, 1880-05-22

VERBAL CRITICISM.
Adverbs PlRceL between Verbs and
Prepostt1ons-A Hit Rack at Had
Punctuation.

Punctuation.
Atlantic Monthly.
This npte comes to inc from tho hon1c Of
oultttre".
e ps* 1sry M e but Yoqf snSnos msts"s gep tsfsss ss
S,So tTsS1 th2 paf.le!s aed ysrn ssEt % il ths f.
Ysss XIII sSoaia say, essa to rest!ss: e ;5ssppsar
takoGtntoIoxy tkttSI W. You kpow ors auHef tr%ly 's'
a uosToS GIRL.
Iprint the note Just IS i was written, for
one or two rcNsons: ~ 1t fatsers q snper-
sass san IL q dny G sue t sa sti e ay sf s ts e
u particularly strong hold upon his native
another stpersttjnti of milne TIL tint IllIst III
tas olase ass eo CT st g a's n fo o ss fs 1 " +
Htqqs as!ps ~ III aas but sfH that
will .bo OF small value to. lin except lp feet
sharply think. Now i.ayo curtain H.
That wholly" III tfo right placeP) For Iii,
statse mi dead to s,ye5s toy s9pot ;
whioh / nm nble to do with frozen [ndilEur--
when my young lady puts no point after
letter, and aggraniizcs "1nlnltlyo" WITH
ncaplt0l; and when she puts 1lo comma
aftcr "to n,ystsrlonsly ilsappehr,n eto..
with small letter oven s.tGcr. Or l suffer,
c,,c1,,-I TO not know which it In; but so
will, because tho atlyerb is In her liIle, where
as only thpse minor inatters arg III mine.
Young iady's grn!nnaar be US the drifteia,iow
% 10 punctiaiate Wills sfo., lives: t6is d ior
denol.t the aayerb Ia mine. thank her,
Know t1o1oughiy @ 4ol thnt II shal hlH't noyos ' be
nble TO get itlnt6 my head. Mind, l do not
say sliall not DO able to llake It sfav theru;
say md n,ean tllat nil not Capable OF
Wllcli cannot inastor at MI ,--they confuse
inc, they mean absolutely nothing TO lno,-
md this alverb plague - one Of them.
.WO ail have our Limitations III the matter
Ct gra,HEn|,ar, I SUPPOSE: ! llayo l,oyer seen
| It. THIS leads me to believo that all puoplu
| hnvo my in!lr!nlty, md aru Inflicted will, III
inhorn Inability to feel Or u,i,ld certain sorts
ot grammatical pa,tIcnlaritics. Tlsure arc poo
ple WHO were not born. to spell; theye can
mover 10 taught to spoll correctly. Tho ull-
| ylablo 9ies a.l,oiig .thetn aro tlose wllo do
not, tnko the trouble tu care wl!other thoy
latter ara absnrtlly scareS: ]. hayo boon q
correct spol!er, always but It Is a low ACCOM-
yltslmeMt, md not @ t,lng 70 DO vain Of;
WGybuCu!Q OHG takQ prluc III Sptl!ulk WDTa
| rightly when ho knows he liz spelling 1t
WRONGLY, JMo,tNh is tle right way 70 spul!
"tl,oug!," but It Is net Ise right way to spell
It.. Do mako lnys4lt understood?
The fact lS, as tho poet has sata, ,wo inro all
fools. Tho difference Is simply In tha deEree
The mercury IN SONS of tho ool.therlnoin-
esers stands ut ten, fifteen, twenty, thirty,
and so on; In some It gets up to svvolty.liy0; !;
anime nllnu,-tnko no interest III It.
| Now Us tn u rpstsu up.N Tint strikes me ns
quite q good fnr1n; Twill u1a It sUnle more,
-~tllAt II, when speak OF persnn, and wish
to signify tho fH!l upright position. II | mean
MeaI less, will qualify, by saying ho rose
the moon sometimes, too. | tlunk 1t Is Bin.
gen on the lil,ine wliosays;
Tho pale mpon roso up slowly, and calmly she
1ouk1l tl1Wn, a.
| Oh tho rcd sands, etc.
But tautology cannot scnre tho, any way,
fornlat without 1t; md mild forn. Of It cai
timber up oven printed matter without lOing
tsoriouh damage, Some folks are 90 airstit
Of little repetition TINT they mike tlleil
meaning vague, when they could Just as well
mako It clear, II only their 0gro wesa out ol
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