Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-02-16
The common Crimeu OF convention.

THERE are the careless people, those
who know the right, and yet the wrong
pursue'. They plunge Eecklessly on with
( out a thought for the words they use
/ their sentences abound with eXclama-
/ tiOns and eXpletiVes more expressive
/ than choice. Their slang phrases are an
/ Offense to cultivated ears; and they ex-
| haust the supeTlatives Of the language
on the most ordinary occasions. It is
| they who preface every sentence, even
on trivial topics, with MY stars ~ by
Jupiter p "Gracious ~ Good Lord p'-
Thunder - you betv No, you dOn'tp
In their vocabulary 'Ohp Indeed, yesp
fWellp and iAhy are as thickly strewn
as leaves in VallamrOsa. With them q
funeral is Jolly prayer meeting fun
N.Y. an ordinary performance IS first
rate the lowest round on the ladder of
beauty is real pretty and their indis-
criminate epithets, splendid, beautiful,
magnificent, superb, exquisite, etc. Any
violation Of law belonging to their code
is shameful a refusal to conform to
their wishes is 'hOrrid mean a COM
mon cold is Terrible and q headache is
beyond endurance They are always
roasted or 'frozen,' or melted their
friends are beautified with every virtue:
and their enemies are the OffscOurings Of
the race. They so completely exhaust
the language on common occasions that
no words are left to give expressions to
their deeper feelings.
A second class includes those who viO-
late the laws Of etymOlOgy. They have
been thoroughly trained in the grammar
Of the language, and yetrefuse to be reg
ulated by its precepts. This class is
large one, and includes among its au-
daciOus sinners;
1. Those who use the objective case
for the nOminative; as, 1T is me, for 1T
is J.; 1T is her, for 1t is she, Tt is U.S.
for 1t is We
2. Those who use the nOminative case
for the objective; as, Between you and
mel Like you and ], , for Like you and
mel 4 know who you mean, i know
whom you mean
8. Those whose subjects and verbs do
not agree in number and person as
Says 7, for Say T. You was,' for You
were;' My feet's cold for My feet are
cold;' There's thirty
4. Those who use the indicative mood
for the subjunctive; IF I was you, for
/ IF were yOu.'
5. Those who use the present tense for
the past 4 see you yesterday for Z
saw you yesterday
6. Those who use the intransitive verb
fOr,the transitive; IF he is mind to- for
IF he has a mind to-
Z. Those who use incorrectly the much
abused verbs sit and lie; as, i am going
to lay down. for 4 am going to lie DOWN.
I laid down this morning. for 4 lay
down this morning. 4 shall set there
for I shall sit there
8. Those who use the adveTb for the
adjective; as, She look beautifully for
She looks beautiful; to its opposite, She
walks graceful, for She walks grace
fully
8. Those who use a plural adjective
withla singular noun; as, Those kind, 3
for THAT kind , six pair, for Six pairs
10. Those who use the compound rela-
tive for the conjunction; as, 4 do not
know but what I WILL for 4 do not
know but that I WILL
II. Those who use the objective case
after, the conjunction 'than;' as. He
knows more than me-
u. Those who use double NEGATIVES (;
as No. you don't neither for No you
don't ether
13. Those who use the wrong prepOsi-
ton; as, Different to- for Different
from5 Sin regard OF, for With regard to- ,
IA. Those who use the superlative de-
gree for the comparative as, THE old
est of the two,' for THE elder of the two.i