Smyrna times., 1870-03-09
mise //uH e o us.
The Common Grimes Of Conversation.

There are the careless people, those " who
know the right, aud yet the wrong pursue
They plunge recklessly on without a thouobt
tor the words they use, their sentences abound
with exclamatlonS and expletlves more express
I've than choice Their Slang phrases ar,. an
0nenSe to cultivated ears; and they exhaust
the superlatlVeS OF the language on the most
ordinary occasions. 1t Is they who preface
every sentence, even on trivial topics. witb
Ny stars y " By George /" " Bv Junitrr ~
GraclouS God Lord! !" Thunder ~
} ou bet " No, you don't!" In their 70
caCulary, i" OH Indeed, yes!' Welll"
ANA at! are aS thickly slrewn as leaves in
'allambrosa. With them funeral is 'iolly,"
q prayer meeting funny" an ordinary Der,
ITulahce ~ Is hrSt rate, the lowest round on
tne ladder OF beauty is real pretty" and
thelr lnIlscrImlnate admiration is expressed BY
iS ihe much.abused tpithets, splendid, beauli-
1ul, magnificent superb, exquisite" etc. ANY
Violation of law belonging to their code is
shameful )" refusal to conform to their
Wishes IS horrid mean a common cold is
terrible, and headache is beyond en-
durance They are always "roasted' or
frozen" or "melted; :" their friends are
beautiful with every virtue and their enemie.
are the OhscOurlngs of the race. They SO com
pletely exhaust the language on common &c.
ctSionS that no words are left to give expres-
slonS to their deeper feelings
a second class includes those who violate
the laws OF etymOlogy, They have been thor.
oughly trained in the grammar Of language.
an ana yet refuse to be regulated by its precept,.
l IhiS class Is large one, and Includes among
Its audaciOuS sinners:
|. Those who use the objective case for tbo
nomnative; as, 1T is me, for I" II is I -
1t IS her, for g It l. sbn - :! T. :; -, >, 4
1t is We . U'' 'o'
= hose who use the nOminative case for the
Objective; as, Between you and |, for
Det%gen you and me; Like you and |, -
Tor Like you and me :" " know who Won
mean, tor . know whom you mean.
D. lhose whose subjects and verbs do not
agree IN number and person; as. Saws | -
Tor Say L = . You was, for '.You were -
:, Wy feet cold. for :" My feet are cold -
there's thirty, for There are thirty"
t. those who use the indicative mood for
tne subJunctlve; If L was you, for IF |
were you
D. Those who use the present tense for the
yesterday"
o. Those who use the intransitve verb for
the transtiye; " II he is mind to, for " If
ne has mind to.
Z. Those who use incorrectly the much-abus-
ed verbs sit and lie; as | am going to Law
down, for = | am going to lie down; - II
iaid down this morning, for 6 | lay down this
morning " shall set there, for Il shall sit
there "
8. Those who use the adverb for the adiec-
1--WE; as, " She looks beautifully" for "She
looks beautiful " or its opposite, "She walks
graceful tor She walks gracefully"
~. nose who use a plural adjective with a
singular noun; as, Those kind" for "That
kl9d n, Six pair, " fer " Six pairs"
III; Those who use the compound relative
IoT the conjunction; as, " | do not know but
vr;m wHat i will, for . do not know but that
q, II. Those who use the objective case after
the conjunction :. than )" as He knows more
Inan me for - He knows more than "
:. u Those who use double negatives; as
.;.S, no, you DON'T neither for No you DON
l3. Those who use the wrong proposition
as Different to, for Different from - . Ii
regard Of, p" for With regard to"
=, a. Those who use the superlative degree 70
re e,, comparative; as, ''The oldest of the two,
The elder Of the two y OH and Ne,o