convene is used by many persons
in strange sense. This road will
convene the public"
Evidence Is Il word much abused
by learned judges aud attorneys
being continually used for testimo.
ny. Evidence rolatrs TO the convic-
two view Of any ones mind; testi.
mony, the knowledge of anoth.
cr concerning some fact The cv-
idence in ease is o!tcu Tie reverse
of the testimony.
Had have. This is rcry low vui-
garism, Notwithstanding it has the
authority Of Addison. Ii is quite
common TO say, Had have s.cn
him." Had you have known it,"
etc. We can say, Il have been" II
had bccn;' but what sort Of tense
is had have been Z Had ought. had
better, had rather. Vulgar ubsur-
dilies, not less gross than hisn, 10th.
CT, haint, thrirn.
At, for by. L G, Sales at auc.
tiOn The word auction signifies u
manner Of sale; and This signiiica.
ton seems to REQUIRE the proposition
by.
The above, asan adjective. "The
aboTe extract is sufficient to verify
my assertion Il fully concur il
the above statement, (thcslatemenl
above or the foregoing stntomvntJ
Charles Lamb speaks OF the "ubovo
boys and the below boys" 4
Then, rs an adjective. The then
King Of Holland" This error, to
which even educated men are ad.
dicted, prings from a desire of brew
ity, but verbal economy il not com.
mendaGlc when il violates tho plain
est rules of language
Either is only applicable to two
objects: and the same remark is true
of neither and both. Either ofthe
three" is wrong. whether" is -
Contraction Of (WHICH of either"
and therefore cannot be correctly
applied to more than two objects,
Proposition. for proposal. THIS
is not a solccism. but is an equiv
ocal, "proposal," for a thing offered
or proposed. is better than '.pr0pn-
sition.'' "lIe demonstrated the fifth
proposition in Euclid, "hefejec,ed
the propcf.tl Of his friend"
Sit, sat, are much abused words. II
is said, that the brilliant Irish law.
yer, Curran, 5ncc earelessly observ.
cd in court, IAN action lays aud
the judge corrected him by remark
ing, "Lics, Mr.. Curran-hens lay"
but subsequently the Judge ordering
a counselor set down." Curran re-
taliatcd. "sit down, your honor
hens set. The retortv'as charac- I
terizcd by moro wit than truth.
Hens do not set; they sit. II is not
Unusual TO hear person say, Tho
coat sets cll;""The wind sets fair"
Sits is the proper word. The prctcr-
ito of "siL' is often incorrectly uscd
for that of set, C. e., lie sat off
icr Boston"
From thence, from whence. NJ
the adyerbs "thenco" aud "whcncr
literally supply the place of a noun
and proposition, there is solccism
in conjunction with them.
CcTdgct. In conversation, this
verb is frequently used without the
personal pronoun; as -he conducts
we'll, for ''hc conducts shimselfwell."
Least, for less. "0f, two OWLS,
choose the least"