Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-08-17
The Reviewer Reviewed.

He who attempts to be hypercrit-
icaI, should himself be above criti.
cism." snsas
ED. JOURNAL:-The above IL cop
led from "Iowan's' criticism In last
weeks JOURNAL. Now IL / can show
that "Iowan" ia guilty Of the above
named offence it will then appear,
by an easy course of reasoning which
even he may follow without bewil-
derment. that perfection in the art Of
writing has at last been attained.
Should I fail to furnish sufficient
proof In support of this allegation. one
Of two things must be true-either
the doctrine here enunciated is errone-
GUS, or .Iowan'' sinned In ito viola>
ton. %
Hequotes the following sentences
from my former article: "Why not
take this sentence for the subject, or
better still the entire document. To
analyze ii would tax the ingenuity OF
our best teachers" claim that the
latter sentence is correct, cornprehen-
sive, and clear. Yet this self-appoint-
cd champion of loose and careless
scribbling says It is Obscure and
asks, "what is the antecedent of it."
And he insults the intelligence of
teachers by calling upon them to
- n .lr N Iafoot ,rb;ah Jaaa not await
appeal to the same class. Has he
not attempted" to be hypercritical?
Aud does it not follow that he should
be above critlsism?" Let US see.
The following is his opening SEN
tence: "a communication appeared
in your paper last week signed ".
W. X which communication wish
to offer few comments upon.
The writer probable thought there
was something wrong with this sem
tence, but did not know how to reme-
dy it, The following correction is
offered gratuitusly: "A communica-
ton signed w. w. X upon which
/ wish to offer few comments, APP
peared in your paper of last week"
fail to see the force or connection
Of what Ia said about grammatical
error He uses the expression and
then criticisss 1t. This stale wit
ticism has been shawked around by
school-boys for generations.
In . sentence, remarkable only for
its blasphemy, he says something
about finding fault with the spots on
the Sun. BY the use OF this figure we
are to infer that the County 6uperin-
tendent IL the great central orb In
'Iowan'sp sphere, round which he
makes an Aunual rsvoluti0n, In
that case we have presented the an
omoly ola satellite trying 10 make all
the shine This little fellow"
should take warning from the sorrow-
ul fall of Dennis Green, and stick TO
his sphere" e . &
: In my former communication Mr..
Yetter was quoted a. saying, prof.
hA1iuCs RAihSAPSA Va ShC ASOEuidl
School ~ Bloomfield, has been APP
pointed conductor, who will be assist
cd by competent and experienced
teachers, y etc. Thought, at the time
thai any novice In sentence making
0uSdSSSvMwsxlts SU11s1~o ~sW1fops -
here improperly used - ths conneo-
tion OF two indepondsnt sentences.
The hrst sentence should and with
the word conductor, 6ccassse The sensc
e complete. The second should begin
with the pronown he. Even ssIowannI
agrees that English Grammar is the
science and arr Of speaking and wzi-
Ting tho English language according
70 the usage Of ths best speakers and
writer's. Yet with unparalleled af-
frontery he declares that he finds
nothing wrong la the above sentence
nor In anything which Mr.. Yetter has
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