The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-07-30
COMMON ERRORS IN SPEECH.

The following, collected from many
sources, are by no means all tho common
errors met with in speech, but there are
quite enough to put you on your guard.
When people set about numbering the
English language, they usually begin
with the small words: thus we find
great many errors arising from the wrong
use of pronouns.
"Yon are stronger than her," says
Mary, "and she Is taller than me-
Hero are two common errors in one
sentence-her should be ske, and me
should be /.
''This is secret" says Alice, "between
you and r" Wrong, Alice; you should
say, "between you and me-"
ELIZA went with Kate and T." Here,
again T shonld be me.
"Was It her who called me3" Her
at is mo who am 10 blame" NE
should be I.
In sfet each of you mind their own,
2 business" tie their should of course DO
her or his.
Who and ,ohich are often confused.
Long ago both words used to be employed
to stand for persons; but nowadays ioho
is used when speaking Of persons, and
which when alludipg to things. Thus,
...the lady sohich I spoke to'' ought to be,
the lady to aohon, / spnke." Il y3 ) sss ..
Who do you think faRw to-day ?aH Is
3 q phrase often thsari.sn Who ahonli be
,uhoas. g Who do you mean 2" Say,
!. 9 ghoni do, you mean I" .s.sz-,-.-. :.
Many of our errorB arise from attach.
Ing wrong MEANINGS to worda. ~: !.
Reverend and rcuess,ls ATE very different
words, but they are often confused. Rev.
erend Ia the subjective word, describing
tho feeling within "a man as its. subject !;
reyerent ia the objective word, describing
the feeling with which d man Ia sTegarded
-of which he Ii the object.
The words iis and lay are very often
wrongful lily used. The fret ia . neuter
I verb-'a yassbl lies in q harbor." The
other Is an active transitiye, verb ahep
lays an egg.n II is decidedly bad gram.
: mar, then, to say, My cousin lays Ill of
q fevern The books were laying on the
table" 'The boat was laying outside the
bar.n, i;j s.
Another common error in the mean.
4 ings of words is found in such sentences
as LENA walked down the centre of the
strees, fsaud tfihe stream iran down the
centre Of the town" Both Lena's walk.
ing aud The streams running are impos.
=
Some people fail 70 distinguish between
was 9 quansity OF people present, & iin- !,
I cry and Sir Walter Scot have both ,fallen
into this error. ~
Ec6s,a asctid dslsiiK s:,umbeis Quo frsi
ausntIy hsafs ihs fise JJaTrss used, swsI ZIG ID
;sotight 10 Be the isist tsoo. It is by mo
5 means d matter of fndf ference which
S yosl;aa The girls at tha top OF two ilif:
;sf6rent Glasses would bo thn two first girls.
9 .Tehs fifst and second girls Sf The same
class would ba the afst Two girlsss
aapesilae ssoids! M opea ass sis spsE.
sel y sot,e at thsss The o,tt i not
qua risks osgs i'd ,yatar. I,osajis
qha sly as ia ii. Omit tha as. II 81 &
hose ara these Acre pins ~ 7,,g is d very
coIninen phrase he nsnded BY omit
ting Tho fs,.
ss IS ono enp npicyed unne necessarily
B 20 HI ssSka pafzin to fsarato foi to drint
t;,o 4, This would have p6sAsds ii
good grammar III old nglish, but ittHill
b; IS 5f 6sy ,S gfsas disicull say.
n1ie ,ss Z \ sSqn,a s;l sgs 4 ysths 7
dnp9nG ppsi iFel apnn eifcnri;
Z st 33l1e las tli b sesh ahonId Yes
B iif tt, Il iYn I,itSa III the singular
kfa6 Il y ss Should yon ssy
j & y g e o E Eithc' q
Is5tst IL fs \ a 81, c0issss. &, 3 ].
sisye sli q M lle ysrb I. e ins | q