Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-03-05
Written for the HERALD.
ERRORS.

4 careful observation Of handbiIls
united with little study of the die
tionary would disclose some Iaughable
mistakes.
Tn the programme OF dramatic en-.
tertairment given "once upon time"
in our little village, We're found these
words, This referring to a drama. J
Will be followed by n Taughable farce. ="
4 "laughable farce" must be very fun
nv indeed, since farce" means "ludi-
crous play" as gathered from the die
tionary. Then, substituting the syn
onymo for the original play, a
"laughable farce is "laughable lu-
dicrous play" Not long since, notices
of an auction were distributed.
Among the articles enumerated for sale
was a buggy wagon" Now buggy"
means either a light vehicle" or
"aboupding with bugs" If the first
meaning be taken, a 50 light vehicle
wagon" is certainly wrong, while no
quctioneer would use, knowingly, the
second meaning of buggy.
Then there are SO many little mis-.
takes made by many people who, with
little care, might correct their errors.
How often 10 wehe4r the word learn"
cY some form OF it, used when teach"
should be used. We may teach
another something, but we cannot
learn it to him; and yet, how often we
hear such expressions as these, Teach
er learned Inc that" or "Mrs. b.
learned me that thing"
The use Of t'them" instead of those"
is also u common error; as, Take
them apples away" and "done" in
stead of did," "IIo done it as | told
him. We quite often hear the ex-
preston between you and J." when
Of course it should be "between you
and me" lit is me- is a well known
MISTAKE, and yet many people use it
WHO know that it is wrong. But it is
too much effort to get out of the Old
ruts Of at is me,"''I amt" "YQu be, !"
II have got it, and others.
What q common request among
scholars is this, "Piease can | speak,
instead of please may l speak"
"Can" expresses 2orer, may" indi-
Gates permission. \ scholar does not
seek porer TO speak, but he seeks per-
mission to use the power Of speaking
which he has. Another similar to this
is the Use of "shalr' for "will" and
ciee rerJa. Yet not many people make
it as ludicrous as did the man who
was struggling in the water, and ex-
claimed, II will drown, nobody shall
help me-"
Then mistakes are often made in
the use of words, pronounced nearly
the same, but spelled differently
and having different meanings. One
! OF the most common errors of this
class ia, perhaps, from the various uses
Of the words "tQ," "too," and two
This might easily b. avoided by re-.
Wondering that .!t-o' means Gas far
as" "t-o-o," ALSO two" como and
one" Accept and except are
sometimes used Interchangeable; but,
really, there is decided difference be-
tween accepting" and excepting
an invitation. Principals of schools
especially are annoyed by third error
Ct this class, in receiving letters al
dressed to the Principle Of Il certain
school. Now q person may DO the
"chiof officer OF school," but he is
hardly q fundamental truth" of that
school,
lfpeople would notice the cqnyersa-
ton which they hear, they might be
forced to exclaim as little girl did
whose attention had been called to
dad language" sit seems as though
lately nobody speaks correctly"