Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-19
Linguistic SinnerH-The Gem.
mon Grimes Of Conversntton.
Yours thankfully.
JUSTICE.

mon Grimes Of ConversaIIon,
From the Old add New for February
There are very careless people
those "who' know the right, anC
yet the wrong pursue" They
plunge recklessly on, without q
thought for the words they use
their sentences abound with ex.
CARNATIONS and explosives nmorC
expressive than choice. Theil
slang phrases are an offence "a
cultivated ears; aud they ex.
haust the surperlatives OEthe Ian.
guage on the most Ordinary oc.
casions. It is they who preface
every sentence even on trivial
topics with MY stars! !" "By
George! by Jupiter Ora.
ciOusf "GoOd Lordr' "Thuu.
derF' "You betr' mo you
don't" In their vocabulary.
Indeed, yesm "Well p
and "Ah!" are as thickly strewn
as leaves in Valambrosia. With
them a funeral is "jolly" q PRAYER
meeting funny" an ordinary per.
formance is "arst.rate'' the low.
est round on the ladder OF beau.
ty is "real pretty :" and their in
discriminate admiration is ex:,
pressed by the much abused epi.
thets, splendid, beautiful, mag.
niflcent, superb, exquisite" etc.
Any violation Of law belonging
to their code is shameful" 4
refusal TO conform to their wishes
is "horrid mean," a common cold
is TERRIBLE and a headache is
"beyOnd endurance" They arc
always Breasted" or frozen" or
'melted;' their friends are beau.
tiled with every virtue and their
enemies are the oFscourings OF
the race. They so completely ex.
haust the language on common
occasions that no words are left
TO give expression to their deep.
er feelings.
A second class. includos those
who violate the laws Of etymol.
ogy, They have been thoroughly
trained in the grammar Of the
language, and yet refuse TO be
regulated by its precepts. This
class is a large one, and includes
among its audasious sinners:
l. Those who use the obiec.
tive case for the nominatlve as,
at Is me-" for ut is L. st is
for at is she at is u.s.
for at is we"
2. Those who use the nomina.
tive case for the objective: as,
Between you and l." for BE.
tween you and me !" 'like you and
H. for like You and me-" ~
know who you mean" for II
know whom you mean"
). Those whose subjects and
verbs do not agree in number and
person as, "Says IT, for "Say
l." "You was" for you were y
fect's cold," for MY feet
are cold;' "Thcre's thirty" for
"Therc are thirty"
4. Those who who use the in.
dlcative mood for the subjunctiye
"lf | was YOU for az | were
D. Those who use the present
tense for The past II see YOU
Yesterday for II saw you yester-
6. Those who use the intransi.
tive verb for the transitlve; If
he is a mind to-" for III he has a
mind to-"
Z. Those who usR incorrectly
the much abused verbs sit and lie:
as 81 am going to lay down." for
Il am going to lie down." II laid
this morning" for al Law
down this morning :" 81 shall set
there for II shall sit there"
s. Those who use the .advcrb
for The adjective: us, "She looks
beautifully" for ''She looks beau.
.lIul ! or its opposite, "She
graceful for "She walks
gracefully"
0. Those who use a plural ad.
with a singular noun ; as,
Those kind" for "That kind y
six pair" for "Six pairs"
10. Those who use the COM
pound relative for the commune.
ion as, ~ do not know but what
WILL" for II do not know but that
will"
IL. Those who use the object.
We case after the conjunction
than ;" as, 'He knows more than
for "He knows more than l."
IL. Those who use double neg
as, mo you don't neit6.
r." for mo you don't either"
Is. Those who use the wrong
proposition Is, different to-
or Different from - "In regard
for "With regard TO-"
IL. Those who use the superla.
I've degree for the comparative
8, "The Oldest Of the two" for
The elder 81 the two"
A eomniaia edition az the nohms