The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-23

There are careless people. chose who
know the right, and vet the wrong pur-
sue.' They plunge recklessly on with
out thought for the words they use;
their sentences abound with exclama-
tons and explosives more expressive
than choice. Their slang phrases are
an ofienne to cultivated ears, and they
exhaust their superlatives of the Ian
guage on the most ordinary occasions.
1t is they who preface every sentence,
even on trivial topics, with MY stars!''
'By George by Jupiterr' ezra
cious.' "Thunderr' "You betr' "No
you don't" "Wellr' And an" are as
thickly strewn as leaves in Vallambrosa.
With them funeral is "jolly,' prayer
meeting funny" an ordinary perform
ance is first rate, the lowest round on
the ladder of beauty is real pretty and
their indiscriminate admiration is ex-
pressed by the much abused epithets,
splendid, beautiful, magnificent, SUI
perb, bewitching. fascinating, charming,
delicious, exquisite" etc. Any viola
ton of law belonging to their code is
shameful refusal to conform to
their wishes is "horrid mean" COM
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is beyond endurance They are al
ways "frozen," roasted" or "melted;"
their friends are beautified with every
virtue. and their enemies are the off
scourings of the race. They so COM
pletely exhaust the language or COM
mon occasions. that no words are left to
give expression to their deeper feelings.
Another class includes those who vio-
late the laws of etymology. They have
been thoroughly trained in the gram
mar of the language, and yet refuse to
be regulated by its precepts. This class
is a large one. and includes among its
audacious sinners:
l. Those who use the objective case
for the nominative one: as, at is me-"
for 1T is l > at is her" for cit is she;"
at is MS" for 1T is We"
2. Those who use the nominative case
for the objective as, Between You and
me" for Between you and l." Like
you and me, - for Like you and l." 81
know who you mean,' for II know
whom you mean
3. Those whose subjects and verbs do
not agree in number and person, as,
"Says l." for "Say +" "You was" for
"You wsre;" "My feets cold" for my
feet are cold:" "Theres thirty" for
'There are thirty"
4. Those who use the indicative mood
for the subjunctive; as, eff l was YOU
for IF l were YOU
b. Those who use the present tense for
the past; as, 81 see you yesterday" for
II saw you yesterday
6. Those who use the intransitive verb
for the transitive; "If he is mind to"
for eff he has mind to-
Z. Those who use incorrectly the
much abused verbs sit and lie; as, II
am going to lay down, for Il am going
to lie down. Il laid down this morn
ing for 81 lay down this morning;" 81
shall set here" for II shall sit here"
8. Those who use the adverb for the
adjective; as, "She looks beautifully"
for "She looks beautiful or its oppo-
site, "She walks graceful" for "She
walks gracefully"
9. Those who use plural adjective
with singular noun; as, "Those kind"
for "That kind" "Six pair for "Six
pairs"
10. Those who use the compound rel
alive for the conjunction; as, II do not
know but what / WILL" for II do not
know but that will"
IL. Those who use the objective case
after the conjunction than; as, "He
knows more than me-" for "He knows
more than l."
II. Those who use double negatives;
as, "No You don't neither" for "No
you don't either"
ID. Those who use the wrong prepo-
sition; as, Different to-" for differ
ent FROM" I'm 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 1.-The older of the
two"
A BRAVE SoLDIER.-Out of the many
instances of individual bravery which
must have signalized the struggle for
independence, few have been preserved;
but one. that has been, lights up the
melancholy darkness Of the scene with
a peculiar brightness. At the battle of
Bunker Hill, John Calender, captain
of artillery, had withdrawn from the
battle, and had disobeyed Putnam's Or
ders to return. The battle over, Putnam
declared that if Calender was not CASH
tered or shot, he would himself leave
the service. A court-martial convicted
him of cowardice, and dismissed him
from all further service in the Cont
mental army rs an officer" Coward or
not, he was brave enough to step down
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